ALT A slightly eerie looking set of shelves disappearing out of sight, with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling. “Librarians are hideous creatures of unimaginable power. And even if you could imagine their power, it would be illegal. It is absolutely illegal to even try to picture what such a being would be like.”

ALT Farewell 3rd years who first set foot in the library way back in 2019, not knowing how strange life would be during this period. So long students who met their current or future life-partners within our walls – please invite us to the ceremony if you have one, thanks. Well done PhD researchers who handed in their thesis after years of hard work. Welcome back anyone with corrections – you’re nearly there! Goodbye taught postgraduate who made it through their Masters and wrote a pretty great dissertation. Congratulations people who became who they truly are during their time at York. See you again soon undergrads coming back to do a Masters. Apologies people who were cold because we had to keep the windows open. Thank you to everyone who visited us, talked to us, messaged us, who used our collections and our services – and good luck to all of you, love from the Library.

ALT Disaster girl meme. "Us: don't forget to bring your books back. Your timeline:" - girl smiles at camera whilst everything burns behind her

ALT Distracted boyfriend meme. Long Boi looks crossly at a man looking at Goots. Longboi is an incredibly long thin duck, goots is an incredibly short wide goose.

ALT Our best ever deal on shipping! Postal loans are still free. Our fines are now at unbeatably low prices! We still aren’t charging any. Borrow One, Borrow Seventy-Four free! Oh wait you can do that already

ALT The Library help desk, with a card being held in front of it with the circle, triangle and square symbols on it from Squid Games