• Regulations for the use of Senate House Library

Please leave all bags, coats and laptop cases in the lockers provided.  On departure, please empty your locker and return the key to the member of staff at the Special Collections enquiry desk. Personal property must not be left overnight in lockers or in the Sterling Library Reading Room.

1. Users must put their bags and coats in a locker before viewing materials.
2. You may only consult one rare book or archive folder at a time.
3. Please read books on the rests provided, using chains to minimise the need to touch the volumes, and consult archival and manuscript material in line with Special Collections staff guidance.
4. Only pencils may be used.
5. You are responsible for all materials issued to you for consultation until you return those materials to a member of Special Collections staff.
6. Handheld devices may be used to take digital images for non-commercial research or private study only.
7. Eating and drinking, including bottled water, is not permitted.
8. Please note that this area is under security camera surveillance.

• The University of London’s JANET Policy
• Notice and take-down policy
• Senate House Library Events Policy
• Volunteers Policy (Word, Doc 164KB)

• SHL Collections Development Strategy
• SHL Collections Management Policy
• Collections Subject Strengths

SHL operates a transparent acquisitions policy to provide a clear audit trail for any gifts, donations or other deposit of material within SHL. Any proposed donations or gifts need to support one of the fourteen key research areas; support SHL’s strategic research priorities; complement or extend existing special collection strengths; or represent an emerging research area that SHL wishes to develop. Find out more.

• Comments and Complaints
• Senate House Library Complaints Policy

• Everyware Terms & Conditions of Use
• Terms & Conditions for Library Membership Cards and PaperCut
• Terms & Conditions for carrel rental