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INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL STUDIES LIBRARY AND THE
JOINT LIBRARY OF THE HELLENIC AND ROMAN SOCIETIES

NAME AND ADDRESS

Institute of Classical Studies Library and Joint Library of the Hellenic and Roman Societies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

WEB SITE

http://icls.sas.ac.uk/library/Home.htm

TELEPHONE NUMBER

LOCATION

Senate House North Block: 2nd Floor (Entrance via the ground floor opposite the entrance to the Institute of Historical Research)

HOURS OF OPENING

Please check the web site for up to date information.

Term time

Vacation:

Note:  Closed on Saturdays in August and on public and discretionary holidays.  Also closed for two weeks at the end of August to include the Bank Holiday.

ACCESS

The Institute library is combined with the Joint Library of the Hellenic and Roman Societies whose books may be consulted by all members, but borrowed by Society members only.  No Institute books may be borrowed.

Institute membership is available to the following:

Teachers in Classical Studies from UK and overseas universities and university colleges, research students in Classical Studies from UK and overseas universities and university colleges who are recommended by their academic supervisor. 

Annual subscription to the Roman Society £36, to the Hellenic Society £36: intending members must be sponsored by a current member in good standing or other responsible person.  Student associate subscription £20.

Admission is always allowed to consult material not available elsewhere in the University.  However, a maximum of two visits only is allowed to non-members.

Please check the web site for up to date information.

READER PLACES

LIBRARIANS IN CHARGE

Mr C H Annis (Librarian)
Mr P L Jackson (Deputy Librarian).

STAFF AVAILABILITY

Whenever the library is open.

CATALOGUES

Since the major retroconversion programme was completed in 1997, the Library’s entire holdings now appear on the University of London Research Library Services’ INNOPAC Millennium on-line cataloguing system. In addition there are print-outs of the Library’s periodicals holdings, together with a union catalogue on cards of Byzantine accessions in certain London libraries to 1989. The catalogues of the library and of all other libraries in the University of London Research Library Services can be found at http://catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk.

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CLASSIFICATION

Own

STOCK

The whole library contains c.105,000 books and c.18,750 periodical volumes and receives c.640 current periodicals.  Covers all aspects of Graeco-Roman antiquity.  At least half of the library consists of source and secondary material for the study of ancient history of the Mediterranean area.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR STRENGTHS

Very strong in source material and works of reference.  The main research collection for Greek and Roman history in London.  Acquisitions include the library of the late Professor H H Scullard (King's College) left by him to the Roman Society.

Card indexes in the Reading Room for:

The slide collection (Hellenic and Roman Societies) is available to members of the Societies for hire and to non-members of the Societies for reference only, but both members and non-members may purchase copies of slides sets with accompanying lecture notes and copies of the catalogues of the slides collection.

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES (AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS ONLY)

Photocopying.  Microfilm/fiche readers.  Microscopes (papyrology).  Word processing facilities. Internet searching.  Major electronic resources in Classics, ancient history and related fields: for a complete listing, please refer to the Library’s Web-site at: http://icls.sas.ac.uk/library/CompRes.htm

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