Library membership for teachers

Partner Schools
If you are one of our Partner Schools you can use the Library and have consultation and borrowing facilities without charge. Simply bring with you a letter on headed paper from your School confirming that you are employed there.

You will then be given a smartcard (valid for one year and renewable on production of another letter from your School) and will be able to borrow up to 8 books and use some electronic databases.

Non-Partner Schools
If your school is not part of the Partners scheme you may apply to join by writing to the Head of Customer Services, or calling into the library in person to collect a form.

Current fees for external personal users are as follows:

  • Borrowing - 12 months £50.00
  • Borrowing - 6 month £30.00
  • Consultation - There is no charge for consultation facilities (Join for a period of 6 months or a year)
Alternatively your school or college may wish to apply for corporate membership of the library. The current fee for corporate membership is £250 + VAT.

With corporate membership your school would have one Library card with one set of borrowing rights (i.e.15 items can be borrowed on this card) which can be shared amongst all the staff.