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Document Delivery – Requesting books from the British Library

The document delivery service allows you to request items from other libraries when they aren’t available through LibrarySearch. At present most libraries are unable to provide physical items but we are still having success fulfilling requests for journal articles, book chapters and other items that can be supplied in a digital format.

The exception is the British Library who have restarted their supply of physical items. In the past the British Library have been able to supply around 50% of the books requested through the Document Delivery service. As one of the few Libraries who are supplying physical document delivery items, we expect the demands upon them to be high and the service to have some unavoidable delays.

Introducing Browse and Borrow

As part of the phased reopening of our libraries we are please to announce from Monday 12 October we will launching a new bookable service called Browse and Borrow. The service will allow you to book a 15 minute slot to browse shelves in Augustine House or Salomons Institute library and borrow items via the self-service machines. The service is available throughout the opening times of our libraries. 

Black History Month 2019 – Doreen Lawrence

The murder of Black British teenager Stephen Lawrence on 22nd April 1993, and the revelations that followed in the wake of this horrific event of a bungled investigation by an institutionally racist Metropolitan Police Service, are ingrained in the British public consciousness. The Lawrence family have endured so much but through their vocal campaign for justice and reform they have brought about vital change in policing and the criminal justice system. The official Black History Month 2019 campaign theme is the celebration of Black women and their invaluable contributions to British society, particularly in the years since the Windrush generation arrived and settled in the UK, and one woman whose impact and achievements have been incredibly admirable is Stephen’s mother, Doreen Lawrence. She has worked tirelessly to advance community relations and human rights, and has become one of the most influential people in the UK.