The Main Library is located on the 1st floor of the Wilkins Building.
The easiest way to reach it is to enter the main UCL site via the Gower Street entrance, walk around the left hand side of the central portico and enter the door at the top of the ramp. Once inside, turn left and go through the door at the end of the small corridor. The library entrance and reception desk are to the right, adjacent to the Octagon.
Most floors and collections are now accessible from the lift installed next to the Library's main entrance. There are, however, a few parts of certain collections that remain difficult to access due to the nature of the Main Library buildings. For details of which collections are involved and how to make arrangements to over come any difficulties, please see the information at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/disabil.shtml or contact the Library's Disabled Users' Officer, Matthew Reynolds at ucylmir@ucl.ac.uk or 020 7679 7110.
Please note:
During weekends and evening periods we are open principally to offer a books loans service and to handle related queries. Enquiries of a more complex nature or regarding other services may need to be referred to staff who work office hours: see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/help.shtml for details.
In addition, the Library does not manage general computing, which is instead the responsibility of the Information Systems Division. Their Service Desk's opening hours, plus further information, may be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/servicedesk
Main Library Information Point opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 9.30-5.00pm.
Please note that even if the Information Point is staffed after 5pm and over the weekend, membership is not always be possible outside the above opening hours.
Photocopying
There are several black-and-white photocopiers and one colour photocopier available for use in the Library. These are supplemented by a photocopy card dispenser and re-charger.
Copy credit is added to the card in units of 20p to an amount
of your choice (£50 maximum) and under the new service printing costs
break down to
5p per sheet of A4 (40p for colour).
A change machine is available opposite the Issue Desk.
Audio-Visual
Four combined Video/ DVD players are available in the viewing room, access through the Reference
Room; headphones can be borrowed from the Issue Desk.
IT provision
The Main Library has an Information Systems cluster room with 10 workstations; it is situated just
beyond the Flaxman Gallery, behind the photocopiers.
