Last updated |
20th January 2020 |
Name of library |
Heythrop Library |
Address |
London Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London, W1K 3AH |
Telephone |
020 7529 4834 |
Fax |
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E-mail |
heythroplibrary@jesuit.org.uk |
Website |
http://www.jesuit.org.uk/heythrop-library |
Alternative names |
Associate Library of University of London. London Jesuit Centre Library. |
Contact & Job Title |
Fauziah Iskandar, Assistant Librarian. |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Specialist theology and philosophy library, for students of these subjects, undergraduate and above. |
Terms of access |
Membership of Senate House Library. SCONUL, Interlibrary Loan through SHL. |
Opening hours |
9.30am-5pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am-6pm Tuesday and Thursday. |
Disabled access |
There are 5 steps at the main entrance. Internal lift access. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Reference access only to non-member visitors. ILL and SCONUL access through Senate House Library. |
Number of volumes |
250,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
Yes |
Current Periodicals |
230 titles, mainly in theology, some philosophy. |
Other materials |
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Volumes added per year |
1,200 |
Coverage |
Mainly RC Theology; Church History, Bible, Philosophy |
Special Collections |
Rare books, pre 1800. |
Manuscripts |
Very few examples. |
Research resource |
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Catalogue Type |
OPAC |
URL of catalogue |
https://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/search~S3 |
Other facilities |
Photocopying |
Full Time Staff |
yes – one |
Part Time Staff |
yes – one |
Voluntary Staff |
Yes, from mid-2020. |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
We are also developing a working library to service a new MA course in Theology, Ecology and Ethics and other evening courses that will be offered at 114 Mount Street. |
Anything else about the library |
All our collections are now in storage. They can be requested by members of Senate House Library (University of London). For membership of SHL, see: https://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/membership |