Visit the Library

Alumni

• The Alumni ID card will give you reference access to the library: Application form and details.
• Paying a fee allows Alumni members to borrow books. Payment is online via E-shop.
• Membership gives you free reference access to our print collections.
• You'll be able to read open-access content in the Directory of Open Access Journals and the Directory of Open Access Books both of which are accessible from our catalogue.
• You can find more information on our library subject support page for our Partner Colleges and Institutions.

Partnership Institutions

• Your London Metropolitan University ID card gives access to all our buildings.
• Take a look at: Services and access to online resources for partnerships students.

Staff (Visiting)

• Visiting Professors: if you are affiliated with the University for a minimum of six months some Library services are available to you. You may borrow up to four print items from the main collection. 
• Retired Staff: you may join the Library as an Alumnus / Alumna for reference only access.  You can apply for Alumni Borrowing Membership for a small charge.
• Emeritus: some Library services are available to former staff who are assigned Emeritus status by the University.  You may borrow up to four print items from the main collection
• Contact library@londonmet.ac.uk for further information.
• Staff and researchers at institutions in London and the south-east who are not SCONUL members can use our libraries via the Access25 M25 Consortium Scheme. 

General public and students and staff from non-SCONUL membership institutions

General public and University students and staff from non SCONUL membership institutions can apply for access to our facilities via our Visitor membership scheme. This access is reference only. You must be at least eighteen years old to apply.

A membership fee is payable:

• 1 year - £150      
• 3 months - £50      
• 1 month - £25        
• 1 week - £12      
• 1 day - £7

To apply:

• Complete the  application form.
• You will need to provide proof of identity and address (e.g. utility bill, bank statement, rent book) and pay the membership fee.
• You will also need to provide a passport-sized photo for applications 1 month and over.

Please note that access to London Met libraries is at the discretion of the Library Operations Supervisor or Library Manager.

To renew your membership, please re-apply as above.

Referrals from public libraries

Members of the public will need a written referral from the Librarian at their Public library for access to research needs sent to library@londonmet.ac.uk. This will be for one visit free of charge. Subsequent visits will be charged at the rate of general public users.

SCONUL Access

SCONUL Access is a reciprocal scheme which allows staff and students from participating institutions to visit the libraries of other member institutions.

• If you have a current SCONUL Access card or approval email from your home institution you may use our libraries.
• You can access wifi via Eduroam (if your home institution uses the Eduroam service).  
• There is no access to general IT facilities.
• If your current SCONUL Access card or approval email has expired, please reapply.
• Student FAQs are available on the SCONUL Access website.

Register for SCONUL Access

In order to register all SCONUL Access members visiting London Metropolitan University libraries for the first time, applicants must complete the London Met SCONUL Access application form prior to attending the library. Applicants must bring with them on their first visit:

• A copy of your SCONUL registration email which clearly states your Band (A, B, C or R), an expiry date which is more than 1 calendar month in the future and the details of the representative of your home institution.
• Your home institution ID card.

Please ensure you arrive before 5.30pm Monday to Friday on your first visit to ensure entrance.

You will be given a London Met SCONUL Access card in due course which will expire at the end of your SCONUL Access registration period.

Borrowing rights for Bands A, B and C cannot start until you receive the London Met SCONUL Access card although you may visit for reference only purposes with your SCONUL registration email and temporary access card.

SCONUL summer vacation access

SCONUL summer vacation access allows students and staff from UK universities who are institutional members of SCONUL to use our libraries by showing a valid University ID card during the summer vacation. You do not need to be a SCONUL Access scheme member.

Access25 Scheme

• Access25 offers access to scholarly and specialist libraries not included in the SCONUL Access scheme. See the list of institutions in the Access25 scheme. The scheme is open to postgraduate research students and staff from M25 member institutions.

NB: please check current access arrangements with individual libraries before setting out