Our spaces and facilities

The library building, designed by Sir Leslie Martin, was opened in 1984 and offers the following facilities:

• the main reading room and open access library collections
• a reference area with catalogue terminals, catalogues and reference books
• a study room with electronic legal deposit terminal, computers, printing/copying facilities, and a digital piano
• the Dent room with digital microfilm reader/scanner and facsimile collections, a digital piano, facilities for DIY copying of recordings. This room can be booked for meetings between 12pm and 5pm during term-time, provided that you have been unable to find another suitable space within the Faculty or the colleges. All booking enquiries should be sent to pendlebury@mus.cam.ac.uk, with your preferred date and time and purpose for booking
• a library break room for relaxing and socialising, contains the library wellbeing collection
• a graduate study space (situated in the Library Annexe)