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
• the Audio/IT room with electronic legal deposit terminal, computers, printing/copying facilities, and a digital piano
• a graduate study space (situated in the Library Annexe)
• the Dent room with digital microfilm reader/scanner and facsimile collections, a digital piano, facilities for DIY copying of recordings. This room can be used as a group study space (bookable) . 
• a supervisions room (bookable)