The Sydney Jones Library

Researcher Reading Room A space just for Researchers in the Sydney Jones Library Swipe card access: register your card Location of PGR Reception tonight!

* During the Academic year

How many books can I borrow?

How do I borrow books?

Can’t find the book you need? Well try to buy them for you Contact your Liaison Librarian contacts.html contacts.html Article Reach – free inter-library loans service for electronic journal articles Inter-Library Loan – via the British Library More information at

Get more in depth subject help

Helping you to develop your skills Online training to develop good information skills Effective searching Managing information Copyright and your thesis Look out for more information See the PGR Library Guide at Reference management software drop-in workshops One-to-one appointments with your Liaison Librarian

University Repository Depositing your thesis electronically Make your work more visible Think about how your research can make an impact Guidance on copyright Advice on Open Access and related issues See Contact Martin Wolf, Research Support Lead or the Repository Team

Special Collections & Archives Research collections of local, national & international significance Collections include: medieval and Renaissance manuscripts modern literary papers books printed from 1465 onwards University archive Cunard archive personal papers & subject collections Science Fiction Foundation & associated archives

Manuscripts: medieval & modern 15 th Book of Hours Archive of Adrian Henri ( )

University Archive Rag Week, January 1936 Appeal poster, 1920

Science Fiction collections Manuscript of Day of the Triffids – John Wyndham Archive Science Fiction Foundation collection

Reading Room & Enquiries Ground floor, Grove Wing, Sydney Jones Library Phone or to make an 24 hrs notice preferred Material fetched in advance Open Mon-Fri, Copying & scanning service Use of own camera permitted Enquiry service

Other activities Teaching classes using original materials Open days Exhibition programme e.g. Cunard May-Sep 2015, Eleanor Rathbone 2016 External events

Cunard Archive – One Magnificent City Involved in city’s cultural programme around the Three Queens, May-Sep 2015 Poster exhibition currently at Victoria Gallery & Museum until 19 December 2015 Free public lecture on the history of Cunard followed by wine reception - 29 October 2015, 6pm – registration details on SCA website

How do I find out LivUniLibrary liv.ac.uk/libanswers livunilibrary Special Collections & Archives manuscriptsandmore.liv.ac.uk/ Liaison Librarians subject-contacts.html subject-contacts.html