Theological and Religious Studies Collection Directory

Name of Library:

Institute of the Classical Studies Library and Joint Library of

the Hellenic and Roman Societies

Address:

Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU

Town:

London

Telephone:

020 7862 8709

Fax:

020 7862 8735

E-mail:

colin.annis@sas.ac.uk

Website:

http://icls.sas.ac.uk/library/Home.htm

Alternative names

Contact

Mr. Colin H. Annis

Job Title

Librarian

Purpose and main user community of the library

To promote classical studies; undergraduates, graduates, researchers, society members.

Terms of access

Visitors accepted for up to 2 days to consult material not easily accessible elsewhere.

Opening hours

M-F 09.30-18.00 (Tu, Wed & Th until 20.00 during term); Sa 10.00-16.30 (except August).

Disabled access

Library is currently on 2nd floor, but will be moving back to 3^rd floor during 2009; there are lifts.

Lending

Only to subscribing members.

Volumes

107,000 (c. 8,000 theological)

Periodicals - Back Issues

885 (c. 28 theological)

Current Periodicals

605 (c. 26 theological)

Other

CD-ROMs, including Library of Latin Texts (previously CETEDOC Christian Latin texts) (for text searching).

Volumes added per year

c. 3,000 (no separate theological statistics)

Coverage

Early Christian Fathers (including Corpus Christianorum, Series Latina, & Sources

Chretiennes); Greek and Roman religion and its relationship with Christiantiy; Judaism in the

Graeco-Roman world.

Special Collections

Manuscript

Research resource

As under coverage. The library is a major national and international research resource in its field.

Catalogue Type

Computer

URL of catalogue

http://catalogue.ulrls/search

Other facilities

Photocopying (during 2 day visit); other facilities only available to members.

Full Time Staff

Part Time Staff

Voluntary Staff