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Using and visiting libraries in the M25 ConsortiumMost staff and students can use our libraries under the terms of the national SCONUL Access Scheme. Your home library will issue eligible users with an Access card before you travel to the library you wish to use. The library you visit will quite often ask you to complete a further application and present current I.D. to get the full benefit of membership.
To find out where you might be eligble to visit check you access options on SCONUL Library Search.
For staff and researchers from our special and museum library members, we offer an access scheme just for you.
M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme
The M25 Access and Borrowing Scheme supports library access for staff and research students from the following institutions
who are not part of the SCONUL Access Scheme:
British Library
British Museum
Horniman Museum
Imperial War Museum
Institute of Development Studies
Lambeth Palace Library
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Society of Chemistry
Science Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
Wellcome Library
Users wishing to join the scheme will first need to complete an application form. Forms are only available from your home library. The library you visit will quite often ask you to complete a further application and present current I.D. to get the full benefit of membership.
Members of the Public, Commercial Researchers, Further Education and Non-UK Visitors
Members of the public, commercial researchers, further education and non-UK visitors are advised to check the Visit a library online guide or individual library websites to see whether they can visit M25 libraries.
Help and information
If you have any queries or difficulties about using any of these schemes, please consult staff at your local library.
Further details about the scheme are available in a short M25 Scheme User Guide.
Further information for M25 librarians is also available.