Services for London Business School faculty

The Library services described on this page are for London Business School faculty only. Faculty from other institutions should see our visitor information.

Borrowing books

  • As a member of London Business School faculty you can borrow up to 25 books/multimedia items at a time
  • Books are issued for four weeks at a time and can be renewed subject to our borrowing rules
  • Multimedia items can be borrowed for one week at a time and can be renewed up to six times if no other user has reserved them.

Book purchase requests

We welcome from our faculty suggestions on books for us to buy. You can make a request using our Library catalogue

Putting books on reserve/short loan

Just email tellis@london.edu with the details of the books you'd like to have added to the reserve/short loan collection for any courses you're teaching

Document delivery

We'll deliver a copy of an article from our stock to your desk within 24 hours of your request. You can make a request through our Library Catalogue

Photocopying is charged to your budget code. There's no additional service charge.

Electronic resources

All of our electronic resources are available to our faculty. For training on any resource, email library@london.edu

Inter-library loans

If you need an item that isn't in our collection, we can order it though the British Library.

  • You can make a request through our Library catalogue
  • This service is free, unless you want a same day or 24-hour service.
  • Contact us at ill@london.edu for prices for urgent requests.

Other libraries

The SCONUL scheme
The London Business School Library is a member of the Sconul Access scheme. If you're a member of our faculty, or a PhD student at London Business School, you can register with us for a SCONUL card. You can then use the card to register for borrowing rights at other libraries in the scheme.
See a list of participating institutions.
For details email library@london.edu
 
The British Library
The Business and Intellectual Property Centre at the British Library provides access to a range of books, journals, market research reports and electronic resources. You'll need a Reader Pass - before you visit, read the British Library's admissions policy

The Union List of Serials
Use this to cross-search the journals collections of all the institutions within the University of London. 

SUNCAT
This details the serials holdings of 60 libraries across the UK, including London Business School.



Student in library

Library Catalogue

Opening times

Taunton Centre is open 24/7 for our students, alumni and staff

The Library help desk is open:
Monday-Friday  09:00-20:00
Saturday-Sunday 10:00-19:00

Hours may vary during Christmas and summer vacations and on Bank Holidays.

May Bank Holidays 2013 The Library Helpdesk will be staffed from 09:00 - 17:00 on Monday 6th May and Monday 27th May.

 

For more information about services for London Business School faculty

library@london.edu

Technical support

Need to report a database or password error?

Email library@london.edu



Research support

To request database assistance or training

email library@london.edu



Get in touch

To discuss our service, or to make general enquiries

contact library@london.edu