Library

Library information

Visit the library

Our state-of-the-art library offers a huge range of print and online resources. It’s open to LBS students, faculty, staff and alumni 24 hours a day. At the moment access is limited only to those LBS students who need to attend lectures or borrow from the Library. There is no visitor or alumni access.

Location
Opening times

The library is in the West Wing of the Sammy Ofer Centre

Address:

117 Marylebone Road

London

NW1 5PT

Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 7620

Email: library@london.edu

The Sammy Ofer Centre is open 24/7 for our students, alumni and staff.

Library Enquiry Desk opening times

Monday-Friday 10:00-19:00

Saturdays 11:00-17:00

Hours may vary during Christmas and summer holidays and on bank holidays.

Non-members

If you’re not a member of the LBS community, you are welcome to use the library but you might have to pay a charge and some services might not be available.

Fees and access

Category of Visitor	Institution(s)	Cost per day	Borrowing rights	ID required
Academics and Postgraduate Research Students (PhD's, MPhil's)	Any academic institution	Free	None. However those with a SCONUL Band A access cards may register for limited borrowing rights (see below).	Card or letter from home institution, or SCONUL email confirming current status
Taught Postgraduate students	University of London Colleges	Free under the University of London Libraries Access Agreement	None	Card or letter from home institution confirming current status.
Taught Postgraduate students	Other academic institutions	£30.00*	None	Card or letter from home institution confirming current status.
Undergraduate students	Any academic institution	£30.00	None	Formal ID confirming name
Members of the public	Not applicable	£30.00	None	Formal ID confirming name

* Taught Postgraduate students may visit the library free of charge during the summer vacation under the SCONUL vacation access scheme.

Proof of status at home institution required. Access for most visitors is on a reference-only basis, apart from people on the SCONUL Access Scheme: Band A, which allows limited borrowing (see below).

Visitors can use our Library Catalogue, but not our PCs or other electronic resources.

Please note: London Business School Library no longer sends Letters of Welcome to overseas academics and students. Once you reach the UK, you will still be able to apply for access to the Library in person. Access may (or may not) incur a charge. Please see our criteria in the table above.

SCONUL Access Scheme: Band A

November 2020: Unfortunately the Sconul scheme is currently suspended nationally. Please contact the library at your home institution for advice or further information.

Academic staff and postgraduate research student members of the SCONUL access scheme can borrow up to three books from our main collection for up to a fortnight.

You will need to apply via the SCONUL website, providing details of your institution and status. You should receive a confirmation email once your application has been accepted. Please bring a copy of this when you first visit our library.

You can only borrow once you have a library card. These may take several working days to be produced.

Contact the library for information on holiday hours and for details of when the SCONUL holiday access scheme is in operation.
Day tickets

Before you visit, check the Library Catalogue to make sure the titles you want are available.

Day tickets cost £30 per day for a temporary visitor's card.
Library partners

People and organisations who aren't connected to London Business School can use the Library for an annual fee under our Library Partnership scheme.

Corporate users can carry out research using the Library’s print resources. Material can be photocopied within the rules of copyright (displayed next to the photocopiers) and may not be sold on.
Alumni

As alumni of London Business School, you're welcome to visit the Library whenever you're in London. Just get a new ID card from the Security Desk at Plowden reception and bring it to the Library to register.

You can borrow up to five books at a time from the main collection and use a range of electronic resources, including ProQuest ABI INFORM and Business Source Alumni Edition. Even if you're not in London, you can still access some of our electronic resources via Portal. Find us under Services and Benefits in the Alumni Portal.

Books and journals

The library stocks books, journals and e-books ranging from business titles and fiction to language and travel guides. Search online by title, subject or author.

Find a title

Databases

Explore a huge range of resources, including company and financial information, market research and annual reports.

Explore databases

Library services

There’s much more to our library than borrowing books. Find out about our services for LBS students, alumni and faculty.

Help with your research
If you need help accessing our extensive collections, ask the Library’s information specialists for:
- Training on our resource databases, including group training sessions
- Research advice, if you don't know where to look for the data you need
- Help with any copyright questions you may have.
Borrowing books
As an LBS student you can borrow up to 15 books at a time. All items (except for those from our Course Collection) can be renewed as long as no-one else has requested them.

Faculty and staff members can borrow up to 25 books at a time.
- Explore our Libguides pages for full details of how long you can borrow a book for, the Library’s borrowing rules and our overdue charges.
- The Course Collection contains any required texts currently being recommending for courses by faculty.