Faculty of Classics Library and Archives

Library Limited Services (updated 19 January)

The Library is currently closed (except for those with out-of-hours access). Please see below for available services.  Staff are available via email. (This is subject to change so please check regularly).  

Everyone entering the library must wear a face covering, unless you have a medical exemption.  Please wash/sanitise your hands on entering and leaving the building.

Library Services on offer (last updated 19 January 2021):

Study Space: (booking in advance)

BOOKINGS ARE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED (except for keyholders/swipe card access).   

Browse and Borrow: (CURRENTLY SUSPENDED) (except for keyholders)

Click and Collect:

If you are a member of the University and need to borrow a book from the Classics library that is not held at the UL or available online then please email the following details to library@classics.cam.ac.uk:

Details of the book (including Classmark/Shelfmark) or the permalink from iDiscover record (click through onto the full book entry then near the top is a permalink button.  Click on that and copy the link - this provides details of the book and the shelfmark).  

Your borrower barcode (found on the back of your blue University Card or white UL card - normally a 5 letter/number combination).

A preferred collection day/time.  This must be Monday to Friday between 10 and 3.  Please allow at least one working day between the request and collection. So if you email us Friday then collection will be Tuesday onwards.  

We will email you back to confirm that we have issued the book (or books) and when you can collect.  Staff are limiting travel to the workplace, in line with the current lockdown, so we cannot guarantee collections every day. 

Please note that if you have swipe card access to the Library you can continue to enter to borrow material you need. If you are away from Cambridge do email library@classics.cam.ac.uk with details of books you need and we will try to source an electronic version.

Returns:

Books may be returned to the Sidgwick Book return boxes by Lady Mitchell Hall and near the English Faculty.  Please note that there may be a delay in books returned this way being removed from your borrowing record.  

Scan and Deliver:

Current staff and students requiring one chapter or article from a book/ journal may request a scan to be emailed to them.  Details available on the UL website, and please fill in the form for books held at Classics too.  

https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/zero-contact-services/scan-deliver

Contact Library Staff at library@classics.cam.ac.uk.

Useful links on library services at this time, induction videos and booking systems are available on the Welcome to 2020 page of the Classics libguide.

Check the staying safe information on the University website for details on dealing with the pandemic.  Check the University Library using the libraries page for further information on Library services available across the University at this time.

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Welcome to the Faculty of Classics Library and Archives.

The Library supports the research of senior members, postgraduates, official visitors and undergraduates of the University of Cambridge.

The Archives hold records connected to the work of Classics Faculty staff and scholars. For more information see "about the Archives".  

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