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Senate House Library

Who is entitled to free access?

Students on the courses listed below can obtain free access to Senate House Library in 2012/2013. The costs are funded by your School. Once you have joined you can borrow books and use their e-resources both on and off-site.

Across the College

• All students who registered with Senate House Library before 30th September 2010 [until the date of expiry of your membership at Senate House Library which is usually the end date of the course that you are currently enrolled on].

• All academic staff [but you need a form obtainable from your School – see below]

School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy

  • All research postgraduate and taught Masters students
  • All full-time second and third year undergraduates
  • Graduate Certificate in Politics
  • All part-time third, fourth, and subsequent year undergraduates
  • All Honorary Visiting Fellows and Professors

School of Arts

  • All research postgraduate and taught Masters students
  • All part-time third, fourth, and subsequent year undergraduates
  • Graduate Certificate in History of Art  &  Architecture
  • All Honorary Visiting Fellows and Professors

School of Science - Department of Psychological Sciences only:

  • All BSc Psychology students
  • Psychoanalytic Psychology Certificate of Higher Education
  • Cognition and Computation (MSc / MA)
  • Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology (MSc / MA)
  • Developmental Sciences (MA / MSc)
  • Educational Neuroscience (MSc/MA)
  • Functional Neuroimaging (MRes)
  • Psychological Research Methods (MSc)
  • Psychology (MRes)
  • Psychology (MSc / Postgraduate Diploma)
  • MPhil and PhD Psychology

School of Law

  • MPhil and PhD students

 

How do I join?

If you are on an eligible course (ie funded by your School), log in to your My Birkbeck profile, click on the Senate House Library eligible link, and print out the "Certificate of Birkbeck Student Eligibility". Take this, and also your Birkbeck student card, to Senate House Library membership desk. Please note: You must take this “Certificate of Birkbeck Student Eligibility”. A copy of your ‘My Birkbeck’ profile, an enrolment letter, or a fees receipt, is not sufficient to register with Senate House Library and you will be turned away.

Registrations are until 30th. June .  If you are on an eligible taught Master's programme, you will be able to register until 30th. September.

If your course is not listed above you can still join Senate House Library on payment of a charge to the College of £85 (for 2012/2013). To join, go to the secure payment form from your My Birkbeck profile. Your application will be processed immediately. Click on the Senate House Library eligibility link on your My Birkbeck profile and you will then be able to print out the "Certificate of Birkbeck Student Eligibility" . Take this, and also your Birkbeck student card, to Senate House Library membership desk.

Eligible distance learners can register by emailing their "Certificate of Birkbeck Student Eligibility" to shl.membership@london.ac.uk and can use the e-resources remotely.

Academic staff should print out the eligibility form and have it signed by a School Manager or Assistant School Manager to verify that you are a current member of staff.  Please take the completed form with your staff ID card to Senate House Library membership desk in order to register for the first time or to renew your  membership.

Professional services or administrative staff who are studying on one of the designated programmes (listed above) can register with Senate House Library through their ‘My Birkbeck’ profile. Others can join at a cost of £85 for the 2012/2013 academic year. Please complete the application form and take it to the Issue Desk at Birkbeck Library. Payment may be made by cash or debit/credit card.

If your Department is covering the cost, as membership is necessary for your work, the form needs to be signed by an authorised signatory and include the fund code for the necessary recharge. The form will be validated and returned to you. You should then take this form, with your staff ID card, to Senate House Library membership desk in order to register.

 
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