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Royal College of Surgeons of England
| Abbreviation | RCSENG |
|---|---|
| Library | Library and Lumley Study Centre |
| Address | 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE |
| CHILL Rep | Thalia Knight, Head of Library and Information Services |
| Telephone | 020 7869 6510 |
| Alt Rep | Tom Bishop, Information Services Manager |
| Fax | 020 7405 4438 |
| library@rcseng.ac.uk | |
| Website | www.rcseng.ac.uk/library, webcat.rcseng.ac.uk Library catalogue, surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk Archive and museum collections catalogue |
| Access To Services | Diplomates of the College, Surgical Affiliates and dental trainees and all candidates registered for College diplomas and courses, Institutional Member libraries. Others by appointment, access charges apply to commercial users. See www.rcseng.ac.uk/library/using/who.html for details. |
| Subject Area | Surgery, Dentistry and related disciplines, history of medicine and surgery. Small medical education collection. |
| Opening Hours | 9.30 am- 5.30 pm Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri; 10.00 am- 5.30 pm Wed. Any variations will be advertised - please check the Library pages. |
| ILL Conditions | Institutional membership - terms available. |
| Size Of Collection | c. 50,000 books; c. 250 current periodicals; 3000 periodical sets; 240 videos; 90 CAL etc. |
| Special Collections | Include the Hunter-Baillie collection; papers of Hunter's contemporaries and pupils; Lord Lister; Richard Owen; Arthur Keith. Also slides (non- clinical), portraits, bookplates, medals etc. Please see www.rcseng.ac.uk/library/collections/archives.html for details. |
| Co-Op Schemes | Serials Consortium. |
| Systems | Unicorn, Adlib |
| Electronic Materials | Medline, Medical Directory, Binley's NHS Directory; Embase and electronic journals for members; responsible for NLH Specialist Library for Surgery, Theatres and Anaesthesia (www.library.nhs.uk/theatres). |
| Library Publications | Lives of the Fellows of The Royal College of Surgeons of England - see www.rcseng.ac.uk/library/livesfellows.html for details. |
| Special Interests | Royal Colleges & Professional Organisations, History of medicine, Informatics |
| Journal Consortium | Yes |
| Meeting Facilities | Yes, with catering |
| Last Update | May 2007 |