Friends of Senate House Library
Introduction
The Friends care about the future of Senate House Library and wish to help it maintain its fine collections, traditions of quality services and to foster its development programme in support of education and research. A Committee is elected at the Annual Meeting, which determines how best to use funds raised by the Friends for the benefit of Senate House Library.
The benefits of membership
Membership of the Friends (SHeLF) brings a number of great benefits to enjoy:
- Special access rates (see below for further details)
- Invitations to the Annual General Meetings, with guest speakers
- Invitations to Library exhibition previews
- Copies of our newsletter
- Invitations to talks and demonstrations about the work of the Library
- A wide variety of group visits to related places of interest
Events
News
SHeLF Newsletter - January 2012 (Adobe PDF, 193KB)
BeFriend a book programme
Since the establishment of the Friends in 1988, donations have been made towards bookbinding; the acquisition of books; the purchase of specialist reader aids: computing equipment; and items for the conservation laboratory. SHeLF, the Friends of Senate House Library, are pleased to encourage you to support the new BeFind a book programme.
How to join the Friends
Individual annual membership: £20
Corporate annual membership: £40
Life membership: £400
The Student annual rate:* £10
*(Full-time students of the University of London and recent graduates (i.e. graduated in the last 3 years.)
Special access rates to the Library's collections are available to paid-up members of the Friends as follows:
Annual Reference: £57.60 inc VAT
Annual Borrowing (4 book entitlement): £78.63 inc VAT
A membership form is available here
A BeFriend a book form is available here
Contact us
Library/Friends Liaison Officer
Senate House Library, Senate House,
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Telephone: 020 7862 8440
Fax: 020 7862 8480
Email:
