The Library, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library
(020) 7927 2276 (printed material)
(020) 7927 2966 (archives)
Please check the web site for up to date information.
Library:
| Monday - Friday | 0830 - 2025 |
| Saturday | 0900 - 1200 |
Archive:
| Monday - Friday | 0930 - 17.30 |
The library is open for reference purposes to anyone who needs to use the open access collections. Visitors need to show some form of identification verifying either current membership of another institution or current home address. A visitor’s card will need to be completed stating the reasons that they need access and signifying their agreement to abide by the Library rules.
Access to the rare books collection needs to be arranged in advance.
Access to the Archives is by appointment only. All researchers must complete and sign a user registration form which signifies their agreement to abide by the archive rules. All researchers are required to provide proof of identity bearing your signature (for example, a passport or debit card) when registering.
For full details of admission check here
There are 74 reader places throughout the Library
Victoria Cranna (Archivist & Records Manager)
Robin Lambert-Singer (Technical Services Librarian)
The Library Enquiries desk is staffed throughout Library opening hours. Queries about the rare books collection should be directed to the Technical Services Librarian and queries about the archives to the Archivist. These staff are usually available from 9.30 – 17.30 on weekdays.
The Library's web-based catalogue is available at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library /catalogues.html and contains information about all items published from 1970 onwards. This is supplemented by card and printed catalogues. A project to add these to the web-based catalogue is underway.
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c. 1500 volumes on the history of medicine and medical biography, c. 500 volumes and pamphlets on the history of public health and tropical medicine.
The rare books collection consists of the Reece collection on smallpox and vaccination and a general collection of rare books relating to tropical disease and public health, this collection dates from 1650s to early 20th century. Access is via a paper catalogue.
The archives of the School date from the mid-nineteenth century and consist of correspondence and personal papers of scientific, medical and public health professionals involved in the search for preventative measures and cures to diseases including malaria, filariasis, cholera and leprosy. These include the papers of Sir Patrick Manson (tropical medicine specialist), Major General Sir Leonard Rogers (tropical public health physician) and Sir Ronald Ross (discoverer of the mosquito transmission of malaria). There are also administrative papers of the School, an extensive photographic collection, and scientific and medical artefacts. These resources relate to the United Kingdom and countries in Asia and Africa. An online catalogue for the archival collections is available at http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/archives/Photocopying Refectory open 1000-1600
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