Visitors and alumni

• Visiting Professors: if you are affiliated with the University for a minimum of six months some Library services are available to you. You may borrow up to four print items from the main collection. 
• Retired Staff: you may join the Library as an Alumnus / Alumna for reference only access.  You can apply for Alumni Borrowing Membership for a small charge.
• Emeritus: some Library services are available to former staff who are assigned Emeritus status by the University.  You may borrow up to four print items from the main collection
• Contact library@londonmet.ac.uk for further information.
• Staff and researchers at institutions in London and the south-east who are not SCONUL members can use our libraries via the Access25 M25 Consortium Scheme.

• The Alumni ID card will give you reference access to the library.
• Application form and details.
• Paying a fee allows Alumni members to borrow books. Payment is online via E-shop.
• Using your own mobile device, you can access a selection of e-resources whilst on Campus by obtaining a guest wi-fi login from the Information desk during library staffed opening hours.
• Membership gives you free reference access to our print collections. You'll be able to read open-access content listed on the library catalogue, called the Directory of Open Access Journals.

• Your London Metropolitan University ID card gives access to all our buildings.
• Services and access to online resources for partnerships students.

• If your current SCONUL Access card or approval email has expired, please reapply.
• If you have a current SCONUL Access card or approval email from your home institution you may use our libraries. There is no general access to IT facilities but if you have registered for Eduroam at your home university, you should be able to access the internet using the Eduroam wi-fi system.

In order to register all SCONUL Access members visiting London Metropolitan University libraries for the first time, applicants must complete the London Met SCONUL Access application form prior to attending the library. Applicants must bring with them on their first visit:

• A copy of your SCONUL registration email which clearly states your Band (A, B, C or R), an expiry date which is more than 1 calendar month in the future and the details of the representative of your home institution
• Your home institution ID card

Please ensure you arrive before 5.30pm Monday to Friday on your first visit to ensure entrance.

You will be given a London Met Sconul Access card in due course which will expire at the end of your Sconul Access registration period.

Borrowing rights for Bands A, B and C cannot start until you receive the London Met Sconul Access card although you may visit for reference only purposes with your Sconul registration email and temporary access card.

Sconul summer vacation access allows students and staff from UK universities who are institutional members of Sconul to use our libraries by showing a valid University ID card during the summer vacation. You do not need to be a SCONUL access scheme member.

Student FAQs are available on the Sconul Access website.

• Reference access only
• A membership fee is payable:

         1 year - £150      3 months - £50      1 month - £25        1 week - £12      1 day - £7

• To apply please complete an application form. Provide proof of identity and address (e.g. utility bill, bank statement, rent book) and pay a membership fee (payments are online via E-shop).
• You will need to provide a passport-sized photo for applications 1 week and over.

Visitor Application for Library

Please note that access to London Met libraries is at the discretion of the Senior Library Assistant or Library Manager.

• Access25 offers access to scholarly and specialist libraries not included in the SCONUL Access scheme. See the list of institutions in the Access25 scheme. The scheme is open to postgraduate research students and staff from M25 member institutions.

NB: please check current access arrangements with individual libraries before setting out

Members of the public will need a written referral from the Librarian at their Public library for access to research needs sent to: library@londonmet.ac.uk. This will be for one visit free of charge. Subsequent visits will be charged at the rate of general public users.