The Society's seal and three photographs

Library

The library at the Great North Museum

We share the Library, on the top floor of the Great North Museum, with the Natural History Society of Northumbria and Newcastle University's Cowen Library. Follow this link to find details of opening hours and contact information, and this one for the current shelf-list. Our Annual Report for 2018 gives details of our current and recent activities.

Please note that from 1 April 2019, the library will be closed on Friday afternoons, from 1.00. Staff at the Museum have been covering the library on Fridays, and have concluded that it is not sustainable to do so for the whole day, especially since Friday is the quietest day of the week in the library. Opening hours otherwise are unaffected.

The Library has wi-fi access.  To connect, select BT OpenZone or Go Digital when the network options are displayed. There is no need to enter a user name or password.

A public access  laptop is now available for members of NHSN, SANT, University students and staff, and any customers who want to access online information that complements and enhances the collections available in the Library.  There is no charge but users are required to abide by an Acceptable Use Policy, a copy of which they must sign before their session begins. If customers would like to book the laptop prior to their visit  they should telephone 0191 208 3555, or send an e-mail.

We own around thirty thousand volumes, mainly relating to the Society's area of interest covering all periods of the history of the north east of England. In addition, we take 91 journals, either by direct subscription or by exchange for Archaeologia Aeliana,with other societies in Great Britain, Ireland and Western Europe. Some of these journals are available on-line to members.

Most of our books are in the library on the top floor of the Great North Museum; Hancock, which we share with the Natural History Society of Northumbria and the Cowen Archaeology Library.  It is fully accessible for anyone with disabilities.

For queries, please e-mail the librarian, or for library queries only phone on 0191 208 3555.  Most recent volumes are in the Public Access area. Older or rarer books are in the Controlled Access or Rare Books areas. Members may request access to these from the librarian.

Other books are in the overflow store at the Discovery Museum, or at the Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth. A number of books with additional manuscript material bound are in Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn. Follow this link for  the complete shelf list.

All members are welcome in the library. If you bring your SANT membership card, you can then borrow books and journals from our section. (You are welcome to consult books from the other sections while in the library, but not to take them away.)

Apart from the most recent acquisitions (in 2018) books in the Great North Museum library are now recorded in the Newcastle University library catalogue. If you cannot find a book on the shelves, please ask the librarian - there could be several reasons, apart from it being out on loan, for it not being there.

If you need a book and it is not in our library or the University's, you might like to consult COPAC (the National, Academic, and Specialist Library Catalogue) to find out whether there is another library nearby which does have it

Volunteers are needed to staff the library on a regular basis, and to carry out other tasks.  Please contact the librarian if you think you may be able to help.

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