Many students will find the Reading Rooms at Colindale invaluable for any research involving newspaper and magazine archives.
A minibus trip to Colindale, north London, for students to view the British Library newspaper archives is organised for Wednesday 10th February.
The minibus will be leaving the University Library, Lincoln at 08.00 hrs to arrive at Colindale at approximately 10.30. The minibus will leave Colindale at 16.00 hrs to arrive in Lincoln at approximately 18.30hrs.
If you would like to visit Colindale, please book your place by registering at the University Library issue desk. There is a small fee of £5 when you register.
If you intend to use the Reading Room and access material from their collection, you will have to register as readers individually in their Reading Rooms. To do this, you will need to show two forms of identification, one as proof of identity showing signature (e.g. passport, credit card, driving licence) and one as proof of current address (e.g. recent utility bill, recent Bank Statement, Driving Licence with address etc) or alternatively a current British Library Pass. Please note, strictly no admittance to the Library will be permitted without proof of ID/address.
In common with other British Library Reading Rooms, they do not permit coats and bags into the Reading Room and pencils only must be used.
It is also advisable that you make use of the Advance Reservation service to order up to four bound volumes or microfilm reels of newspapers in advance of the visit by contacting them on 020 7412 7353 or by emailing them at bookdelivery-colindale@bl.uk 48 hours, (excluding Sundays and Bank Holidays) before your intended trip. Colindale advise all readers to reserve material in advance of your visit as it saves time and they cannot get back to you in case of unavailability.
