Chancery Lane: Maughan Library
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The Maughan Library at the Strand campus is home to American studies, Australian studies, Byzantine & modern Greek, classics, cultural & creative industries, digital culture & technology, English, European studies, film studies, French, geography, German, history, linguistics, music, philosophy, Portuguese & Brazilian studies, Spanish & Spanish-American studies, theology & religious studies, war studies, law (including the Institute of Taxation's Tony Arnold Library), medical ethics, computer science, engineering, mathematics and physics.
Contact us
Maughan Library, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR
Tel. 020 7848 2424
Fax. 020 7848 2277
How to find us
Chancery Lane is a short walk from the Strand Campus and is on the righthand side as you walk away from Fleet Street.
Map of the area.
Floor plans can be downloaded below:
Accessibility
Please see
this page for accessibility information.
Audiotours
This service gives a unique personal tour of the library with both practical information about using the library and some historical information about the building. Players and headphones are available in the ground floor lift lobby (G.12) during desk opening hours.
The audiotour MP3 files and transcripts are available to download below:
Catering
The
Rolls cafe is located on the lower ground floor.
Audio-visual equipment
6 VHS players
8 multi-region DVD players
5 CD players
4 LP players
1 audio cassette player
1 minidisc player
College members can also listen to CDs or view region two DVDs on any Student Computing workstation. Headphones for this purpose are available from the Service desk. All audiocassettes, videocassettes, DVDs, CDs and vinyl records are held in this area. Audio and video cassettes of the AKC lectures from the previous five years are also available.
Access: Equipment is open access to all. Vinyl records are on open access and available to all. CDs, videocassettes, DVDs and audiocassettes are in security cases and must be taken to the Service desk and issued, so are available to members only.
1M.12 - 2 microfilm/fiche reader-printers, along with the microfiche and microfilm collection
G.56, 1.40, 2.39 and Special Collections - 4 video magnifiers
Bike sheds
There is a covered bicycle shed with 16 Sheffield racks (for push bikes only) to the right of the front gate entrance. Additional standard racks are also available.
Lockers
Lockers are available in rooms LG.53, 1.21, 1.29, 2.2, 2.21
Lockers are allocated on a first come, first served basis with details advertised throughout the library. A £20.00 deposit will be required. A number of lockers are being kept aside, so if you have a disability and would find a locker useful, please contact either Sally Brock (sally.brock@kcl.ac.uk) or Nigel Baker (nigel.baker@kcl.ac.uk).
Photocopiers
LG.53 store: 1 B+W photocopier
G.12 main lift lobby - Flexicard dispenser and recharger
G.50 short loan - 2 B+W photocopiers
G.55 humanities current journals - 1 B+W photocopier
G.61 humanities journals - 1 B+W photocopier
G.72 main lift lobby - Flexicard dispenser and recharger
1.12 humanities books/law journals - 1 B+W photocopier and Flexicard recharger
1.21 law books - 1 B+W photocopier and 1 colour copier
1.39 law current journals - 1 B+W photocopier
1.3 (balcony) humanities books/law journals - 1 B+W photocopier
1.72 humanities books/law journals - 1 B+W photocopier and Flexicard recharger
2.2 humanities and science books 4 B+W photocopiers (all with document feeders)
2.12 humanities and science books 1 B+W photocopier
2.72 humanities and science books 1 B+W photocopier (suitable for users with disabilities)