Leeds College of Music: Services and Information

Opening Hours:

Term time
9.00am-7.30pm Monday to Wednesday
9.00am-8.00pm Thursday
9.00am-5.00pm Friday
9.00am-1.00pm Saturday

Vacation time
9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday

Stock:

• Books & journals
• Printed music
• Sound recordings & videos

Facilities

• CD players, turntables and video recorders
• Internet and email
• Multimedia PCs for word processing and CD-ROMs
• Computer catalogue of library materials
• Quiet study area
• Jazz archive
• Careers library
• Photocopier
• Clavinova
• Disks, plastic wallets, basic stationery and photocopy cards for sale
• A binding service

Loan Periods

3-week loans	Include most books and printed music  Books have white labels only Fine = 10p per day  May be renewed up to 3 times if not reserved for another borrower
7-day loans	Include certain books which are in high demand and most CDs & videos  Books have green labels  Fine = 10p per day  May not be renewed
Overnight loans	Include some books, videos and sound recordings  Books have red labels  Can be borrowed from 3.30pm (3.00pm on Fridays) until 10.00am  the next day (or 10.00am on Monday if borrowed on Friday)  Maximum to be borrowed = 2  Fine = 50p per hour or part hour  May not be renewed
Reference books	Include some books and all journals  Have blue labels  Must not be removed from the library

Reservations

To reserve an item currently on loan to another borrower fill in a form at the counter

Inter-library-loans

Forms are available from the library counter for borrowing books, theses and journal articles from other libraries.
Students on non-degree courses must have their tutor's permission to do this.

Requests

You may also request that the library purchases an item you need for your course which is not currently in stock. Ask at the counter.

Staff

Jay Glasby: Head of Library and Learning Resources

Jay graduated from Strathclyde University with a BA in Librarianship and Sociology. Before joining the staff of Leeds College of Music she was the Senior Reference Librarian in South Lanarkshire Council. She is a keen violinist.

Gwyneth Allatt: Librarian

Amongst Gwyneth's qualifications are a BA in English, and MSc in Information studies, and an MA in History. Before working here she worked at Manchester Polytechnic and Bretton Hall College. She enjoys playing the flute.

William Mark Cadwallader: Library Assistant

Mark is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, where his first study was composition. He has since completed a BA at the Open University. He has recently gained an MSc in Information Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Claire Marsh: Library Assistant

After studying for a BMus in music at the University of Birmingham Claire spent a year working in the library there. She has recently passed an MSc in Library and Information Management. Her dissertation concerned jazz archives of the UK. 

Lucy Jackson: Library Assistant

Lucy worked at the college for six months last year, and has now returned. She has an MSc in Information Studies and a BA in Visual Communication and Religious Studies.  Her interests include singing, playing guitar and swimming.

David Thompson: Library Assistant

David has a BA in Library and Information Management from Manchester Metropolitan University. He has previously worked for the careers service in Hampshire and for the NHS.He is a jazz enthusiast and extremely interested in the history of jazz. Until recently he regularly played trumpet in a jazz band.