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Staff and students from other universities
Membership to Edinburgh University Library is available to staff and students of other universities on condition that appropriate ID is provided.
Reference access is available to all on production of appropriate ID (see below). Borrowing rights may be available to some students and staff via local and national reciprocal agreements and schemes.
SCONUL Access
Reciprocal access agreement used by the vast majority of university libraries in the UK and Ireland. If you are a student or staff member from a UK university you should join University of Edinburgh Library through this scheme.
Scottish Agricultural College
University of Edinburgh Library has a reciprocal borrowing agreement with the Scottish Agricultural College Library.
Heriott-Watt University staff
Access for Heriot-Watt University staff is now through the SCONUL Access scheme.
Open University staff and students
OU staff and students can join the library through the SCONUL Access scheme, additional ID may be required.
SHARES
Students and staff of participating institutions in the SHARES program can get reference access to University of Edinburgh Library with the required ID. Most UK participating institutions now use the SCONUL Access scheme instead.
SCURL Research Extra
Staff and postgraduate research students from any othe SCURL institution can join University of Edinburgh Library. Most participating universities now use the SCONUL Access scheme instead.
All others
If your university or college does not fall under any of the above reciprocal access schemes you can still join the library as a member of the public.
Services for external members
Although, as a University service, the library is partly funded from central government, it is not a public library. The extent to which it can offer facilities to external users free of charge is limited.
The library can offer some services only on payment of subscriptions or fees, which are set at realistic but reasonable levels. Income derived from these subscriptions and fees is used to maintain and develop collections and services.
This article was published on Dec 11, 2012