Roy Graham Library, Newbold College of Higher Education

City/town

Bracknell

address

St Marks Road, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 4AN

Telephone

01344 407 444

Contact & Job Title

Per Lisle, Librarian

Purpose & main user community of the library

Serves students and staff at the undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree levels

Terms of access

Walk in and register at the Information Desk or email

Opening hours

During semester times visitor access is: M–Th. 09.00–18.00; F.09.00–13.00. Limited opening hours for visitors Jun – Sept. Opening hours information available from Library Portal

Disabled access

Access to ground floor only. The Theology collection is on the first floor. Information Desk staff assistance available. Accessible toilet

Lending to other libraries & visitors

ILL lending to other libraries via BLDSC; Lending to visitors: None. External membership available; Annual external membership £30, max. loan of 5 books, 2 week period, renewable once. ILL not available for external members.

Number of volumes

65,000 (40,000 theology)

Periodicals – Back Issues

290 sets

Current Periodicals

55 print + Academic Search Premier and ATLA Religion Database with Serials

Other materials

687 microforms

Volumes added per year

1,000

Coverage

OT, NT, including biblical languages, church history, systematic theology, Seventh-Day Adventist theology and history are the principal areas covered. Also collections in world mission, church growth, philosophy and ethics.

Special Collections

E. G. White Research Centre – housed in the library building, contains both mss and printed collections

Manuscripts

Small mss collection

Research resource

Seventh-Day Adventism

Catalogue Type

Online catalogue – EOS.web

URL of catalogue
Other facilities

WiFi, photocopying, study spaces

Full Time Staff

2

Part Time Staff

8