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Who can use the Library & Archive?

Information for those making appointments to view material in the Library & Archive

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Contacting Girton College Library and Archive

To contact us, please use the following:

Archive Library
Email: archive@girton.cam.ac.uk Email: library@girton.cam.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 338897 Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 338970
(for all enquiries about the Archive) (for all enquiries about the Library and the Special Collections)

Please do not send enquiries to personal/individual email addresses, as this may result in a delay to replies. Thank you.

Who can use the Library and Archive?

Girton College Library is open to all current members of Girton College, and to others by appointment only.  Girton College Archive is open to anyone with a research enquiry but by appointment only, noting that there is currently quite a long wait for appointments. The Special Collections, although part of the Library, use the same arrangements as the Archive.

Please use the sections below to guide you to the information you need when arranging your visit.

See the Library webpage for lots of information about getting the most use of the facilities. 

If you wish to use material held in the Archive or Special Collections, please see:

Normally we welcome the chance for you to revisit the Library but we would ask you to email library@girton.cam.ac.uk or phone 01223 338970 in advance. 

If you wish to see material in the Archive (e.g. the albums of Matriculation photos) or Special Collections, please see:

If you wish to use material held in the Archive or Special Collections, please see:

If you wish to use material from our main library collection that is not held elsewhere in the University, please email library@girton.cam.ac.uk

We regret that — in common with most of the other college libraries in Cambridge — we are unable to offer study space, or access to material held elsewhere in the University, to anyone who is not a current member of Girton College.

If you wish to use material held in the Archive or Special Collections, please see: 

We regret that we are unable to offer access to our main library collection nor provide study space to anyone who is not a current member of Girton College. 

For information about visiting the Lawrence Room and the People's Portraits, please see our Art and Artefact pages.

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