
Library spaces
The library at the Tavistock Centre has a variety of separate spaces and facilities to help you study, work and research
Library summer closure
The Tavistock Centre Library will be closed from Saturday 5 July, re-opening on Wednesday 3 September as we refurbish and remodel the space. The print collection will be unavailable during this time, which means we will not able to send out postal loans nor fulfill copying requests. Please take out any loans or make copying requests in good time before the library closes. Find out more about the library closure.
The Student Work Space on the ground floor of the Tavistock Centre will remain open for those who require access to study space.
Seminar Room 11 (SR11) on the ground floor of the Tavistock Centre will also be available with desks for quiet study during the closure, with the exception of the week beginning 21 July, when the Group Relations Conference is taking place
Finding the library
The library is on the ground floor of the Tavistock Centre. It has three separate areas for you to use: a main library space, computer room and book room. Any of our library spaces can be used by current students, all Trust staff, current TSP members and paid individual or group members. Find out about our library space opening times.
Using the library spaces
- Wifi connection is available by using Free NHS Wifi
- Seated study spaces have power and charging sockets for your devices
- Please don’t make or take calls anywhere in the library
- Drinks must be in a lidded bottle or cup, but no food can be consumed in any of the library spaces
- The PCs in the Library and Student Work Space have Microsoft Office software installed – these are shared devices so log out of your accounts and delete saved documents when finished, or restart the device to automatically remove information and documents
- Please use these details if you are asked to log in to the PC to start working: username student, password student
- Click on each heading in the section below for more information on what is available in each space
Main library space
- Library enquiry desk
- Variety of seated study desks where you can use your own devices
- Comfy chairs for more leisurely reading
- PCs for searching the catalogue
- Group Study Pod for working with up to four colleagues
- Print collections for Research Methods, Study Skills, comics, novels and poetry
- New books and the latest print journal issues
- DVD collection
- Quiet conversation only in this area


Computer room
- PCs with Microsoft Office software
- Spaces to use your own laptop with the option to connect your device to a monitor, keyboard and mouse
- Printer/copier
- Height-adjustable desk
- Large presentation screen
- Print journals for browsing
- Quiet conversation only in this area

Book room
- Main book collection
- Silent study only in this space – no talking or phone calls
- You can use a laptop in this area but switch off any audio or alerts

Student Work Space
- Located separately from the main library, just off the student lobby area near the ground-floor lifts
- Three PCs with Microsoft Office
- Printer/copier
- Spaces to use your own laptop with the option to connect your device to a monitor, keyboard and mouse
