Joint Library of the Hellenic & Roman Societies / Institute of Classical Studies Library

The Library is maintained jointly with the Societies for the Promotion of Hellenic and Roman Studies and in association with the Institute of Classical Studies (University of London). It contains over 130,000 volumes, 22,000 bound volumes of periodicals, thereby bringing the overall total to almost 152,000 volumes. The Library has an international reputation as one of the world’s foremost Classics libraries.

Thursday, 30 January 2014

New Sappho

Breaking news in the Classics world today is centred around the discovery of two new Sappho poems held in an anonymous private collection in London. The preliminary article by Dirk Obbink can be read here and an official discussion blog has been created.

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Senate House Protests

During the planned protests on January 22^nd, 23^rd, 27^th, 28^th and 29^th the library will remain open as usual. In the event of this changing we will notify readers every way we can. If you are uncertain then feel free to email, telephone or check the website. If you are unable to access the library during this time please do NOT leave your books with the security staff downstairs- it is better if you take them home and send us an email explaining what’s happened so we can make sure you do not get late fines. If you live further away we recommend posting any returns to prevent a wasted journey.