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Our meeting rooms can be booked online. Please follow the room booking terms and conditions.
Using microform and audiovisual equipment
Microfilm readers and scanner PCs are available to view 16mm and 35mm microfilms and microfiche. Scanpro software is available for browsing, printing, scanning and saving content.
We have a specialised dedicated audiovisual room for you to view videos, DVDs, cassettes and CDs from our collections or on inter-library loan.
Audio recordings from oral history collections are used in the Somerville Reading Room.
Somerville Reading Room
The reading room is a specially controlled environment where you can view items from our heritage collection or fragile and older reference material. To help preserve items in our collection, whilst you are viewing them, we ask that you follow the Somerville Reading Room conditions of use.