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The Library is open from 08:30 until midnight, with staff available from 08:30 until 18:00.

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Visitor information

We are open 08:30 - midnight, with stafffing from 08:30-18:00.

 

The Library is open to members of the University of Surrey, visitors and alumni, with no need to book a seat in advance of your visit.

To request a Library Visitor Pass, please fill in the Visitor Access Request form (unavailable during exam restrictions), then bring your confirmation email and a piece of valid photo ID with you to the Library on your first visit. Please ensure you read and follow our regulations and code of conduct when visiting the library.

Please email the Library with any enquiries. To provide feedback on our services you can use our feedback form. Please check our website for updates.

Accessibility guide

We have partnered with AccessAble to develop accessible library guides to help you get to and around our buildings more easily.

Under 16s

Children under the age of 16 may only visit the Library with an adult, who must accompany them at all times and be responsible for their safety and behaviour.

Visitors under the age of 18 are not to bring children (under 16) into the Library.

Floor plans

We have floor plans for all five levels of the Library building explaining the available facilities.

How to get here

The University of Surrey Library is based at our Stag Hill campus in Guildford. You can get to us by train or car, find out more about travelling to the University.

Resources for visitors

Visitors have access to all hard copy resources within the Library. Please use SurreySearch to see what we have available in the Library.

You are welcome to use our individual and group study areas.

Visitor access to library online resources

The archives and special collections in the Library
Archives and special collections
Student walking in library
Policies and regulations

Floor plans

There are toilets on every level, with disabled toilets on the ground floor, and levels one and two. Every floor is accessible by lift.

  • Ground level: Archives & Special Collections Research Room, TV studio, accessible toilets.
  • Level 1: Support desk, Learning Development, Disability and Neurodiversity, training rooms (Shepard and Bellairs), group study areas, silent study room, group study rooms one to four and consultation rooms.
  • Level 2: Books - shelfmarks 620 - 999, CDs, DVDs, language resource collection, open study space, silent study rooms, group study rooms five and six.
  • Level 3: Individual study space, silent study room.
  • Level 4: Books - shelfmarks 350 - 619, group study rooms seven to eleven, group study area.
  • Level 5: Books - shelfmarks 001 - 349, law reports and journals, Doctoral College, individual study space and silent study rooms.
Floorplan of Library Ground floor, depicting Library Entrance, open Monday to Friday, 9 to 5, at bottom left, leading to a corridor from which the Archives & Special Collections Research Room and Staff Offices lead, and further on to stairs and lift, disabled toilets, staff exit. To the right are staff areas, and a TV studio. An arrow at bottom right points to Library Centre entrance, open 24/7

Ground floor of the Library.

Level 1 Floorplan

Level one of the Library.

Floorplan of Level 2 of the Library, including Silent Study Rooms at either end, Books 620 - 999, CDs, DVDs, Language Resources, Scores, Group Study Rooms 5 and 6, Individual Study areas

Level two of the Library.

Floorplan of Level 3 of the Library, including individual study area, and Silent study room

Level three of the Library.

Floorplan of Level 4 of the Library, including Group study areas, Group Study Rooms 7 to 11, Printers, Water, and Books 350 - 619

Level four of the Library.

Floorplan of Level 5 of the Library, including Individual study area, Silent Study room, printer, water, Books 001 - 349, journals and law reports

Level five of the Library.