Opening hours

Main library opening hours:
We are open 24 hours
Except - closed overnight: 21.00 Friday - 10.00 Saturday  

Staffed hours:
Monday - Friday
09.00 - 21.00
Saturday 
10.00 - 17.00

Easter closure
Thursday 28 March - Tuesday 2 April
Wednesday 27 March – close at 21.00
Thursday 28 March - Tuesday 2 April - main library open 09.00-21.00 (unstaffed), PC cluster open 08.00-22.00
Wednesday 3 April - main library opens at 09.00. PC cluster opens 08.00. Return to 24 hour opening

No entry without a valid College card during unstaffed hours

Opening hours may change at short notice

 

cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk

+44 (0)20 7594 0755

Charing Cross Campus Library
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus
St Dunstan's Rd
London
W6 8RP

The library is on the 2nd floor of the Reynolds Building.

Campus maps and information


About us

There are 14 computers available for library users, including NHS staff, connected to the university network. We have 2 colour printer-copiers for A4 or A3 paper. These can also scan to email. Imperial College London WiFi is available to all registered Library users.

Next to the library is a computer cluster with an additional 62 computers and 2 colour printer-copiers accessible to all registered Library users with a swipe card. NHS users requiring swipe access please email cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk.

Our collection covers general medicine, including medical textbooks, as well as nursing and professions allied to medicine. We also have a small collection of non-clinical titles.

Most journals are now available electronically but we also have some print journals from 1990 onwards on our shelves.


Special collections

The archive collections of Charing Cross Hospital (1818-1974) and the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School / Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (1823-1997) are at the Abdus Salam Library.

You can find listings of items in these collections on the AIM25 database.

Special collections


Study rooms

We have 2 group study rooms in the library for use by users when not booked for tutorials, seminars or staff meetings. The rooms can accommodate 12 people and each one has a PC connected to a large monitor.

To make a booking, contact the library during the staffed opening hours listed above, or email cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk.

There is also a room available to book in the PC cluster.  You can book this via the Library Room Booking system

You may make one booking per day, for a maximum of two hours, up to 3 times a week.

Help with room bookings