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RCN Library and Heritage Centre

Opening Hours

Monday - Friday: 10am - 7pm
Saturdays: 10am - 5pm. Closed May bank holidays, July, August and December.
Sundays and public holidays: Closed for Easter 2024, Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April
Find us at: Royal College of Nursing Library and Heritage Centre
20 Cavendish Square

London
W1G ORN

Contact us on:

Phone: 0345  337 3368
Email: rcn.library@rcn.org.uk

Library and Archive Service Joint Heads of Service:

                                                                                                                                          
Teresa Doherty:                                                                                                                        0345 337 3368
Anna Semmens:                                                                                                                        0345 337 3368

Borrowing

RCN members can borrow up to eight items for a period of four weeks. Fines are suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Family History and Research

We hold a large range of records which relate to nursing history. These pages contain advice on finding and using nursing records.

Postal Loans

Request a book via postal loan.

Accessibility

The Library and Heritage Centre has full step-free access to all floors, and disabled toilets on the lower ground floor.

Events Terms and Conditions

View our terms and conditions for Library and Archive Service events.
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Customer Service Excellence

The Library and Archive Service (LAS) has achieved Customer Service Excellence® - an independent accreditation of the quality and standard of our customer services.

The CSE standard emphasises that the customer should be at the heart of everything we do.

Restricted Services only available to RCN members

Getting access to all the onsite and online services at Europe's largest specialist nursing library, is just one of the many benefits of becoming an RCN member.

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