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Libraries
The Collections
St Chad's College has eight library rooms located in its main building, making it easily the largest college library in Durham. Its 38,000 plus volumes span the full range of subjects studied in Durham. All library rooms have hard-wired and wireless internet access, and all operate on an honour system, being open 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
The three library rooms on the ground floor (the Bettenson Room, the Brewis Library and the new Williams Library) contain the core curricula texts for many of the courses currently on offer in the University. The Brewis and Williams Libraries also contain a large number of reference materials, especially in Law.
There are two more libraries on the first floor: the Wetherall Library, which houses most of the Theology and Philosophy collections; and the Research Library, which contains the Church History and Liturgy collections of the College, as well as a collection of older books.
The Fenton Library, opened in October 2006, is located on the third floor. Comprising three separate rooms, the Fenton Library is used primarily for private study, containing approximately thirty individual study carrels.
In addition to its regular holdings, the College has a significant collection of works by, or concerning the work of, Bernard Lonergan, the noted Jesuit philosopher and theologian from Canada. The Lonergan Collection is accessible with permission. Contact the Principal for information about access.
Library Index
Dewey Subject Library --- Reference materials Fenton Library 3rd floor
East Room000s 'Generalities' Fenton Library 3rd floor
East Room100s Philosophy and related disciplines Fenton Library 3rd floor
Bailey Room200s Theology/Religion Wetherall Library - 1st floor 300s Social Sciences Fenton Library 3rd floor
Bailey Room400s Language Fenton Library 3rd floor
East Room500s Science Fenton Library 3rd floor
Middle Room600s Technology Bettenson Room Ground floor 700s The Arts Brewis Library Ground floor 800s Literature Brewis Library Ground floor 900s Geography and History Williams Library Ground floor
Early Works
The Archives and Special Collections at Durham University Library contain a ninth College collection, including the St Chad's College Manuscripts. The College founders were deeply influenced by the ideals of the Oxford Movement, and the College's tradition is clearly reflected in the manuscripts and early printed books given to its library by various benefactors, particularly in their emphasis on liturgy and ritual.
The very earliest works comprise two medieval manuscripts (a 13th-century antiphoner and a 15th-century book of hours), a fragment of a 16th-century musical manuscript, and a 19th-century Turkish calligraphic manuscript. The medieval manuscripts are described in N.R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, II, (Oxford, 1977) 512-3, and, more fully, in the Draft Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, available in the University's search room.
The other early
manuscripts form part of the deposit in the University
Library of early books from St Chad's College Library.
This deposit comprises many of the college's
pre-1701 books, including 10 incunables, 34 sixteenth-century and 84
seventeenth-century books, and hundreds of volumes of later date. The College
also retains a sizeable collection of older books and manuscripts in-house.
Access
The College libraries are open from 8.00 am to 11.00 pm for members of St Chad's College. The holdings are generally catalogued on the University's electronic catalogue, and searches can be restricted to St Chad's College libraries.
NEITE students without a key to the College may use the libraries from 9.00 am to 10.00 pm.
Members of other colleges, University members of staff and external readers may use the libraries with permission of the Principal. Normally, external users will not be able to check out materials, but will be asked to use the materials within the various libraries.
Other Libraries
The Cathedral Library is located in the monk's dormitory, which is but a minute's walk from the College. Its holdings are particularly good in theology and local history. St Chad's students may register as users by enquiring at the library's front desk.
The Palace Green Library is part of the University library system, and it houses the Law and Music Libraries as well as the University Archives and other materials.
The main University Library is located on the Science site, a five minute walk from College. Its catalogue is accessible from all College computers.
In addition to these libraries, many departments have their own libraries.
The Weatherall Library
Contact information:
College Librarian
Jane Manley, BA, MA
Honorary Librarian
The Revd Graham Cornish, BA
President of the British Library Association during the year 2000Emeritus Librarian
Roger Norris, MA, DipLib
Library Regulations
i.
Silence should be observed in the libraries. Readers must
respect others who require a quiet environment in which
to work.
ii. Eating and drinking (apart from water) are forbidden in the libraries.
iii. Readers must keep the libraries as tidy as possible. Personal belongings are not to be left overnight. At other times, personal belongings are left in the libraries at the owner's risk; the College takes no responsibility for theft of or damage to personal property. Library and College officers reserve the right to remove any items from the libraries left unattended for a day.
iv. Radios, cassette players, personal stereos and CD players are forbidden.
v. Readers wishing to borrow books must sign them out by following the procedure described in the libraries. Books borrowed from a particular library ought to be returned to the library from which they were borrowed. Books may not be borrowed from the Research Library without the written consent of Library officials.
vi. All library books must be returned after the reader has finished with them and, in any case, at the general recall at the end of each term.
vii. The Lower Libraries may, at the discretion of College officials, sometimes be used for meetings, but food and drink may not ordinarily be served. Application should be made in the first instance to the Librarian.
viii. Members of other Colleges, University members of staff and external readers may use the libraries, but only with the written permission of the Principal. For members of the University who are not members of the College, the College reserves the right to charge whatever the University charges for the College's NEITE students to use the University's libraries.
ix. College Officers will ask anyone behaving anti-socially and not obeying these regulations to leave the Library.
x. All readers who wish to photocopy library material should familiarise themselves with the CLA Licensed Copying User Guidelines, which should be displayed beside all copying machines throughout the university.