Address:
Malet Street, Senate House; 4th Floor
London,
WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom
Region: Greater London
Phone: (+44) (0) 20786-28500
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Library details: Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with University of London (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 190,000 volumes.
Other Info: The Institute’s Library is an international resource with particularly impressive Caribbean, Southern African and Australian holdings with over 190,000 volumes and 230 archival collections including resources on Nelson Mandela and the Ruth First papers.
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Administration: The director of the library is David Clover .
Academic Level: The library Serves an educational institution at the University level.
| Collection size | 190,000 | volumes |
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| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma* | 2025 |
| Previous Automation System | Sierra | 2016 |
| Previous Automation System | Millennium | 2012 |
| Previous Automation System | Innopac | 1997 |
| Previous Automation System | LIBERTAS | 1991 |
| Discovery Interface | Primo | 2025 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | Encore | 2012 |
| Reading List Manager | Leganto | 2025 |
| (* This system was recently acquired and may not yet be installed) | ||
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the University of London Research Library Services (view map) | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Alma.
| Identifiers | |
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| libraries.org ID | 58248 |
Record History: This listing was created on Mar 18, 2010 and was last modified on Nov 11, 2025.
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