Reader’s card

• To get access to the reading room, you need a valid reader’s card.
• 77 seats available in the reading room

 

Works in the Reading Room
From Monday 13/04 to Friday 17/04 inclusive

Lighting works will take place in the reading room, making it temporarily impossible to consult documents there. However, you can still consult your documents in the catalogue room, located to the right of the reading room.

 

Visitors wishing to consult documents from the following collections are invited to go to the following locations:

• Manuscripts and rare books: reading room -2
• Maps and plans: reading room -2
• Prints: Palace reading room

 

If you are not sure where to go, please proceed to the catalogue room, where staff will be happy to assist and direct you.

 

Consulting the collections

Please reserve your documents 2 working days in advance, so that they will be ready when you arrive. Many heritage items can only be consulted after reservation. On Saturday, there is no book distribution. Reference works are freely accessible in the open stacks.

You can use the online catalogue or the various card catalogues to search for documents. Here are some tips for searching in the catalogues.

 

Requesting documents

1. Go to the catalogue and sign in to your MY KBR account.
2. Find the document in the catalogue.
3. In the record, click ‘Reserve’.

If you want to reserve a document that is not in the online catalogue, please use the special request form.

 

Coming back?

If you want to consult the same documents again the next day (or at a later time), you can ask our staff to keep them in the reading room for up to 30 days. This way, they will be immediately available on your next visit.

 

 

Want to study?

In the study room you can study, read and work with a valid reader’s card, but you can’t consult the collections. It is located on the second floor of the reading room.

190 seats are available. Seat reservation is not required.

 

 

Interlibrary loans

You can request publications that are not available at KBR through the Interlibrary Loan Service. Check the guidelines, prices and restrictions.

Prices and guidelines

 

 

Computers

The reading room has Wi-Fi and sockets so you can connect your laptop. Laptop stands are available upon presentation of your reader’s card.

 

There are a number of computers which you may use for consulting the catalogue and the e-resources. Although these work stations have access to the Internet, they cannot be used to download or print documents.

 

 

Copies and reproductions

1. If you need an image, you can order a reproduction (a scan or photocopy) via Digit on Demand.
2. You may take digital photographs (without flash) of documents if they are intended for personal use. Always respect copyright rules and make sure that you do not damage the document in any way.
3. Please also note that it is not possible to make your own copies or print documents from your own computer (and from the public computers in the room).

Access to the reading room

Once you have reserved your documents or have a reader’s card, you can use the reading room. To help you prepare for your visit, please find some practical guidelines below.

What can you bring inside?
Please use the transparent basket available at the entrance for the personal items you need in the room. You may bring:

• a black pencil
• your personal books (please fill in the form at the entrance of the room beforehand)

The following items are not allowed in the reading and study rooms: coats, bags, umbrellas, helmets, pens, post-its, chewing gum, sharp objects, adhesive tape, portable scanners, food and drinks. You may leave these items in the free and secure lockers in the cloakroom.

Read more about the collections