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Harold Cohen Library Self Guided Tour: Ground Floor

map of Harold Cohen Library Ground Floor

Harold Cohen Reception Desk

1. Reception

You need your Student ID card to swipe in & out or download the My Liverpool app for a QR version of your ID card.

Leisure reading area

2. Leisure Reading Area

You need your Student ID card to swipe in & out or download the My Liverpool app for a QR version of your ID card.

Social Accessible Study Space

3. Social Accessible Study Space

On the left before the staircase is our Social Accessible Study Space, which can be booked online or at the Help Desk by students with a 'Student Support Information Sheet'. It has 8 study spaces and 2 PC's.

Harold Cohen Library Help Desk

4.Help Desk

Staffed from 9am - 9:30pm during term time & 12:00pm - 5:00pm at weekends. Our team are happy to help with any enquiry and can provide information on all Library Services. We also sell stationery, spiral binding materials and offer a channel binding service

Self service machines

5. Borrow-Self Service

Check out books any time using your Student ID card or QR code.

Book return machine

6. Book Returns

Return your books here – pop your books on the conveyor one at a time and the sorter will remove the book from your library account.

Click and Collect book shelves

7. Click & Collect Shelves

Use “use the “Click & Collect” option in Library search to reserve items on loan or get books collected from the shelves. You will be notified by email when they are ready to collect and borrow.

Lapsafe Units

8. Lapsafes

We have 144 self-service laptops for use within the Library. They are available to loan for 4 hours, free of charge via your ID card.

Study Space

9. Study Space

Eating is allowed in this area. There are vending machines selling snacks and hot and cold drinks as well as a water fountain for hot and cold water. These are located at point 10 on the Map above

Harold Cohen Library Wellbeing area

11. Wellbeing area

While studying it is also important to look after your wellbeing. If you need some time out please relax in our Wellbeing area. We provide signposting to support as well as a collection of books that focus on wellbeing topics

Staircase to first floor

12. Stairs to First Floor

Walk back up to reception and return to the foyer, walk up the main staircase to Floor 1.