Care of the collections

We ask all readers to treat our map collections with care.

You must leave the following items in a locker in the cloakroom beside the reading room:

• Outdoor coats and jackets
• Wet outer garments and umbrellas
• Bags larger than 29cm x 21cm (A4)
• Any items of food or drink
• Any items which might damage our material, for example, pens, glue, correction fluid, scissors or other sharp implements, staplers, etc

• You can only use pencil to write with, for the protection of items in the map collections, no pens are allowed
• Flat sheet maps must be protected by acetate sheets when in use
• Please be careful not to write on, lean on, mark or place working papers on top of any Library material
• You should ensure that your hands are clean before handling Library materials
• You must wear gloves (provided by the Library) when using photographs and microforms