The Library’s collections, services and facilities are of comparable depth and reach to those found in universities and specialist institutes. Library membership is open to all, and the Library is well used by a broad spectrum of readers, writers and researchers, many of whom would otherwise have no access to such extensive loan collections and online resources. As well as the various memberships available, daily or weekly reference tickets can be issued to those who need access to our materials, and items from the Library’s collection are made available to public libraries via the Inter-Library Loan scheme.