Information for visitors

Students from other institutions

Students from other institutions wishing to visit the RCSI Library should send a letter of introduction from their institutional library to library@rcsi.com. All visits are arranged in advance and the visiting student will be required to show a valid ID card from their home institution when they arrive onsite.

Library Link card holders

RCSI Library is a member of Library Link, the CONUL Access Scheme between academic libraries. Visitors with a Library Link card issued by their home institution, who wish to access RCSI Library should contact the Library in advance of their visit by emailing library@rcsi.com.

Library Link card holders are required to show a valid ID card from their home institution, in addition to the Library Link card, before access is allowed.

Library Link card holders are welcome to visit during staffed Information Point opening hours only. Opening hours are available here.

SCONUL users

RCSI Library is a member of the SCONUL Access Scheme between academic libraries. Visitors who wish to access RCSI Library under this scheme should contact Library in advance of their visit by emailing library@rcsi.com.

SCONUL Card users will be required to show a valid ID card from their home institution, along with their SCONUL Access approval letter/email when they arrive on site before access is allowed. SCONUL Access is approved by the users’ home institution. Please apply through SCONUL Access.

SCONUL Access visitors are welcome to visit during staffed Information Point opening hours. Opening hours are available here. 

Visiting researchers to RCSI Heritage Collections

Access to the Heritage Collections is by appointment only. Please contact archivist@rcsi.com to make arrangements for your visit.

Print/scan/copy accounts

Visiting users to RCSI Library's sites can set up a personal print account from the RCSI print portal, select ‘Register as a new user’. Within this portal, visitors can add credit to their account and upload any documents they wish to print via web print. These documents can be released at the printers in the Library Learning Commons on the Ground Floor of RCSI Library, 26 York Street or in the Print Room in RCSI Library, Beaumont Hospital.

Access to WiFi

Visiting users to RCSI Library's sites can access Guest WiFi for their personal devices. The log in details change regularly so visitors should check locally when they arrive. RCSI also supports Eduroam.