GOS ICH Library closure

 

Please note that, due to the current COVID-19 situation, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library is closed until further notice. Library staff are working from home and will continue to provide services remotely.

 The Library continues to offer one to one support for literature searching, systematic reviews and Endnote, online or by telephone. Please email Library staff to request support: ich.library@ucl.ac.uk.

Loaned books can be renewed online, or can be returned to The Front Gate Lodge on Gower Street. Otherwise you can return books by post, marked with the details of the library where they were borrowed, followed by UCL Library Services, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

Some UCL library spaces remain open, including the Student Centre, Science Library and Main Library. Up-to-date information about Library Services and library opening hours is available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/ucl-library-services-updates.    



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