The Seligman Library provides a quiet space for anthropology students to study. Named after Charles Seligman who was lecturer in ethnology at the school from 1910, it houses a catalogued collection of books and essential article offprints. It also hosts research seminars, including the Friday seminar on anthropological theory and a series of student-run regional seminars.
The library is exclusively for the use of students and staff in the Anthropology Department. The library is used as a borrowing library at lunchtimes during term time, where you can borrow books as well as obtain access to articles, off-prints, as well as DVDs. It is staffed by undergraduate students, who will be happy to assist you. Please note that you are unable to borrow anything outside of the opening hours.
At other times the room is available as a study room and is open from early morning to late evening. Please note, however, that meetings and seminars sometimes take place in there - look out for a “please do not disturb” notice on the door.
Using the library
Wednesday Tea Party- for all Anthropology students and staff (12 - 2pm)
Calling all students and staff of the Department of Anthropology!
Tea Party in Seligman Library (6th Floor Old Building) every Wednesday 12 - 2PM
You are welcome to join us for a weekly relaxing TEA Party in the Seligman Library,
where free hot drinks will be available to all members of Anthropology department.
Bring your lunch with you, bring your fellow anthropologists, bring stories from the summer and ideas for projects to exchange and enjoy the newly renovated surroundings.
We look forward to welcoming you!
New Books
We regularly review our collection of books to ensure we include new and interesting titles. Thanks to funding from the LSE Annual Fund| over the past year we have been able to purchase a number of new books. Selected new titles can be seen here|. All these books are available to borrow from the Seligman Library. We would encourage you to visit the Library where we have displayed a number of these titles in our New Arrivals Cabinet. Special thanks go to Joanna Bojczewska for collating this document.
Borrowing items
During opening hours all cabinets are left open to allow you to peruse and pick any off-print or book you require. You can then approach one of the library assistants who will be able to issue it/them to you. Although the staff are there to assist you, they are not there to retrieve books or off-prints simply as a matter of course. Please only ask them to do this if you are having trouble locating what you are looking for.
Catalogues
Loan period
Books – 1 week.
Off-prints – 3 days.
Essential reading for courses that are not available in course packs – 1 hour.
Returning items
If you are returning items outside of library opening times you can leave them in the blue box marked ‘Seligman library returns’ in the department's outer office (OLD 6.04). Please ensure you return items in the same condition in which you borrowed them. If items are unusable or damaged badly you will be charged the cost of replacement."
Fines*
Books - £1 per day.
Off-prints – 50p per day.
Essential readings – 50p per hour.
* Fines are used to purchase new books for the library.
Contacting the Library
You can contact the Seligman Library Assistants by email: Seligman.Library@lse.ac.uk|
Donations
We would welcome any donations to the library, particularly unwanted course packs which can often be recycled for the following year.
Suggestions
If you have any suggestions or comments about the library then please address these to Camilla Griffiths (C.B.Griffiths@lse.ac.uk|).