Information for visitors

Membership registration

Processing new membership takes approximately 10 minutes, this may take longer at busy times.

You may only register during our staffed hours and no later than 30 minutes before staff closing time. Please check our opening hours before travelling.

Please ensure you bring all required documentation with you.

Students and staff from other universities - SCONUL Access

If you are studying at another institution that belongs to the SCONUL Access scheme, you will be eligible to join our library.

Note: If your university is not part of SCONUL Access and you would like access, please email Library@bradford.ac.uk

What you need

• To have applied via the SCONUL Access web page and have the approval email with you.
• Your home university ID card.
  Note: If you belong to a university that does not issue physical cards, please bring alternative evidence, which should include the university number that you used in your application. Photo ID is also needed.
• A clear library account (no outstanding books or fines) if you have studied with the University of Bradford in the past.

Types of membership

• Band A - Borrow up to 12 items.
• Band B and C - Borrow up to 4 items.
• Band R - No borrowing allowed.

The type and length of the membership is set by your home university. To renew, you must reapply through SCONUL Access.

Retired member of academic staff

We welcome back our academic members of staff to re-join the library.

What you need

• To have retired from an academic role in the University of Bradford.
• To have a clear UoB library account (no outstanding books or fines).
• To bring proof of your home address.

Types of membership

• Standard membership – Free, 1 year, renewable annually, no borrowing allowed.
• Borrower membership – £35, 1 year, renewable annually, borrow up to 4 books.

Bradford College students

Some students from Bradford College may join the library.

What you need

• Written permission from the College Director of Learning Resources (which must be shown).
• College ID card.

Type of membership

• Standard membership - No borrowing allowed, the length of membership will be set by the college.

Privacy policy

This notice applies to members of the University of Bradford library who are not registered students or members of staff of the University.

Data collected includes

• name;
• title;
• address;
• email address;
• UB number (Bradford graduates only);
• name of home institution, membership type and home institution card number (SCONUL Access members only);
• name of home institution and card number (HE and FE members outside the SCONUL Access scheme);
• name of home institution (school visitors);
• photograph and
• usage data, including entries made and items borrowed.

The data given will be used for the purpose of giving access to services provided by the University of Bradford library.

Statistics collected on usage are gathered anonymously.

Data relating to most of our users will not be used for marketing purposes. The exceptions are Commonweal and Special Collections users who may receive occasional messages relating to these collections.

Data will be deleted no later than the September following expiry of the account, unless there are unpaid fines or one or more books on the account. In this case, data will be retained for the purpose of debt recovery.

Data will be shared with a third party only for purposes of debt recovery, and, in the case of student members, with the student’s home institution in the event of misconduct.

Users can withdraw consent at any time by emailing library@bradford.ac.uk. Access to the library will cease as soon as the data we hold is deleted.

Contact us

JB Priestley Library

Richmond Road
University of Bradford
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD7 1DP

Tel. 01274 233301 
Email: library@bradford.ac.uk

To contact the University’s Data Protection Officer, please call 01274 233021 or email data-protection@bradford.ac.uk.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.