Maryvale Institute

Last updated 12 January 2019
Name of library Maryvale Institute 
Address Old Oscott Hill, Birmingham, B44 9AG 
Telephone  0121 325 2406
Fax 0121 366 6786 
E-mail librarymanager@maryvale.ac.uk 
Website  https://www.maryvale.ac.uk/library-info.html
Alternative names  
Contact & Job Title Elizabeth Roberts, Head of Library and Learning Resources
Purpose & main user community of the library Students and staff of Maryvale Institute; teachers and catechists in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham
Terms of access By appointment 
Opening hours Mon-Fri 09.00-16.30. Weekend opening during student residentials.
Disabled access Lift; accessible study room
Lending to other libraries & visitors ILL available to other ABTAPL libraries
Number of volumes 16,000 
Periodicals – Back Issues  70
Current Periodicals 15
Other materials Maryvale undergraduate and MA dissertations; PhD theses; ejournals and ebooks
Volumes added per year 300 
Coverage Catholic theology; philosophy; religious education; catechesis
Special Collections Drinkwater Collection; a collection of the works of Canon Francis Drinkwater
Manuscripts  
Research resource  
Catalogue Type Computer
URL of catalogue http://library.maryvale.ac.uk/catalogue.php
Other facilities Wifi access, photocopying
Full Time Staff  0
Part Time Staff  2
Voluntary Staff  0
Changes in next five years affecting the above  
Anything else about the library