Library Visitor Information

Covid-19 Library Update

In response to changing Welsh Government guidance and University Management decisions in relation to Covid 19, we may need to make changes to our services, sometimes at short notice.

We will update our webpages regularly with any new information but some delays may be unavoidable.

Please note that Libraries are only open for the services stipulated at the times stated.

Please do not visit the library without your University ID Card (or other ID required for card collection, e.g. a passport) and confirmation of your booking where this is required, e.g. for Request and Collect or Study Space bookings.

Please also consult our Current Library Service Operation page for further information on the services that are currently available.

Borrowing schemes, online resources and WiFi for visitors

Due to current Welsh Government and Swansea University guidance, our library services are currently available to current Swansea University Staff and Students only.

Please contact us if you need any further assistance.

Information on our usual services for Visitors can be found below

Access the Visitor and Guest Wi-Fi network

The Swansea University Visitor network is available for visitors and guests of the university.

Please follow the instructions to connect to the Visitor network.

Libraries Together borrowing scheme

The Libraries Together Passport allows any current member of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Powys and Pembrokeshire public library services to have free borrowing access at all public libraries covered by these areas along with free borrowing access at Swansea University, University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea College, Neath Port Talbot College, Gorseinon College, and Pembrokeshire College.

Please visit your nearest public library branch and join the library if you are not already a member. Ask for a Libraries Together passport stating which college or Higher Education library you want to join. Take the passport along to your chosen library, and they will register you as a borrower. This scheme is managed by SWAMP (South West And Mid Wales Partnership) and funded by MALD (Museums, Archives and Libraries Wales).

SCONUL access

Swansea University is a member of the SCONUL Access scheme. This allows academic staff, postgraduate research students, full-time postgraduates, part-time, distance learning or placement students to borrow from other HE libraries across the UK who are members of the scheme. This guide to SCONUL Access explains how you can join the SCONUL Access scheme.

Online library resources for visitors

Visitors to Swansea University can access some of our electronic resources via the Walk-in Access Wales scheme.

Walk-in Access Wales was a CyMAL funded project that is now managed by the Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF). It enables members of the public to access electronic resources in Welsh HE libraries. For more information, visit the Walk-in Access Wales website. There is a list of institutions participating in the Walk-in Access under WHELF Access and Borrowing Schemes.

Walk-in Access resources are available on campus only. To access ebooks and electronic journal articles that are available from Swansea University under the scheme, you will need to bring your own device to one of our libraries. In the library, connect to Swansea University Visitor WiFi network. If you need any help, please ask at the Information Desk in the library.

Resources included under the scheme may be multidisciplinary (such as JSTOR) or subject specific (such as the Royal Society of Chemistry). You can find more information about our electronic resources from our subject Library Guides. Please remember that some content may be excluded from the Walk-in Access scheme.