Who can use the Library?

The Swedenborg Society Library is a research library open to both members of the Swedenborg Society and non-members alike. Visitors are asked to make appointments in advance (giving a week's notice), specifying their areas of interest and (where possible) catalogue nos. or titles of items they wish to view. Visitors are reminded to bring with them a form of photographic ID (passport; driver’s license; NUS card) and proof of address (utilities bill, bank statement etc.). We are also happy to deal with enquiries by telephone or e-mail for those unable to visit the library. Contact details are listed below.

Photocopies can be made by a member of staff; the charge is 15 p per page.
Swedenborg House is wifi enabled and visitors are welcome to bring laptops.

Use of the Library is free of charge, but donations to preserve and add to our stock are always appreciated.

And who uses the library? The library is used primarily by people with an interest in Swedenborg and his influence, be they translators, researchers and editors of Swedenborg, academics and students, or curious and avid readers. Some will be looking at Swedenborg and aspects of his work as their specialist area, others will be researching broader discourses and will have encountered Swedenborg in the course of their reading. Swedenborgians, over the years, have tended to record and publish their goings on; as such, for people with ties to the New Church past or present, the library is also a useful resource for genealogists and historians.