East Midlands region

Leicester

Arts Training Central
Need to register first
Open to Students? yes - extensive resources including tapes, videos and CD-Roms
Opening Times: Monday - Wednesday 10.00 - 4.00 Thursday 10.00 - 5.00 Friday 10.00 - 3.00 
No fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 0116 2425202
angie@artstrainingcentral.co.uk

Loughborough

Arts Council England, East Midlands
Open to Students? yes
Opening Times: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.00 
No fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 01509 218 292
info@em-arts.co.uk

London region

A&B London
Open to Students? yes - reference only - not catalogued
Opening Times: 10-4pm
No fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 0207 378 8143

Arts Council England
Open to Students? open to postgraduate students. Limited space.
Opening Times: 2.00 - 5.00 Monday - Friday
No fee
Appointment Necessary
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Tel: 0207 973 6517
enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk

Centre for Creative Communities
Open to Students? yes
Opening Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 11.00-4.00
No fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 020 7247 5385
info@creativecommunities.org.uk

City University
Open to Students? Students from other universities allowed to use library only out of term time
Opening times during term time: Monday - Thursday 9.00 - 9.00, Friday 9.00 - 8.00, Saturday 12.00 - 6.00. Opening times vary out of term time.
Fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 020 7040 5060
library@city.ac.uk

DSC
Open to Students? yes - quite small, own books and others
Opening times: 9.00 - 5.00
No Fee
No appointment necessary
www.dsc.org.uk
Tel: 020 209 5151
info@dsc.org.uk

ITC
Open to Students? ITC members only - training course material (mostly fundraising)
Opening times: 10.00 - 5.00
No Fee
Appointment necessary
www.itc-arts.org
Tel: 020 403 1743

Arts Council England, London
Open to Students? no - refer to Arts Council
No Fee
No appointment necessary

LVSC
Open to Students? Yes
Opening times: Monday - Friday 10.00 - 5.00
No Fee
Only need an appointment for the Fund Finder service
Tel: 020 700 8107
library@LVSC.org.uk

Total Theatre
Open to Students? Members only - archive performance texts, not admin.
Opening times: 10.00 - 5.00
No Fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 0729 7944

North East region

Newcastle

Arts Council England, North East
Fundraising, but not specifically arts management
Opening times: 9.00 - 5.00
No Fee
Appointment Necessary

North West region

Manchester

Arts Council England, North West
Open to Students? Yes - NB a few days notice is ok for viewing books, but 4 weeks notice may be needed to view software
Opening times: 9.30 - 5.00
No Fee
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 0161 834 6644

Scotland

Edinburgh

Scottish Arts Council
For internal use only - not open to public
Open to Students? no - only own publications for own use
No Fee
No appointment necessary
Tel: 0131 226 6051
Helpdesk: 0845 603 6000

South East Region

Brighton

Arts & Business South East
Mostly books about fundraising and also have business magazines. For artists and arts managers
Appointment Necessary
Tel: 01273 738333
jane.chambers@AandB.org.uk

Fabrica
Offer a service called The Artist Resource. Mini - library set-up in the gallery.
When there is a show in the gallery opening times are: Wednesday - Saturday 11.00 - 5.00, Sunday 2.00 - 5.00
When there is no show in the gallery it is opened by appointment between 10.30 - 6.30
Tel: 01273 778646
ar@fabrica.org.uk
emilia@fabrica.org.uk

Sussex Arts Marketing
Open to Students? May be used by students occasionally by request
Opening Times: 10.00 - 5.00
No fee
Appointment necessary
Tel: 01273 882 112
info@artsinsussex.com

South West Region

Exeter

South West Arts Board
A catalogue of information and advice sheets is available from the website
Opening Times: 10-4pm
No fee
Tel: 01392 218 188
www.swa.co.uk

Wales

Cardiff

Arts Council for Wales
Open to Students? No
Opening Times: 10-4pm
No fee
No appointment necessary
Tel: 029 2037 6500

Cultural Enterprise
Offer a mentoring service
Open to Students? Yes
Opening Times: Monday - Friday 9.30 - 5.30
No fee
Appointment necessary
Tel: 029 2034 3205
mail@cultural-enterprise.com

West Midlands region

Birmingham

Arts Council England, West Midlands
From April 2003 the library will no longer exist
Open to Students? yes - small, arts based, funding & DSC titles
Opening Times: 10.00 - 4.00
No fee
Appointment necessary
Tel: 0121 631 3121
ian.shaw@west-midlandsarts.co.uk

Coventry

Business Arts Service
Open to Students? extensive, only for people living in Coventry
Opening Times: weekdays
No fee
Appointment necessary with Julie Goodwin-Jones
Tel: 02476 831286
juliegj@unrest-in-coventry.co.uk

Yorkshire

Dewsbury

Arts Council England, Yorkshire
Open to Students? May be used by students occasionally on request
Opening Times: 9.30 - 4.30
No fee
Appointment necessary
Tel: 01924 455555
info@yarts.co.uk