Admissions
Location: the Eavan Boland Library foyer, during its opening hours
E-mail: libadms@tcd.ie
***Due to ongoing industrial action, the Admissions Counter will be closed from Monday 12 October. No new applications for access to the Library will be accepted until the industrial action concludes***
Entry to the Library is strictly by use of a valid Library ID card.
For staff and students, this is the Trinity College Dublin ID card - we accept the physical ID card or the Trinity Live App ID.
For other readers - Trinity alumni; Library Link readers; students and staff from other universities; and all other applicants - this is a special Library Visiting Reader card. Please use the links below to apply for a card.
Items held in Storage may take several days to arrive, so please plan ahead.
Users seeking to access Research Collections: Readers with a current Visiting Reader card *do not* need to apply for a separate Research Collections card.
External Readers
Trinity staff and students seeking to apply for and use a Library Link card to consult non-Trinity material should see our Visiting Other Libraries page.