Visiting Other Libraries
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ALCID scheme has been suspended for the 2020/21 academic year. The Library will therefore not be issuing ALCID cards until October 2021. If the situation changes we will update this page accordingly.
ALCID Cards (Academic Staff and Postgraduate Students)
An ALCID (Academic Libraries Co-operating In IrelanD) card enables access to the collections of participating libraries, but without borrowing rights, and subject to their rules and regulations.
ALCID member institutions:
- Dublin City University
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
- Mary Immaculate College
- Maynooth University
- National College of Art and Design
- NUI Galway
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Royal Irish Academy
- St Angela's College, Sligo
- Technological University Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin
- UCD
- Ulster University
- University College Cork
- University of Limerick
ALCID cards are available for:
- Full-time academic staff
- Academic-related staff
- Registered students reading for higher degrees
To obtain and use an ALCID card:
- Complete application form (PDF 333KB)
- Return in person to Admissions Counter, Berkeley Library (PDF 101KB) with Trinity College Dublin ID card
- Carry Trinity College Dublin ID card at all times along with the ALCID card when visiting
- Be familiar with regulations at the other library
- Renew if required at end of academic year
Music PAL Cards (All Staff and Students)
Music PAL facilitates access to music information and materials available across a broad range of libraries and archives throughout the island of Ireland. Member libraries collaborate to provide easy access to music resources held in their collections (though without borrowing rights, and subject to their rules and regulations). The Library of Trinity College Dublin is a participant.
Further details about the scheme are available on the Music PAL website. This includes a list of participating libraries.
TCD students or staff who would like access to any of the participating libraries can apply for a Music PAL card from the Music Librarian, Roy Stanley; e-mail or telephone +353 1 8961156.
Letters of Introduction (All Staff and Students)
Letters of introduction are available to access other libraries from the Duty Librarian.
These are available to all members of Trinity College Dublin to aid admission to any library. However, the Library of Trinity College Dublin cannot guarantee acceptance by the other institution.
Letters of introduction can only be used to consult individual, identified, resources not currently available in the Library of Trinity College Dublin.