The Lee Library is open to all Wolfson Members, and provides a light and pleasant atmosphere in which to work at all times of the year.
The building is open 24 hours a day during term and vacation, and access to the main rooms is controlled by the College Card.
The Reading Room on the first floor houses the main book stock, and provides 34 study spaces at individual desks, including a number of popular window seats with views over Lee Court and the College gardens. Further study space is available in the Sir David Williams Room (SDWR) on the ground floor, and both rooms are equipped with wi-fi access via Lapwing and eduroam. Printing and scanning is available in theComputer Room on the ground floor where you will find PCs linked to the University'sManaged Cluster Service network. For licensing reasons, access to the Computer Room is restricted to current students and fellows only.
You will find photocopying and toilet facilities in the basement. The lift linking all three floors of the building is not normally accessible to non-staff members, but please contact the Librarian to arrange for your card to be enabled to use the lift if you have a reason to do so.
Visitors
Current Visiting Fellows and Scholars of Wolfson College are welcome to use the Library facilities. Please call in during staffed hours (Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5.00pm) to register your card for borrowing purposes.
Spouses of College Members and Visitors are not automatically granted access to the Library, but please contact the Librarian if you have a particular need to use the Reading Room. Borrowing rights cannot be granted to spouses or partners.
The Library is not normally open to non-Wolfson members. However, temporary access during staffed hours may be possible by prior arrangement to use material not held anywhere else in the University.
Relationship to other libraries in Cambridge
We pride ourselves on providing an environment conducive to study and maintaining a book stock that is responsive to the needs of our students following taught courses. However, the Lee Library is not comprehensive, and is best used in conjunction with others in the large network of libraries in the University.
Library staff
The Librarian, Jenny Sargent, is available between 8.30am and 5.00pm on weekdays in term and vacation.
The Library Assistant, Laurence Smith, is available on weekday mornings during Full Term, and at varied times during vacations.
Please do not hesitate to call in during office hours if you want to ask any questions, or make any comments. Alternatively, contact us by email (library @wolfson.cam.ac.uk) or by phone on 01223 (3)35965.
Lee Library Users' Group
An informal group of Library users meets termly to feed back comments and concerns about the services offered, and to make suggestions for improvements. If you would be interested in contributing to the development of the Lee Library in this way, please contact the Librarian.
Description of the Lee Seng Tee Library
The Lee Library was opened in 1994, a gift from Mr Lee Seng Tee of Singapore, a major benefactor of the College. It was designed by architects Brewer, Smith and Brewer, and particular objects of interest on each floor include on the ground floor foyer a scale model of the armillary sphere on the roof of the Peking Observatory, in the basement a bookbinder's press with a distinctive triskelion lever, in use at a Cambridge bookbindery until 1982, and on the first floor, a bust of Tan Sri Dr Lee Kong Chian, father of the benefactor.