Social care library and information services
Miscellaneous
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Contact: Tessa Norton, Information
and Marketing Officer
Address: CDF, Unit 5, Angel Gate,
320-326 City Road , London EC1V 2PT
Phone: 020 7812 5445
email: tessa.norton@cdf.org.uk
Website: www.cdf.org.uk
Subjects covered: Archive (not accessible to the public) of materials relating to CDF and Community Development, dating back to the early 1970s.
Access: Requests are made to the Information & Marketing Officer and materials are copied or released on loan as appropriate.
DIRECTORY OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Contact: DSC Library Service
Address: Charity Centre, Directory
of Social Change, 24 Stephenson Way , London NW1
2DP
Phone: 020 73914857
email: library@dsc.org.uk
Library website: www.dsc.org.uk/charitybooks/library_service.html
Subjects covered: Funding and fundraising, management, governance and organisations, finance, human resources, law, voluntary sector, information and communication.
Access: Open to all, walk in access, reference only. Opening hours: 9.00-17.00 Mondays-Friday.
Services: computer, internet access, photocopying (charges apply)
Disabled access: The reference library is wheelchair accessible, and extra support is available for users with visual impairment or communication difficulties. Please book an appointment with the Librarian if extra support is required.
GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY
Contact: Information Services
Address: City Hall, The Queen's
Walk, London SE1 2AA
Phone: 020 7983 4455
email: isinfo@london.gov.uk
Subjects covered: urban and regional planning and regeneration, environment and sustainability, transport, housing and homelessness, social and community issues, equality and diversity, economic development, education, skills and training, crime and community safety, emergency planning, culture, recreation and leisure, health and public health, public finance and management, the Olympics.
Access: The Mayor, London Assembly, GLA staff: full access; Functional Body officers and London borough officers and councillors: full access (appointment advisable for those not based at City Hall; others: subscription only, details on application (appointment required).
Opening hours: 09.00-17.30 Monday-Friday.
Services: photocopying (charges apply), computers, internet.
Disabled access: wheelchair accessible
RUNNYMEDE TRUST
Contact: The Runnymede Collection
at Middlesex University
Address: Middlesex University ,
Cat Hill Campus, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts. EN4 8HT
Phone: 020 8411 6686; 020 8411
5847 for information about the Centre for Racial
Equality Studies at Middlesex University.
email: j.vaknin@mdx.ac.uk
Website: www.mdx.ac.uk/runnymede
Subjects covered: Part of the Centre for Racial Equality Studies ( based in the School of Health and Social Sciences) at Middlesex University , a research collection and archive of documents of the fight for racial equality in Britain since the 1960s. Includes material on: social services, health and the NHS, women, human rights, immigration, race and racism, demography, policing, crime, racially motivated crime, prisons.
Access: staff, students, general public: reference only (appointment required). Phone for opening hours.
WOMEN'S LIBRARY
Contact: Women's Library
Address: London Metropolitan University
, Old Castle Street , London E1 7NT
Phone: 020 7320 2222
email: General enquiries: moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk Reading
room enquirydesk@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
Library website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
Subjects covered: women's rights, suffrage, sexuality, health, education, employment, reproductive rights, the family, and the home. The emphasis is primarily on women in Britain , but some international material is included.
Access: open to all (id required). Opening hours: 09.30-17.00pm Tuesday-Friday, 10.00-16.00 Saturday, late evening opening on Thursday until 20.00.
Services: photocopying (charges apply), laptop facilities, library guides and fact sheets. A telephone enquiry service is also available.
Disabled access: The Library is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with lift access to all areas. Please contact the Library for details of Blue Badge Holder parking in the local area. Accessible toilets are on two floors. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are welcome in all public areas. Clear print versions Library leaflets are available on request. For particular assistance to visit, the Library will be happy to help - please contact in advance by telephone on 020 7320 2222 or by email at moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk .
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE
Contact: Resource Library
Address: Ground Floor East, 33-41
Dallington Street , London EC1V 0BB
Phone: 020 7324 3030
email: info@wrc.org.uk
Website: www.wrc.org.uk
Subjects covered: guides to charity, statutory and corporate funding sources; guidelines for developing fundraising strategies; good governance, management committee recruitment and trustee development; volunteering and employment guidelines inc. equal opportunities; race and gender information and statistics; finance, accounting and charity law; information on public policy issues relevant to women; information on other voluntary and community organisations working for and with women.
Access: WRC members: reference only; members of the public: reference only (appointment required). Opening hours: office hours.
Services: use of computer, Funder Finder CD, photocopying (charges apply), ring-binding and internet access.