Our libraries
Charles Wyville Thomson research library
The Charles Wyville Thomson library is a research library of approximately 5,000 books and 30,000 serial volumes (ca 1,300 serial titles), an incorporates a historical collection of expedition reports and rare books. In addition to these holdings, the library maintains subscriptions to over 600 e-journals.
The library, based in the Sir John Murray Building, is supported by two librarians and is available to staff, students and tenants at the Scottish Marine Institute. SAMS members may use the facility as a reference library during working hours.
The library goes back to book donations by Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (1830-1882), a Scottish zoologist who led the Challenger Expedition (1872-76) that established marine science as a discipline.
Margaret Barnes education library
This is a smaller library in the Sheina Marshall Building containing over 800 books relevant to the various courses run at the Institute. While the library staff maintain overview of the facility, is not staffed at a continuous basis.
Contact information
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Librarian
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Assistant librarian
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| Miss Olga Kimmins |
Ms Elspeth Norris |
| E: Olga.Kimmins@sams.ac.uk | E: Elspbeth.Norris@sams.ac.uk |
| T: +44 (0) 1631 559 217 |
T: +44 (0) 1631 559 217 |
