1. The Library is normally open on Monday to Friday from 10h to 17h.

2. No person who is not a Fellow of the Society shall be permitted to borrow any item without permission in writing from the President or one of the Secretaries: nor shall have access to the Library without permission from one of those officers, the Chairman of the Library Committee, or the Librarian.

3. No book shall be taken out of the Library until the expiration of five weeks from the date of its acquisition.

4. A list of books and periodicals, which are not to be taken out of the Library without special permission, shall be placed in a conspicuous position in the Library.

5. Books, periodicals, or pamphlets shall not be removed from the Library until a receipt has been signed by the borrower, and deposited with the Librarian. The duplicate copy of the receipt will be returned to the borrower on returning the item which has been borrowed.

6. No Fellow shall be permitted to have on loan more than ten volumes at any time without special permission from the Council.

7. Fellows wishing to borrow periodicals should specify the pages required. The Librarian will normally supply a facsimile copy of these pages at the current charge, but has discretion to issue the original publication or part.

8. In case any item borrowed from the Library be lost or damaged, the Fellow by whom it was borrowed shall be held responsible for the loss or damage; and, if it belong to any set, that Fellow shall be held liable to make good the set to the satisfaction of the Council.

9. When items are sent by post the borrower shall pay the full cost of postage and insurance fees. Items returned by post shall be adequately and carefully packed and such insurance fees paid as the Librarian may require.

l0. In no circumstances may periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts or records from the Society's archives be taken, or sent, out of the British Isles without written permission from the Council. Requests for loans of modern books outside the British Isles will be considered on a case by case basis and will normally be approved.

11. The period during which any item may be borrowed is two months but, on application to the Librarian, loans may be renewed for further periods of two months; at the end of six months from the initial loan the item must be returned to the Library. If a book that has been on loan for two weeks is bespoken by another Fellow, it shall be returned immediately on request from the Librarian.

12. Fellows retaining items longer than the specified time, or failing to return them on request by the Librarian, shall forfeit the right to borrow further items from the Library until the items so retained be returned.

13. It is prohibited to damage or deface any book or manuscript and readers consulting manuscripts are to use pencil only.

14. Readers in the Library shall show proper consideration for other users.

15. Smoking is not permitted in the Library.

16. Any Fellow who shall have transgressed any of the above regulations may at the discretion of the Librarian be precluded from using the Library until such Fellow receives the special permission of Council to use the Library.