Contact us

Contacting the Library

Via our online enquiry form
By telephone:
International callers should prefix the numbers with +44 161.
Callers outside Manchester should prefix numbers with 0161.
Callers from within the University of Manchester may use the last five digits of a telephone number, for example: for a general enquiry at the Main Library use 53751.

General enquiries

Main Library :
- General Enquiries : 275 3751 ^*
- Fax : 273 7488
- Lending Support : 275 3717
Special Collections : 275 3764
Alan Gilbert Learning Commons: 306 4306
Eddie Davis Library :
- General Enquiries : 275 6507
- Fax : 275 6505
Joule Library :
- General Enquiries : 306 4924
- Fax : 306 4941
- Issue Counter : 306 4923
Precinct Library :
- General Enquiries : 306 3200
- Issue Counter : 306 3201

Contact details for our other libraries can be found in our Library locations and opening hours pages.

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Service points

Book Acquisitions : 275 3746
Cataloguing : 275 3727 or 275 3728
Customer Services and General Enquiries : 275 3751 ^*
Disability Support Coordinator : 275 3774 or 275 3727
Document Supply and Inter Library Loans : 275 3741
Electronic Resources : 275 7388 ^*
High Demand : 275 3714
IT Support: 306 5544
Lending Support : 275 3717
Manchester eScholar : 275 8728
Membership : 275 3716 or 275 3715
Periodicals/Serials (acquisitions and binding) : 275 3747
Photocopying Enquiries: 275 3885
Store : 306 1536 or 07771345510
Theses Enquiries :
- General : 306 4946
- Binding : 306 4916

^* Out of hours, the Service Desk is operated by Northumbria University. Details supplied during the course of managing your enquiry will be stored and reported back to The University of Manchester who will offer further assistance, if required.

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