The library was accessed by going up the stairs in the foyer by the main lecture theatre and gallery. It had red double doors at the entrance. In the evenings there would be a sign stating that library users needed to show their ID cards to gain entry. After going through these doors you had to turn right through a turnstile where you pushed a grey bar. The library desk was in front of you, there would often be two library staff working behind this, and sometimes one more sitting down further to the right at a computer terminal. This desk also led to the library office, where books which were too old, precious or delicate to be handled by students were kept. At the desk you could hire equipment, for example slide projectors, video players and projectors, and overhead projectors. Once I had left a slide projector in its black box in a gangway near the newspapers and one of the librarians had tripped over it. Also at the desk you could ask for information and help with using the library, and you could also obtain slips for ordering books, either those at other campuses, those already loaned out, or those which could not at present be located on the shelves. To the right of this (in the direction of the cathedral) were two photocopiers, one of which would sometimes be out of order, and both of which had signs on the top warning users to only use acetate purchased from the library desk. There were also usually boxes with unwanted items for people to take, and a box for unwanted photocopies where people had copies the wrong page or had not entered the correct settings. To the left of the library desk was a seating area and a low table with daily newspapers on it, surrounded by racks and shelves containing art and architecture magazines and journals. Next to this was the slide library, which kept slides inside grey metal filing cabinets, which could only be opened ONE DRAWER AT A TIME. The slides were arranged in categories of different centuries of painting and sculpture, then smaller sections of printmaking and photography. There were small white bags which had been printed in pink with the college logo and lettering instructing you to leave them there for the slide librarian to collect. There were also lightboxes for viewing the slides. There were several large plants around this area. In the centre of the library were large shelves which surrounded the library office, accessed from behind the library desk. The shelves were made of dark wood and black metal. The books had been reshelved a few times over the years, but at the end, the shelves were, clockwise from the left of the library desk: college prospectuses, back copies of journals and magazines, film and photography, printmaking, poetry, monographs, art history, and visual culture including philosophy, art theory and criticism which took you back to the area with the photocopiers, where you would also find three computers which you could use to search the library stock. At the back of the library were glass cabinets containing old and antique copies of books owned by the college, and several doors: the head librarian’s office, and then stairs which would take you downstairs to the 'Learning Resource Centre', a room where students could use computers to type essays or search the internet. At the very back was an alcove which contained TV monitors and VHS decks for students to watch videos, which ranged from programmes taped from the TV, to feature films and documentaries about artists. There was also a round rack containing fiction books which were labelled 'LIGHT READING'. Arranged along the windows of the library were wooden desks with chairs for students to engage in study. There were often piles of books on these tables, either with 'reserved' signs on, or for librarians to put back on the shelves. There was a sign which instructed library users to leave books in this way- 'If you are not sure where to replace your books, please leave them on the tables'. At the back near the librarian's office were some desks with wooden dividers giving more privacy to those engaged in study. The carpet was grey and towards the time of the demolition was marked with mud which had been carried in from the building works in the rest of the college. When exiting the library you would walk past a sensor which could tell if you had unauthorised books on your person. If you were borrowing video tapes, these had to be placed on the top of the small wooden wall in-between the entrance and exit, as they would always set the alarm off. Occasionally if the book had not been properly passed through the machine at the desk the alarm would still go off, and you would receive suspicious looks from students and librarians, and would have to return to the desk with your bag. Once a Spanish exchange student had attempted to rip the magnetic strip from inside a book so that she could take the book with her to Spain, but she was unsuccessful and the alarm gave her plan away. On leaving the library you could go down the stairs leading you to the foyer, lecture theatre, corridor and gallery.