Membership schemes

If you are not a registered student or member of staff at the Universities at Medway, you may still be eligible to apply for reference access and/or borrowing privileges from the Drill Hall Library.

By applying for any of our membership schemes you are accepting that you will adhere to all our Library policies.

The information you provide on your registration will be held securely within the Drill Hall Library’s Membership database environment and, if you are a registered borrower, the library management system until your membership expires when it will be securely deleted. Your data will only be used for the following purposes only:

To enable the library to create your membership access card.
To enable the library to create your library account.

To enable the library to monitor and compile statistics on stock circulation, charges, and borrower data.

Your personal data will never be shared with any external organisations.

You are only permitted to hold one membership at a time so please ensure you read the details of each schemes to decide which one is best suited to your needs before applying.

IT Support, skills training, access to electronic books or journals, printing and scanning services, and use of bookable study spaces are not available for this membership.

New applications are processed at our Library Reception Desk between 9.30am – 4.30pm only, excluding Bank Holidays.

Please note: During periods of high demand on library services and study spaces, we reserve the right to suspend all new Public Access applications.

Current membership schemes

Alumni
Clinical staff
Higher Education (Sconul)
Public access

Alumni

Membership is available to alumni from the University of Greenwich, University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University.

To register for your Alumni membership with access to the Drill Hall you will first need to register with your home university. Please note, IT support, scanning and printing services are not available in the Drill Hall for Alumni membership holders.

Please click on one of the university links below for full details of how to apply and what is available at other sites:

Clinical staff

This one year membership is available to staff at participating NHS Trusts listed below. This one year membership will give access to borrow five items (ordinary or 7-day loan) and use of our public access PCs. IT Support, printing and scanning services are not available for this membership.

To register for Clinical staff membership with the Drill Hall, you will need to bring all of the following to the Reception Desk:

your NHS Trust staff identification card
a letter from your employer on their headed notepaper confirming employment
proof of your home address, eg driving license, utility bill

Eligible NHS Trusts are as follows:

NHS London

Bexley Care Trust
Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust
Bromley Primary Care Trust
Greenwich Teaching Primary Care Trust
Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Kings Healthcare Trust
Lambeth PCT
Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust
Lewisham Primary Care Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust
Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Southwark Primary Care Trust

NHS South East Coast

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Eastern and Coastal Kent NHS Trust
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Medway Community Healthcare
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
West Kent Primary Care Trust

Higher Education (SCONUL)

The Universities at Medway partner institutions are members of the SCONUL Access reciprocal scheme. This scheme allows staff and students from other higher education institutions who are members of the SCONUL Access scheme access to the Drill Hall Library. IT Support, printing and scanning services are not available for this membership.

For further information please visit the SCONUL site.

To register your SCONUL membership with the Drill Hall, you will need to bring all of the following to the Reception Desk:

a printed copy of your SCONUL Access membership confirmation email
your home institution ID card

Public access

Members of the public can use some of the Drill Hall Library’s facilities as visitors providing, they are over 18 years of age, a member of a Medway public library and either living or working in the Medway Council postcode areas ME1 – ME5 and ME7 & ME8 only.

This one -year membership will give reference only access and use of our public access PCs for internet access. IT Support, printing and scanning services and use of bookable study spaces or rooms are not available for this membership.

To request public access membership, you will need to bring all of the following original documents to the Reception Desk:

your Medway adult library services card (or show your account with a barcode on the Spydus app)
if you live in the Medway Council postcode areas, a recent second form of identification – with your current address on it (e.g. driving licence, recent utility or council tax bill, or a bank statement)
or, if you work in the Medway Council postcode area, a recent payslip or letter on your employer’s headed paper
proof that you are over the age of 18 (passport or driving licence)

Electronic copies are not accepted, you must provide the original documents.

Any loss of Membership cards must be reported immediately. We will provide one free replacement card, if this card is then lost, you will need to reapply for membership by providing all the documentation needed.

During periods of high demand on library services and study spaces, we reserve the right to suspend all new Public Access applications.