Opening times:

Location

The library is located on the first floor of the Grand Arcade, St. Andrew's Street, Cambridge

Maps of the area of Cambridge Central Library can be found here

Facilities and equipment

Car park - No, nearest public car park Grand Arcade, multi-storey.
Public transport - Bus Station in Drummer Street/Bus Stops in Emmanual Street, 400 yards. Railway Station 1 mile 
Public toilet - Yes   Click here for a map of the building.
Ease of access -  fully accessible for all. Escalators (up only within the building) and 2 lifts to all 3 floors  
Photocopier -  3 self-service black and white photocopiers.  1 on 2nd floor near the newspapers and magazines; 2 on 3rd floor - one near the CDs, DVDs and games and the other in the Cambridgeshire Collection ; 1 self-service colour photocopier on the 1st floor near the welcome desk
Fax - Staff-operated fax from 2nd floor welcome desk
Computers - 42 computers.  5 children's computers.  21 Learning Centre computers.  6 accessible computers. Use of the computers is available to library members and is free of charge, usually limited to 1 hour per day.  Wi-fi is available (However, printing from personal laptops is not possible )

Printer - A4 colour on each floor.  Printing charges can be found here  
Microfiche and microfilm reader printers - on 3rd floor in the Cambridgeshire Collection   
Note/coin change machines - on 1st floor
Meeting Rooms - details about Meeting Rooms hire can be found here

Borrowing and lending

Books - fiction and non-fiction, Basic Skills collection,  material in French, German, Italian  Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Gujerati
Music Scores
Reading group - yes, details can be found here 
Audio-visual - videos, Blu-Ray,DVDs, (including world cinema collection) talking books, music CDs and games

For children

Books - picture books, story and information books. Also some large print books 
Videos / DVDs - yes, standard hire charge applies  
Cassettes - yes, children’s story tapes  
Internet - 5 computers with links to selected internet sites
Story time - yes, details can be found here  

Reference and local studies

Details of information services at Cambridge Central Library can be found here

Details of the Cambridgeshire Collection

Additional Services

BFI Mediatheque - available on the third floor

DataDirect - our premium fee-based information service - details can be found here 

Learning Centre - details of opening times 

Connexions - service for Young People is based on 3rd floor

Nextstep - information and advice service on learning and work for Adults can be found on the 3rd floor

Cafe - hot and cold drinks/food available on third floor. Opening times are: 
Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri - 9am-6:30pm
Wed - 9am-7:30pm
Sat - 9am-5:50pm
Sun - 12pm:2pm