We welcome all researchers in biblical studies. Prospective readers should agree to follow the Guidelines, complete an application form, and meet the warden on their first visit. Visitors are also very welcome to see the library, but should make an appointment in advance if possible.

All readers are encouraged to join in the life of the community, especially the weekly chapel services during university terms and informal prayer during the vacations (every Tuesday, 10:30 to 11 am). Coffee is provided at 11 am and tea at 4 pm, Monday to Friday. These breaks from work are a good opportunity to get to know each other and many valuable discussions take place during these times.

The cost of the library is largely subsidised by support from individuals and church bodies. We ask readers to pay a small proportion towards this by purchasing a Reader's Card, which costs £15/week, £30/month, or £60/year; or for graduate students and non-waged £10/week, £15/month, or £50/year. Cambridge Faculty staff & undergraduate students have free access and a lower rate may be agreed in case of hardship.

Members of Tyndale Fellowship and Theology for All are entitled to use the library and a daily desk for up to ten days per year, without prior application or obtaining a reader’s card. When you arrive, please introduce yourself at reception, sign in the visitor's book, and meet the librarian.

Daily Desks are freely available to any holder of a reader's card during normal open hours - 9 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday. Books can be signed out to these desks, but you must reshelve them when you leave each day and the desk must be cleared so that it is available for someone else.

Rented Desks are available in limited numbers, and their occupants have extended access to the library outside normal opening hours. Applicants are selected on the basis of the research they plan to carry out and we ask for character referees to ensure that we can trust them with a swipe card to the library when it is locked, till 10 pm and on Saturdays. Library books and personal books and possessions may be kept at rented desks, and personal computers can be networked to the internet and network facilities. The standard desk rent is £60 per month or £15 per week, with a 50% reduction for Cambridge students and others who cannot afford the full rate (considered on a one-by-one basis), payable in advance. There may be a late-payment charge for delayed payment. Students registered for degrees in British Universities outside of Cambridge are not normally allowed to rent a desk in the library for more than 6 months during their degree.

Successful applicants for rented desks have the status of Members of Tyndale House. Members are expected to participate in the life of the community, at chapel services, coffee and tea breaks, gardening days, the annual library stocktaking and occasional social functions. Part of the value of Tyndale House is as a community of scholars who encourage and support each other. Members may also apply for accommodation at Tyndale House, though this is even more limited than desk space, so please apply many months in advance.


For further information or enquiries, please email to mailtoNoAdd("The Librarian, Dr Elizabeth Magba","Librarian","Tyndale.cam.ac.uk")The Librarian, Dr Elizabeth Magba