National Police Library

National Police Library
Country United Kingdom
Type Library
Established 1948
Location College of Policing, Sunningdale Park, Larch Avenue, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 0QE
Collection
Items collected books, journals, newspapers, magazines, archives, and pamphlets
Access and use
Access requirements Free access to all serving UK police and police staff[1]
Website National Police Library

The National Police Library in the United Kingdom is classed as a special library and research library. It is Europe's largest policing library.[2][3][4][5]

Services include access to online resources, electronic books and periodicals; postal book loans; enquiry and document delivery service[6] and advanced search skills training.[7][8]

The printed collections at the library contain over 55,000 books, journals (printed and online), theses, pamphlets, reports collected from government and police forces, and unpublished grey literature. The collection also holds every issue of the Police Review since 1893[9] and the Police Gazette since 1800s.

Subject coverage includes police and policing, crime and crime prevention, criminology, criminal justice, forensic science, leadership,[10] general management, training, educational theory, social science and psychology.

History

The library was established as the Police College Library in Ryton-on-Dunsmore in 1948, originally created to serve senior ranks.[11][12] This followed the recommendation in the Dixon Report (1930): "the object of which should be to develop so far as possible each officer’s capacity for individual application to the problems of his profession and his fitness for higher responsibility." In 1945, The Police Journal: A Review for the Police Forces of the Empire also suggested the need for a National Police Library.[13]

The library was renamed Police Staff College Library and relocated to the Police Staff College, Bramshill[14] in 1960. The library was situated in the Long Gallery on the first floor of Bramshill House. In 1998, the library was renamed National Police Library to reflect the change in outlook; providing services across the UK to police officers and police staff across all forces.

The library later become part of the National Policing Improvement Agency and in 2013, it transferred to the College of Policing.[15] Following the sale of the Bramshill House in 2014,[16] the National Police Library temporarily relocated to the College of Policing's Sunningdale Park site.[17][18] The library will move permanently to the College of Policing's headquarters in Ryton-On-Dunsmore in November 2016.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Dilip K. Das, Otwin Marenin (2009). Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume 2. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bramshill police training centre to be sold". BBC. BBC. 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bramshill police training site on the market for £20m". Get Hampshire. Get Hampshire. 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Dilip K. Das, Peter C. Kratcoski (2007). Police Education and Training in a Global Society. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  5. ↑ David Hirschel, William O. Wakefield, Scott Sasse (2008). Criminal Justice in England and the United States. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Dilip K. Das, Peter C. Kratcoski (2007). Police Education and Training in a Global Society. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Richard Malthouse, Jodi Roffey-Barentsen (2010). Study Skills for Policing Students. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "National Police Library". College of Policing. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Marlies Janson, Helmut Opitz, ed. (2007). World Guide to Special Libraries, Volume 1. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Robert Adlam, Peter Villiers (2003). Police Leadership in the 21st Century: Philosophy, Doctrine and Developments. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Marlies Janson, Helmut Opitz, ed. (2007). World Guide to Special Libraries, Volume 1. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "National Police Library moves after 50 years". College of Policing. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  13. ↑ The Police Journal: A Review for the Police Forces of the Empire Volumes 18-19. Google Books. P. Allen & Company Limited. 1945. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  14. ↑ Thomas P. Winsor (2012). Independent Review of Police Officer and Staff Remuneration and Conditions, Part 2. Google Books. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Home Affairs Committee. Written evidence submitted by the National Policing Improvement Agency". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "Home Office puts mansion with 329 bedrooms up for sale". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "Historic Knowledge Resource on the Move". Police Oracle. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "College of Policing move to Sunningdale Park". College of Policing. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "The National Police Library is moving and improving". College of Policing. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

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