Membership plans
(UK and Republic of Ireland only)
Annual membership (£32.50) entitles you to both borrow and renew up to six items at a time throughout the course of the year at no charge, although please note that you are responsible for return postage.
Annual Plus membership (£47.50) offers savings by combining the benefits of the Current Awareness Service and Annual membership. This also includes exemption from our standard administration fee for photocopying, payable by Annual and non-members.
Student membership (£32.50) provides the benefits of the Annual Plus membership at a discounted rate.
Corporate membership (£32.50 per person) is available to five or more named persons, and provides all the benefits of the Annual Plus membership at a group discount. To arrange Corporate membership for your organisation, please contact us at researchlibrary@rnib.org.uk or telephone 020 7391 2052.
Non-members may also borrow up to six items for 28 days, at a fee of £4.00 per item. Please select Temporary membership, and also complete a Loan request form.
Current Awareness Service
(Worldwide)
New literature on sight problems is our bimonthly listing and abstract of new acquisitions. Regular enclosures include Campaign news and Parliamentary update, training information, events and factsheets, and the RNIB annual report and review. It is included with Annual Plus, Corporate or Student membership packages, or is available as a stand-alone subscription (£27.50 UK, £37.50 Europe, £42.50 Overseas).
How to join
You can join RNIB Research Library by completing one of the following:
RNIB Research Library (Online) membership form (23KB)
RNIB Research Library (Downloadable MS Word) membership form (121 KB)