Library of Trinity College Dublin

The Library of Trinity College Dublin
The Long Room in the Old Library
53°20′38″N 6°15′24.5″W / 53.34389°N 6.256806°W / 53.34389; -6.256806
Location	College Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Type	Academic library
Established	1592
Collection
Items collected	Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, databases, maps, prints and manuscripts
Size	c. 7,000,000 volumes
Criteria for collection	Acquisition through purchase, bequest and legal deposit
Legal deposit	Republic of Ireland (Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000) and United Kingdom (Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003)
Access and use
Access requirements	Staff, graduates (reading privileges only) and students of the university. Other readers admitted under cross-institutional arrangements, or if material is unavailable elsewhere. Old Library and Library Gift Shop open to public
Other information
Director	College Librarian and Archivist Helen Shenton
Employees	Around 120[1]
Website	www.tcd.ie/library/

The Library of Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide) serves Trinity College. It is a legal deposit or "copyright library", which means publishers in Ireland must deposit a copy of all their publications there without charge.^[2] It is the only Irish library to hold such rights for works published in the United Kingdom.^[2]

The Library is the permanent home to the Brian Boru harp, a national symbol of Ireland, as well as a copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic and the Book of Kells. One of the four volumes of the Book of Kells is on public display at any given time.^[3] The volumes and pages shown are regularly changed; a new display case installed in 2020 facilitated all pages to be displayed, including many which had not been seen in public for several decades.^[4] Members of the University of Dublin also have access to the libraries of Tallaght University Hospital and the Irish School of Ecumenics, Milltown.