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Librarians

An invaluable resource for a broad range of Design and Visual Arts subjects, Bloomsbury Design Library provides comprehensive and authoritative information about the global history of design and crafts from pre-history to the present day. For a full description of the contents and features, read more about Bloomsbury Design Library.

How to Subscribe

Bloomsbury Design Library is available by annual subscription to institutions, including universities, colleges, schools and public libraries. Please contact us directly to get information on pricing or to arrange a 30-day free trial at your institution:

For other queries and feedback, please contact us.

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Administrators

Visit our Administration Portal (user name and password required) to:

  • Download COUNTER 4 usage statistics.
  • Check details of all your subscribed products from Bloomsbury.
  • Add or change details of your OpenURL resolver and Shibboleth credentials.
  • Add your institution's logo to the footer of Bloomsbury resources you subscribe to
  • Edit your contact details

Please note that there are three COUNTER 4 reports available:

  • PR1: lists total searches, result clicks, and record views across the platform by month
  • DB1: tracks the individual collection and records searches, record views, and result-clicks for each applicable database by month
  • DB2: records the 'turnaways' from content items at the product (database) level by month

If you have lost or forgotten the administrator username and password for your institution, please contact us.