Easter & Bank Holiday opening

Firstly, we'd like to say thank you to all of you who contributed to the My Books scheme. Keep a look out for the items appearing on StarPlus - the library catalogue soon.

Due to the Easter holidays and Bank Holidays coming up soon we have a few exceptions to the normal opening hours, these changes have been detailed below:

The Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital will be open the following for Easter and Bank Holidays:

Thursday 24 March  - 09:00-17:00 (Staffed)
Friday 25 March - Closed
Saturday 26 March - 14:00-18:00 (Self-service only)
Sunday 27 March - Closed
Monday 28 March - Closed
Monday 2 May - 09:00-21:00 (Staffed 09:00-17:00)
Monday 30 May - 09:00-21:00 (Staffed 09:00-1700
Monday 29 August - Closed

From 16 April - 17 July the The Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital will move to exam opening hours:
Monday-Friday  - 09:00-21:00 (Staffed 09:00-19:00 Mon-Thu, 10:00-19:00 Fri)
Saturday - Sunday - 10:00-18:00 (Self-service only)

For more details on opening hours at The Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital see here

The Information Commons and The Diamond will be open 24/7 during Easter and Bank Holidays.  Please see Information Commons opening hours  and The Diamond opening hours  for details of staffed hours and regular opening.

For Western Bank Library please see here, for Health Sciences Library - Northern General Hospital please see here.

Borrowing and opening hours over the Easter vacation

Borrowing and requesting items over the Easter vacation
Over the Easter vacation your books will continue to be renewed by us.  From Monday 31 March, if a book is requested by someone else we will send you an email to let you know and to ask that you return the book by 28th April.  Requested books will not be renewed beyond this date.

You can still request books over the Easter vacation, however the person who has the book out on loan over the vacation will not have to return it until Monday 28 April.


Opening hours over the Easter vacation
The University Library will have revised opening hours over the Easter Vacation.

Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital will be open as follows:
Thursday 17 April: 09:00-17:00 (Staffed 09:00 - 17:00)
Friday 18 April: Closed
Saturday 19 April: 14:00-18:00 (Self-service only)
Sunday 20 April: Closed
Monday 21 April: Closed

Health Sciences Library - Northern General Hospital will close at 17:00 on Thursday 17 April and reopen on Tuesday 22 April at 09:00.

The Information Commons will be open 24/7 with staffed hours as follows:
Thursday 17 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Friday 18 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Saturday 19 April: Staffed 12:00-18:00
Sunday 20 April: Self-service only
Monday 21 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Please note some services may not be available during the Easter vacation.

Western Bank Library opening hours over Easter vacation can be found here.
St George's Library opening hours over the Easter vacation can be found here.

For more information, visit the Library News