Changes to Library Services during the holiday break
Ask Library and all of the campus libraries (excepting Barr Smith Library Level 3) will be closed from 3:00 pm Friday 22 December to Monday 1 January 2024 (inclusive).
Level 3 of the Barr Smith Library will continue to be available for students and staff as follows:
| 22 December | Swipe-card access after 5:00 pm |
| 23 and 24 December | 24/7 with swipe-card access only |
| 25 and 26 December | Closed |
| 27 to 31 December | 24/7 with swipe-card access only |
| 1 January | Closed |
- Access to the High Use collection, Requests pick-up shelf, Laptop-self service unit, and study spaces on Level 3 will be available to the University Community via your University ID card.
- Online resources will continue to be available 24/7 from any location.
- Ask Library queries will be responded to once the service resumes on 2 January 2024.
- Requests for items can still be placed via Library Search but they will not begin to be processed until after 8 January 2024.
- Interlibrary loans cannot be requested until 2 January 2024.
- Specials Collections items are unavailable until 16 January 2024 when the Special Collections Reading Room reopens.
- The Entwined exhibition will close at 3pm on 22 December and reopen on 2 January 2024.
All campus libraries will reopen on Tuesday 2 January 2024. You can see the full opening hours here.
We wish you all a wonderful holiday and a happy new year for 2024!