Special Collections

Opening Hours

Term time hours

Monday: 0930-2045

Tuesday-Thursday: 0930-1845

Friday: 0930-1815

Saturday: 0945-1300, 1400-1715

Vacation time hours

Monday-Friday: 0930-1745

Saturday: 0945-1300, 1400-1715

Term and Vacation

Monday-Friday: 1000,1200, 1430,1600

Saturday: No Fetching

One full working day's notice is required for items with 'SR' at the end of the classmark, 3 working days for items stored off site.
Archives, manuscripts and artefacts are available for consultation by appointment only, and at one full working day's notice
The cut-off point for making archive appointments is 1600. Any messages after this time will be dealt with the following working day (and archives therefore produced for the day after that).
Items for Saturdays or evenings must be ordered by 1600 on the preceding day.

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