Q. Christmas Vacation Information

Opening hours

You can find the most up-to-date details of our Christmas opening hours on our library sites page.
 

Christmas vacation loans 

Christmas vacation loans will start from 9am on the 14th December 2024. Items issued or renewed after that date will be due on 20th January 2025. 
 

Requested items

Please note that any requested items not collected by Friday 20th December at 4pm will be unavailable for collection at Western Bank Library and Health Sciences Library until Thursday 2nd January. Requested items from the Information Commons will be available to collect across the Christmas vacation. Please note that any requests made between Friday 20th December - Thursday 2nd January will not be processed for collection.

Online support

Library staff will not be available during the Christmas vacation (from 5pm on Friday 20th December - 9am Thursday 2nd January), however, our online support tools are easily accessible: 

• Library Help FAQs
• Library eResources are accessible from home and available throughout the vacation period.
• Your Subject Guide contains links to your subject specific eresources and databases.
• Online tutorials - Referencing, Discovering, Understanding, Questioning, Creating, Disseminating.

Merry Christmas from your Library Team! 🎄