The library is offering basic training in online resources to support your studies: iCatalogue (library resources search engine), EBooks, Google Scholar, EbscoHost, Referencing, ENDNOTE, My Library Account.
| Campus | Library | Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | Edminson Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| Howard College | Barrie Biermann Architecture Library | 08h00 – 16h30 | 08h00 – 17h00 | 08h00 – 17h00 |
| EG Malherbe (Main) Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | |
| Eleanor Bonnar Music Library | 08h00 – 16h30 | 08h00 – 17h00 | 08h00 – 17h00 | |
| GMJ Sweeny Law Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | |
| Medical School | Nelson R Mandela Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| Pietermaritzburg | Cecil Renaud (Main) Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| Law Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | |
| Life Sciences Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | |
| Westville | Westville (Main) Library | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
Special Collections |
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| Pietermaritzburg | Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives | 08h00 -16h30 | Closed | Closed |
| Centre for African Literary Studies | 08h00 -16h30 | Closed | Closed | |
| Westville | Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre | 08h00 -16h30 | Closed | Closed |
| Campbell Collections | 08h00 -16h30 | Closed | Closed | |
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Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCHID)
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All UKZN libraries will open 24 hours a day and seven days a week for students and staff who are permitted to return to campus. However, Barrie Biermann Architecture Library will open weekdays from 08h00 until 23h00 and on weekends from 08h30 until 17h00 and the Eleanor Bonnar Music Library will remain closed
All libraries will close between 12h00 –13h00 for sanitization in line with COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
We continue to work remotely and business communication will continue as per lockdown regulations. Librarians remain available to provide virtual support for teaching, learning and research.
The Main libraries on all campuses will open weekdays from 08h00 until 16h30 for students and staff who are permitted to return to campus. However, the Branch Libraries at the Howard College campus – Barrie Biermann Architecture Library will open only on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 13h00 till 15h30 and the Eleanor Bonnar Music library will open only on Thursday from 13h00 till 16h00.
All libraries will be closed on weekends.
All libraries will close between 12h00 –13h00 for sanitization in line with COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
We continue to work remotely and business communication will continue as per lockdown regulations. Librarians remain available to provide virtual support for teaching, learning and research.
We have revamped and expanded the website. The technology behind the new website is up-to-date, resulting in a website that is cleaner, has a less cluttered design, with simpler navigation and easy to use. It presents a unified view of the library resources and is an important element of our digital infrastructure. The main menu is the gateway to the website.
Our new website represents many months of user research, planning and building, resulting in a website that attempts to be intuitive, accessible and simple to navigate.
We are excited about the enhanced user experience it will offer and invite you to submit comments.
