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Monday-Friday

9:00 -19:00

The Entrance Hall, Locker Room, and Car Park remain open until 19:15.
Monday-Friday in Full Easter Term

9:00-21:45

The Entrance Hall, Locker Room, and Car Park remain open until 22:00.
Saturday

9:00 -16:45

The Entrance Hall, Locker Room, and Car Park remain open until 17:00
Sunday

Closed

Open access bookstacks (North and South Fronts and Wings)

Monday-Friday

9:00 - 18:45

Readers should present any material to borrow by 18:45 at the Reader Services Desk in the Entrance Hall to allow staff to complete closing procedures.
Saturday

9:00 - 16:30

Readers should present any material to borrow by 16:45 at the Front Desk to allow staff to complete closing procedures.

Reader Registration Office

Monday-Thursday

9:00-17:00
Friday

9:00-16:45 (Reader Registration may occasionally need to close 12:45-1400. Please call ahead to check opening hours.)
Saturday

9:00-13:00, 14:00-16:00

(NOTE: Readers are advised to call ahead to book an appointment before arriving. More information can be found at: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/using-library/joining-library)

Anderson Room and East Asian Reading Room

Monday-Thursday

9:00-18:50 (staffed 9:00-17:10)
Friday

9:00-18:50 (staffed 9:00-16:50)
Saturday

9:00-16:30 (not staffed)

No fetching or transfers 12.30-14.00, after 16.45 (16.30 Friday), and all day Saturday. Readers wishing to consult non-borrowable items on Saturdays, please order by 15.00 on Friday, for transfer to the Manuscripts Reading Room for consultation.

Bible Society's Library

Monday-Friday

9:15-12:45, 14:00-17:30
Saturday

Closed

Exhibition Centre

Monday-Friday

9:00-18:30
Saturday

9:00-16:30

Main Reading Room and West Room (including Microform Reading Room)

Monday-Friday

9:00-19:00
Saturday

9:00-16:45

Manuscripts Reading Room

Monday-Friday

9:00-18:50

No fetching between 12:30 and 14:00
Saturday

9:00-16:30

Fetching stops at 16:00

Map Room

Monday-Thursday

9:00-12:45 and 14:00-17:10 *
Friday

9:00-12:45 and 14:00-16:50 *
Saturday

Closed **

* Monday to Friday 12:45-14:00: If you wish to continue working through the lunch period we can transfer items to the Munby Rare Books Reading Room.

** Items ordered before 12.45 on Friday can be consulted in the Manuscripts Reading Room. No fetching or transferring is possible on Saturdays. Please contact the Map Room to discuss your requirements.

Munby Rare Books Reading Room

Monday-Friday

9:00-18:50
Saturday

Closed *

* Rare Books material can be consulted in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Fetching stops at 16:00.

Tea Room

Monday-Friday

9:00-17:00 Tea, coffee, drinks, pastries and snacks.
9:30- 11:15 Cooked breakfast and a selection of pastries
Noon-14:30 Cooked lunches, salad bar, soup and sandwiches available.

Open until 19:00 during full Easter Term.
Saturday

10:00-14:00 Tea, coffee, drinks, pastries and snacks.
Noon-14:00 Cooked lunches, salad bar, soup and sandwiches available.