University of Pretoria UP Library

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University of Pretoria UP Library

University of Pretoria Library, The library of the University of Pretoria is regarded as one of the best university libraries in South Africa. It provides a comprehensive information service for the university’s staff & students.

The library focuses on supporting the learning needs of clients and provide customised research support via Faculty Libraries in order to facilitate information and knowledge solutions to the University’s core business.

The library strives to be the leader in the provision of solutions for information and knowledge challenges to academic excellence. Therefore, in addition to the traditional library services, the library presents a holistic e-service to its clients, including e-Books, e-Journals, an Institutional Repository, customised web pages, etc.

The library of the University of Pretoria is regarded as one of the best university libraries in South Africa. It provides a comprehensive information service for the University’s students and staff members.

The library focuses on supporting the learning needs of clients in the Learning Centre and providing customised research support through Faculty Libraries and two Research Commons (Main library RC | Groenkloof RC) in order to facilitate information and knowledge management in context of the University’s core business. The main library includes the Learning Centre, Special Collections, Library Technical Services and the following faculty libraries:

– Economic & Management Sciences
– Natural & Agricultural Sciences
– Engineering & Built Environment
– Humanities (including Music)
– Theology

The other faculty libraries are the Oliver R Tambo Law Library, the Education Library (Groenkloof), the Mamelodi Library, the Jotello F Soga Library for Veterinary Science and the Health Sciences Libraries (Medical Library, Basic Medical Sciences & Dentistry Library, Klinikala, Weskoppies and Witbank) which are spread over five different locations.

The Department of Library Services strives to be the leader in the fields of information provision and knowledge management for academic excellence. Therefore, in addition to the traditional library services, the Library presents a holistic e-service to its clients, including e-books, e-journals, an institutional repository, customised web pages, knowledge tools, digitised full text local collections, a digital reference service and a MakerSpace.

Library Hours

Normal Operating Library Hours 2017
	Mo, Wed, Thu	Tue	Fri	Sat	Sun
Merensky	07:00 – 21:00	08:30 – 21:00	07:00 – 20:00	09:30 – 17:00	11:00 – 15:00
Merensky RC	07:00 – 21:00	08:30 – 21:00	07:00 – 20:00	09:30 – 17:00	11:00 – 15:00
Law	07:30 – 21:00	08:30 – 21:00	07:30 – 20:00	08:30 – 17:00	Closed
Groenkloof	07:30 – 21:00	08:30 – 21:00	07:30 – 20:00	08:30 – 17:00	09:00 – 13:00
Groenkloof RC	07:30 – 21:00	07:30 – 21:00	07:30 – 20:00	08:30 – 17:00	09:00 – 13:00
Medical	07:30 – 20:00	08:30 – 20:00	07:30 – 19:00	08:30 – 17:00	11:00 – 15:00
BMS & Dentistry	07:30 – 17:00	08:30 – 17:00	07:30 – 16:00	Closed	Closed
Music	07:30 – 19:00	08:30 – 19:00	07:30 – 16:00	09:00 – 13:00	Closed
Veterinary Sciences	07:30 – 18:00	08:30 – 18:00	07:30 – 18:00	08:30 – 12:30	Closed
Mamelodi	07:30 – 21:00	08:30 – 21:00	07:30 – 20:00	09:00 – 17:00	09:00 – 13:00
Klinikala	07:30 – 16:00	07:30 – 16:00	07:30 – 16:00	Closed	Closed
Study Centre	Open 24hours per day	Open 24hours per day	Open 24hours per day	Open 24hours per day	Open 24hours per day

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