ASSL 24 hour opening trial

For a trial period from Monday 6th May to Sunday 9th June the Arts and Social Studies Building will be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week for study only.  Staffed services will be available during the day (see our Opening Hours webpage for more details if you can't see the image below).

Bute & Architecture Libraries - Easter Opening 2013

ASSL and Law Library Christmas Opening Hours 2012

Bute & Architecture Libraries: Summer Opening Hours

ASSL summer opening hours

Extended opening hours from 14 November

Not enough hours to study in the day? From Monday 14 November, there will be extended opening hours in some of our libraries. Here's where and when it is happening...

• Trevithick Library - open until midnight Monday to Friday and to 9.30pm on Sundays


• ASSL/Law Library - open for study-only access from 9.30pm-midnight Monday to Thursday and 5.00pm - 9.30pm on Sundays


• Aberconway Library - open until 9.30pm on Sundays


• Bute Library - open from 10am - 7.30pm on Sundays

So come along and burn the midnight oil in Trevithick, ASSL and Law. Or enjoy some Sunday studying in Bute-iful surroundings or Aberconway!

Legal Practice Library (LPL) opening hours 8/8/11 - 26/8/11

Please note that between Monday 8th August and Friday 26th August the Legal Practice Library (LPL) will be open between 9am - 1pm Monday to Friday.

Closures due to Snow

The School of Nursing and Midwifery Library in Caerleon is closed.

The Nursing and Healthcare Studies Library in Ty Dewi Sant is closing at 2pm.

Trevithick Library is closing at 1pm.

The Science and Biomed Libraries closed at 1pm.

Christmas Opening Hours

Most Cardiff University libraries are closed for Christmas from 24th December - 3rd January.

Some of the Health Libraries are open during this period.

Please check library websites for details of specific opening hours: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/locations/index.html

Duthie Library Flooded

The Sir Herbert Duthie Library has had to close today due to flooding caused by a major leak from some pipes above the library. 

The book collection is currently inaccessible. Arrangments are being put in place to provide access to the book collection later this week, notice of these arrangements will be made available as soon as possible.

The PC room and reading rooms are still open. You can return and renew books. The Dental Library and Nursing & Healthcare Studies Library are still open, see website for opening hours http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/locations/index.html

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Legal Practice Library (LPL) opening hours 2/8/10 - 20/8/10

Please note that between Monday 2nd August and Friday 20th August the Legal Practice Library (LPL) will only be open between 09.00-12.00 Monday to Friday.

Summer Opening

From Saturday 12th June to Sunday 26th September libraries in Cathays will be moving to summer opening hours. Please see your library site web pages for details. 

Library Closure

All Cardiff University Libraries in Cathays will be closed Saturday 5th June due to the unpredictable risk from the protests taking place around the City Hall area.

Heath Park sites and Julian Hodge will be unaffected. 

For further information please contact your library http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/contacts/index.html.

Bank Holiday

The Sir Herbert Duthie Library will be closed this bank holiday Monday 3rd May.

Extended Library Opening Hours

Aberconway, Assl, Bute and Trevithick Libraries will be extending their opening hours from the week beginning 18th April until the end of semester. 

Please see individual libraries' web pages for specific hours.

Please note that this is a pilot scheme for this semester only.