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Arts and Social Studies Library

 

Arts and Social Studies Library Contact Details

Phone: 029 2087 4818
Extension: Cathays Campus: 74818 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 74818
Fax: 029 2037 1921
Address:

Information Services
Cardiff University
PO Box 430
Cardiff
CF24 0DE

Additional information:

The address given above is the postal address for this library. 

The location of the library is:

Arts & Social Studies Library
Colum Drive
Cardiff
CF10 3EU

The Arts and Social Studies Library is located on the Colum Drive site at the junction of Corbett Road, Park Place and Colum Road.

 

Access

  • A lift provides access to all floors of the library
  • Disabled parking is available close to the Arts and Social Studies Library in the Aberconway car park which can be accessed from Colum Drive
  • An accessible toilet is provided on the entrance floor
  • Low-level catalogue terminals are available
  • Staff will retrieve books from the shelves, please ask for assistance

Contacts

Mr Duncan Montgomery

Position:Site Librarian ASSL and Law service and Subject Librarian - History and Archaeology
Telephone: 029 2087 5686Extension: Cathays Campus: 75686 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 75686

 

Miss Sonja Haerkoenen

Position:Subject Librarian - European Studies and Psychology
Sonja Haerkoenen
Telephone: 029 2087 5691Extension: Cathays Campus: 75691 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 75691

 

Ms Erica Swain

Position:Subject Librarian - English, Communication and Philosophy and Religious and Theological Studies
Telephone: 029 2087 0201Extension: Cathays Campus: 70201 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 70201

 

Mrs Helen Price Saunders

Position:Subject Librarian - Welsh
Telephone: 029 2087 0294Extension: Cathays Campus: 70294 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 70294

 

Mr Alun Jenkins

Position:Subject Librarian - Social Sciences
Telephone: 029 2087 0796Extension: Cathays Campus: 70796 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 70796

 

Opening Hours

  Semester Opening Hours
Normal Semester Dates 2009/10
(including both May Bank Holidays)		Opening Hours
Monday to Friday8.30 to 21.30
Saturday10.00 to 17.30
Sunday12.00 to 17.00


Christmas Recess Opening Hours
Christmas Recess 2009Opening Hours
Monday 14th to Friday 18th December9.00 to 17.00
Saturday 19th and Sunday  20th DecemberClosed
Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd December9.00 to 17.00
Wednesday 23rd December9.00 to 12.00
Thursday 24th December to Sunday 3rd January 2010Closed


Easter Recess 2007 Opening Hours
Easter Recess 2010Opening Hours
Monday 29th March to Thursday 1st April9.00 to 17.00
Friday 2nd to Monday 5th AprilClosed
Summer Recess 2007 Opening Hours
Extended opening for exam periodSix Sundays Opening Hours
Sunday 2nd May to Sunday 6th June10.00 to 17.00

Summer Recess 2007 Opening Hours
Summer Recess 2010
(Saturday 12th June to Sunday 26th September) 		Opening Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday9.00 to 17.00
Wednesday9.00 to 20.00
Saturday10.00 to 13.00
SundayClosed
Monday 30th August (Bank Holiday)Closed
 

Further Information

The building is on four floors and the entrance to the building is on the ground floor.

Ground floor

The ground floor has information resources for social and behavioural studies, including psychology, education, sociology, social work and politics. 

Other facilities available include:

  • Short Loan collection 
  • Information Desk: staffed from 10am - 6pm Monday to Friday
  • Reference Collection, including Statistics Collection
  • Network printing payment machine and change machine

First floor

Law Library

Second floor

The second (top) floor has information resources for the humanities, including philosophy, religion and theology, archaeology, history, anthropology, art, language and literature, and modern Welsh and Celtic studies. 

Lower ground floor

The lower ground floor is home to: 

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