Construction Site Camera 1
View from the Institute for Water Research
Construction Site Camera 2
View from the Zoology Building
Library opening times
- Monday - Thursday : 0830 - 2230
- Friday : 0830 - 1800
- Sunday : 1330 - 1730
- Saturday : 0900 - 2100
- Monday - Friday : 0845 - 1700
- Saturday : 0900 - 1230
Term Times
Vacation
Welcome to the Rhodes University Library's website
Providing a gateway to the library's rich collection of information resources, both print and electronic, the website also features library news, events, and recent acquisitions. Use the links to navigate your way around the site and take time to explore them in depth. The library's website should be your first port of call!
Survival Guide for Intrepid Library Users
Due to the Library's refurbishment project, some Library materials are being stored in offsite locations. To find out where they are, link to the survival guide above.
Latest RUL Newsletter
Read the latest issue: November 2009
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST:
- RU Library part of the Research Libraries Consortium, a Carnegie funded project
- Digital copies of theses now obligatory
The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) announced that the Rhodes University Library is one of six academic libraries that will participate in Phase 2 of the Research Libraries Consortium (RLC) Project between August 2009-July 2012. The RLC Project has been awarded a grant of $2.5million to expand Phase 1 of the RLC’s three-pronged model for enhanci ... read more
Open Access Week 19-23 October
Celebrating the widespread global interest in the movement toward open access to scholarly research is the very first Open Access Week, which runs from October 19 – 23. It comes hot on the heels of Assaf’s announcement in March this year of its involvement with the launch of SciELO South Africa, and its aim to have 35 South African journals freely available online by the end of 2009. Initially slow to climb ... read more
Spotlight: Library Expansion Project Update
Construction of the new building is on schedule. The final floor slab (of level 4) was completed in June and the formwork for the roof slab is currently being constructed. Photographs of the construction work are taken at monthly intervals and are available for viewing on the Progress in Pictures page. This is in addition to the Webcam pictures on the Project home page.
The refurbishment work in the existing building started in January wi ... read more
Study areas on campus during swot week and exams
Current construction on the Library means there will be less study space available there during the forthcoming exam period. In particular, Level One (Reference Section, computer work stations and some study tables) will be closed, and work stations for printing will be reduced.
Continued services available in the Library:
- Photocopier services fully operational
- Quiet Reading Room and 24/7 study area.
- The Cory Library (Eden Grove Building) has limited study area available for post-graduate students du ... read more