Advent Term Opening Hours
From Monday 12th September 2022 to Sunday 2nd October 2022:
- Monday - Sunday 9:00am - 5:00pm
From Monday 3rd October 2022:
Library Open:
- Monday - Friday 8:30am - 10:00pm
- Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 10:00pm
Library Staffed:
- Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 7pm
- Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
- Sunday 2:00pm - 5:00pm
If library staff are not on duty but the library is open, then access is for materials, self-service, study spaces and IT equipment only with Library Ambassadors on duty.
Books can be returned via the self-service machines or through the out-of-hours book return bin outside The Sheppard-Worlock Library.
There is 24-hour access to PCs and study spaces in the Student Success Zone, Gateway Foyer.
Library staff are also available to support you via email. For general library queries, please email AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk, or for subject-specific queries email your Subject Librarian
Summer Opening Hours
From Monday 1st August 2022 the Library is closed with a twice-weekly retrieval service in place. Please place book requests via OneSearch.
From Monday 3rd October 2022 the Library is open Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm with a lunch break of 12:30pm - 1:30pm.
Advent Term Opening Hours from Monday 10th October 2022
Library open:
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday and Thursday 11:00am - 7:00pm
Library Staffed hours:
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm
- Tuesday and Thursday 11:00am - 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 7:00pm
If library staff are not on duty but the library is open then access is for materials, self-service, and copier/scanner only with Library Ambassadors on duty.
Books can be returned via self-service or through the out-of-hours book return bin, which is located in the Student Success Zone. PCs are available for use in the Student Success Zone and Reading Room.
Library staff are also available to support you via email. For general library queries, please email AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk
The Subject Librarian, Angela Duckworth is available for individual help slots and consultation during term time. These can either be face-to-face or online. To book an appointment, contact Angela either by email duckwoa@hope.ac.uk or phone 07793 709259. Angela is based at the Cornerstone Library.
Summer Opening Hours
The Capstone Library will be closed from Monday 13th June 2022 with a retrieval service in place over the Summer. Please place book requests via OneSearch.
Advent Term Opening Hours from Monday 10th October 2022
Library open
- Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Staffed hours
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:00pm - 5:00pm
If library staff are not on duty but the library is open then access is for materials, self-service, and copier/scanner only with Library Ambassadors on duty.
Books can be returned via self-service or through the out-of-hours book return bin, which is located in the Student Success Zone. PCs are available for use in the Student Success Zone and Reading Room.
Library staff are also available to support you via email. For general library queries, please email AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk
The Subject Librarian, Angela Duckworth is available for individual help slots and consultation during term time. These can either be face-to-face or online. To book an appointment, contact Angela either by email duckwoa@hope.ac.uk or phone 07793 709259. Angela is based at the Cornerstone Library.
Opening hours
Liverpool Hope's Archives & Special Collections (A&SC) is open to all Hope staff and students, and the wider research community.
- Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Closure periods for the academic year 2022/23:
- Monday 19th December 2022 - Monday 2nd January 2023 (Christmas)
- Thursday 6th April 2023 - Monday 10th April 2023 (Easter)
- Bank holidays
Access is by appointment only, please email the Special Collections Librarian, Karen Backhouse, at specialcollections@hope.ac.uk.
We are also 'open' online. Subject to certain restrictions, we can provide digital scans of material for research purposes at no charge, however, we are only able to offer up to one hour's research time per request.
Email specialcollections@hope.ac.uk with your research queries and our Special Collections Librarian will endeavour to help.
Catalogued books and collection-level descriptions of archives are available to search on the Library catalogue, OneSearch. For uncatalogued material, Finding Aids are available to browse or download from our webpages. These include lists of contents of archive collections and also classification schemes, or lists of subject headings, for uncatalogued book collections.
