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BRING BACK OUR BOOKS !!!!

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO COVID-19 THE LIBRARY HOURS HAVE CHANGED !!!!

During Term:

Monday - Friday   09:00 - 16:00

Winter Recess (Jun/Jul) & Summer Recess (Dec/Jan):

Monday - Friday     08:00 - 16:00

Situated in the basement of the Oppenheimer Life Sciences (OLS) Building, East Campus. Biophy is the scientific library and covers the following schools: Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences (APES), Chemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology (MCB) and Physics.         

Biophy Library holds approximately 60,000 print journal volumes and 25 thousand books. Some journals are received both in print and online.

A Special collection, the Paine Collection (History of Physics), is housed in the BioPhy Library.

Bound Journals from 1992 - the present are housed in the Library.

Journals from 1976 - 1991 are kept at the compactus (moveable shelving) at the back of the Library, downstairs.

Bound journals can be borrowed for 3 days , unbound current journals can be borrowed for 1 day.

Overnight books are issued out at 12:00 midday and MUST be returned the following day before 9:30am.

Books can be renewed over telephone except Overnight books by telephone 011 7171960, There is a book return box close to the library main entrance where items can be returned at any time.

PLEASE BRING BACK OUR BOOKS !!!

BIOPHY LIBRARY OPEN WITH LIMITED SERVICES AVAILABLE 

The Library is offering limited on-campus services with the minimal staffing numbers permitted.

Onsite services: 

• Study space - in order to adhere to social distancing regulations, a monitored limited number of students will be allowed to be seated inside the libraries. 
• Student PCs (allowing social distancing) 
• Printing- & photocopying facilities 
• Book returns - users are requested to use the book return drop boxes outside the libraries when returning books 
• Borrowing of books  
  • Library users are encouraged to send an e-mail to the librarian when a print resource is needed. The borrower is notified when to collect the item/s once it is ready.  
  • Library users can also visit their respective libraries and request books at the Circulation desk. Please remember to provide staff on duty with ample time to process your requests.
  • Access to shelves is not allowed/permitted at this stage due to Covid19 Regulations.

• Remote online support offered by librarians during the nationwide lock down to continue. Contacts: naome.bopape@wits.ac.za or salome.potgieter@wits.ac.za

Naome Bopape - Senior Librarian

Salomé Potgieter - Principal Librarian:Sciences

Darly Ndlovu - Senior Library Assistant

Ntombi Nkutha - Library Assistant

Christopher Mafika - Library Assistant

Brian Sithole  - Clerical Assistant

Msele Masole - Clerical Assistant