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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.

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. 
  • Access to shelves are not allowed at this stage. 

• 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