About Us - The Main Library, UWI, St Augustine

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The About Us section of The Main Library Website provides access to contacts, frequently asked questions, general information for users, hours of operation for the Library and Accounts Unit, Library Publications and library terminology explained.

Please come to visit, call or email us.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Accessing The Main Library's Computing Services

Making Reservations to use the computer on PHAROS

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General Information

MESSAGE from the Campus Librarian >>

Vision of the University Libraries >>

Mission of the University Libraries >>

RULES for USERS >>

FLOOR LAYOUTS:
Ground - General Reference & Loans, Eng. & Phy. Sciences
Floor 2 - Agriculture & Life Sciences, West Indiana
Floor 3 - Humanities & Education
Floor 4 - Social Sciences

SAFETY:

Library EMERGENCY GUIDE >>

EVACUATION Plan for persons with Disabilities >>

EMERGENCY EVACUATION and OPERATION PLAN (EEOP) >>

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HOURS of Operation

THE MAIN LIBRARY :

SEMESTER I and SEMESTER II
Mon - Fri	8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sat	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SUMMER (last week in May - first week in August)
Mon - Thu	8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Fri - Sat	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
VACATION ( Vacation hours will apply to the first week of each academic year)
Mon	8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Tue - Fri	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sat	8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

See below's opening hours for Accounts Unit:

ACCOUNTS UNIT:

SEMESTER I and SEMESTER II
Mon - Thu	9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Fri	9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat	9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SUMMER (last week in May - first week in August)
Mon - Wed	9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thu - Fri	9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat	9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
VACATION ( Vacation hours will apply to the first week of each academic year)
Mon - Fri	9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat	9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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Library Publications

These are newsletters produced in-house.

Bulletin Humanitas >>
A monthly publication of the Humanities and Education Division of the Main Library on the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies.

OPReP Newsletter >>
The OPReP Newsletter is the official organ of the Oral and Pictorial Records Programme, established in 1981 at the Main Library on the St. Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies.

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Library Terminology

Are there Library Terms that confuse you? Get familiar with some of the more common terminology used in the Library. See Library Terminology explained >>

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