Saturday morning opening
If you have successfully applied for out of hours access to the library, the last Saturday morning that the Balfour Library will be open before the Easter Vacation starts is Saturday 6th March. Saturday morning opening will begin again on the first Saturday of the Easter Term 2010, i.e. Saturday 24th April.
Easter borrowing regulations
Lent Term 2010 ends on Friday 12th March. All books on loan from the Balfour Library must be returned by this date. Books may be renewed for further periods, but please remember that they cannot be taken away from Cambridge. This is because all of our books are subject to recall by other readers and we would need to be able to get them back easily if another reader requested them.
During the Easter Vacation the loan period for Overnight Loan books changes to two weeks, but books still cannot be taken away from Cambridge.
Please see http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/booksborrow.html for more information on how to borrow, return and renew books on loan from the Balfour Library.
How to access online resources when you are away from Cambridge (and you are still a valid member of the University)
If you do not currently have an Raven password and think you may need one to access the Web of Knowledge or Scopus (to search scientific literature) or online journals and databases when you are away from Cambridge, you should apply for one following the instructions given on the University Computing Service 'How do I get a Raven password?' website at http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/docs/faq/n5.html This page will also help you if you have lost or forgotten your Raven password.
It is strongly recommended that you check the University Library's ejournals@cambridge page at http://camsfx.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/cambridge/az to see whether you will actually be able to access particular online journals away from the University network (cam.ac.uk domain) BEFORE you leave Cambridge, or see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/ for access to particular databases. See the 'Access Route' link next to the journal or database title to do this. Some online journals are not accessible outside of the University network so you may wish to download or print off articles from these before you leave Cambridge.
Easter period closing dates
The Balfour Library will close for Easter at 5:00pm on Thursday 1st April and will re-open at 8:30am on Tuesday 6th April. The library will be open as usual throughout the Easter Vacation however, see our opening hours at http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/library/open.html
Thank you for your cooperation.
We wish you a very Hoppy Easter!
Best wishes,
Clair & Jane
