Aberconway Library
Aberconway Library Contact Details
Email: abcyliby@Cardiff.ac.uk
Phone: 029 2087 4770
Extension: From Cathays Campus: 74770 / From Heath Park Campus: 01798 74770
Address:
Information Services
Cardiff University
PO Box 430
Cardiff
CF24 0DE
Additional information:
The address given above is the postal address for this library.
The location of the library is:
Aberconway Building
Colum Drive
Cardiff
CF10 3EU
Aberconway Library is located on the ground floor of the Aberconway Building. The Aberconway Guest Study Centre is in the Guest Building next to the Aberconway Building. The European Documentation Centre (EDC) is located in the Aberconway Guest Study Centre.
Access
Located in two adjacent buildings - Aberconway Library (Aberconway Building) and Aberconway Guest Study Centre (Guest Building)
Aberconway Library
- Situated on the ground floor, with a ramp at the entrance to the Library
- Two parking spaces for disabled users
- Accessible toilets on the ground floor of Aberconway Building
- Low level enquiry desk
- A service lift provides access to the 1st floor of the Library
- Low level library catalogue terminals
- Staff will retrieve books from the shelves, please ask for assistance
Aberconway Guest Study Centre
- All areas of the Aberconway Guest Study Centre are accessible for wheelchair users
- Low level enquiry desk
Opening Hours
| Spring Semester 2013 | Opening Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 08.45 to 21.30 |
| Saturday | 10.00 to 17.30 |
| Sunday | 10.00 to 21.30 |
| Easter Recess 2013 | |
| Monday 25th March to Thursday 28th March | 09.00 to 17.00 |
| Friday 29th March to Monday 1st April | Closed |
| Summer Recess 2013 (15th June to 22nd September) | |
| Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | 09.00 to 17.00 |
| Wednesday | 09.00 to 20.00 |
| Saturday | 10.00 to 17.30 |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday 26th August (Bank Holiday) | Closed |
Aberconway Guest Study Centre / European Documentation Centre
| Normal semester dates 2012-13 | Opening Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 09.00 to 17.00 |
| Saturday | 10.00 to 17.30 |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday 6th May (Bank Holiday) | 09.00 to 24.00 |
| Monday 27th May (Bank Holiday) | 09.00 to 24.00 |
| Monday 26th August (Bank Holiday) | Closed |
| Easter Recess 2013 | |
| Friday 29th March to Monday 1st April | Closed |
| Extended opening hours (Monday 15th April to Saturday 8th June 2013) | |
| Monday to Friday | 09.00 to 24.00 |
| Saturday | 10.00 to 17.30 |
Contacts
Ms Sally Earney
Position:Aberconway Library Manager
Email: earneys@cardiff.ac.ukTelephone: 029 2087 5317Extension: Cathays Campus: 75317 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 75317
Mr Stephen Ratcliffe
Position:Subject Librarian - Business
Email: RatcliffeS@Cardiff.ac.ukTelephone: 029 2087 6010Extension: Cathays Campus: 76010 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 76010
Ms Alice Percival
Position:Subject Librarian
Email: PercivalA@Cardiff.ac.ukTelephone: 029 2087 6010 Extension: From Cathays Park: 76010, From Heath Park 01798 76010
Ms Annette Seeley
Position:Library Operations Manager
Email: seeleyam1@cardiff.ac.ukTelephone: 029 2087 5311 Extension: From Cathays Park: 75311 / From Heath Park 01798 75311
Ms Susan Smith
Position:Subject Librarian
Email: smithsh2@cardiff.ac.ukTelephone: 029 2087 6010Extension: Cathays Campus: 76010 / Heath Park Campus: 01798 76010
Further information
Aberconway Library provides information services for Cardiff Business School. It has information resources in business, economics and transport.
The library contains:
- On the ground floor, all the loan collections of books including short loan books, the main collection and the photocopy collection. The collection of company reports is also on the ground floor.
- A self-service book issue and return system, with a 24-hour returns service.
- On the upper floor, the journals and newspaper backfiles, along with the reference collection which includes directories, market reports, statistical publications, abstracting and indexing publications, and PhD theses.
- A lift between the two floors for disabled library users.
- Informal browsing areas on the ground floor with newspapers and a digital plasma-screen TV showing news channels.
- Silent study and research facilities on the first floor, with extra study spaces available in Aberconway Guest Study Centre (formerly known as Aberconway Guest Library).