Hours & Locations

Academic Hours 2011/2012 are also available as a PDF file, which can be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Academic Hours 2012-2013 will be available by the end of August 2012.

Academic Year 2011/2012

Autumn Quarter: September 26 - December 16, 2011
Winter Quarter: January 9 - March 23 , 2012
Spring Quarter: April 2 - June 13, 2012

On University Holidays, hours for specific libraries vary.

Please see the Thanksgiving Hours Web page for Library hours during November 19 - November 26, 2011. (This page will be updated with the 2011 schedule at the end of October 2011.

For winter holiday hours, see Winter Closure Hours. (Stanford's Winter Break for 2011-12 will be from Monday December 19, 2011 through Monday, January 2, 2012. Winter Closure Hours for 2011-12 will be available by the end of November 2011.)

For other University holidays, please check with individual libraries (via phone numbers or their specific Web sites) for University holiday hours.

Academic Quarter Hours		Mon-Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Exceptions

GREEN LIBRARY		8am-1am	8am-10pm	9am-9pm	Noon-1am	Dec. 9: 8am-midnight Dec. 10: 9am-midnight
	Circulation/Reserves (including print reserves)	8am-12:55am	8am-5:55pm	9am-5:55pm	Noon-12:55am	Dec. 9: 8am-11:55pm Dec. 10: 9am-11:55pm
	Circulation/Bing Wing	8am-1am	8am-10pm	9am-9pm	Noon-1am	Dec. 9: 8am-midnight Dec. 10: 9am-midnight
	Information Center Desk	10am-6pm	10am-5pm	Closed	Noon-5pm
	Media & Microtext (including media reserves)	8am-8:55pm	8am-5:55pm	9am-5:55pm	Noon-8:55pm
	Privileges Desk	8am-12:55am	8am-5:55pm	9am-5:55pm	Noon-12:55am	Dec. 9: 8am-11:55pm Dec. 10: 9am-11:55pm
	Special Collections (including Univ. Archives)	10am-5pm	10am-5pm	Closed	Closed
	Government Documents (Jonsson)	8am-1am	8am-10pm	9am-9pm	Noon-1am	Dec. 9: 8am-midnight Dec. 10: 9am-midnight

MEYER LIBRARY		Mon-Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Exceptions
	Tech Desk, Language Lab, 2nd Floor Computer Clusters	9am-Midnight	9am-5pm	1pm-5pm	1pm-Midnight
	First Floor Lobby	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours
	24 Hour Study Room	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours
	Tresidder Lair Computer Cluster (Tresidder Union)	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours	24 Hours

BRANCH LIBRARIES		Mon-Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Exceptions
	Art & Architecture	9am-10pm	9am-5pm	9am-5pm	1pm-10pm	Reduced hours in first week of academic quarter: Mon-Thurs, 9am-7pm, Fri 9am-5pm.
	Biology (Falconer)	9am-9pm	9am-5pm	Closed	4pm-9pm
	Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (Swain)	9am-9pm	9am-5pm	Closed	4pm-9pm	Sept. 26 - Sept. 29: 9am-7pm. Sept. 30: 9am-5pm. Nov. 20: Closed.
	Earth Sciences & Map Collections (Branner)	9am-9pm	9am-5pm	1pm-5pm	4pm-9pm	First day of each quarter (Mon.): 9am-5pm.
	East Asia Library (Meyer)	9am-10pm	9am-6pm	Closed	1pm-10pm
	Education (Cubberley)	9am-8pm	9am-5pm	Closed	1pm-8pm
	Engineering	9am-10pm	9am-6pm	9am-5pm	2pm-10pm
	Marine Biology (Miller-Pacific Grove)	9am-5pm	9am-5pm	Closed	Closed
	Mathematics & Statistics	9am-9pm	9am-5pm	1pm-5pm	4pm-9pm
	Music	9am-10pm	9am-5pm	1pm-5pm	1pm-10pm	Sept. 26-27, Jan. 3-6 and 9-10, Apr. 2-3: 9am-5pm
	Archive of Recorded Sound	1pm-5pm	1pm-5pm	Closed	Closed	Or by appointment

STANFORD AUXILIARY LIBRARY		Mon-Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Exceptions
	SAL1&2	1pm-5pm	1pm-5pm	Closed	Closed

COORDINATE LIBRARIES		Mon-Thurs	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Exceptions
	Business Library (formerly Jackson)	7:45am-7pm	7:45am-6pm	Closed	Closed
	Hoover Institution Library	8am-5pm	8am-5pm	Closed	Closed
	Hoover Institution Archives	8:15am-4:45 pm	8:15am-4:45 pm	Closed	Closed
	Law Library (Robert Crown)	8am-Midnight	8am-9pm	9am-9pm	10am-Midnight	Regular academic hours begin Aug. 22
	Medical Library (Lane)	8am-10pm	8am-8pm	10am-8pm	Noon-Midnight
	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Library	9am-5pm	9am-5pm	Closed	Closed

Last modified: August 29, 2011