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The Philson Library closes at 3pm Thursday, 22 December 2022, and reopens at 8am Wednesday, 4 January 2023. 

From 4 January 2023 onwards, normal hours resume, and weekend hours change to 9am-8pm Saturday and Sunday. 

The following services are unavailable over the closedown period:

• After-hours returns will be unavailable as the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences building is officially closed during this period. 
• Article and book requests resume on Wednesday, 4 January 2023.
• Associate Membership processing resumes on Monday, 9 January 2023.
• Research consultations and literature search services resume on Monday, 9 January 2023. 
• There is a wealth of material available within the Te Toka Tumai databases, e-journals, and e-books for both patient care and project work.

Any questions? Please Ask us. We are happy to help.

Best wishes for the festive season and summer holidays from all the staff at the Philson Library.

A number of changes, to support the ADHB branding refresh and a piece of work within Te Tumu Herenga | Libraries and Learning Services to upgrade and migrate the e-resources catalogue to the cloud, are now live. 

What this means for you 

• You’ll notice the ADHB Library Links homepage name has changed to Te Toka Tumai Auckland Library Links. 

• The ADHB E-resources catalogue has changed name to Te Toka Tumai Auckland E-resources. 
• Due to the catalogue upgrade, the URL hyperlinks have changed for the Te Toka Tumai Auckland e-resources catalogue, e-journals, e-books and databases. 
• Please update your bookmarks for quick access. The new links to use are: 
  • Te Toka Tumai Auckland e-resources catalogue 
  • Journal search 
  • E-books search
  • Databases search 

• Te Toka Tumai Auckland subscription databases remain available via the Databases search and you are able to browse databases by category. 
  • Tip: Expand the ‘ADHB | Te Toka Tumai Auckland’ entry to browse the range of subscription databases.   
• Te Toka Tumai Auckland subscription e-journals remain available via the Journal search. 

• Logging in / access are not impacted.  

Any questions? 

If you have any questions or run into any issues, please Ask us.

Philson Library will be open, with reduced hours, on the following public holidays:

On Tuesday, 7 June 2022, standard hours resume.

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All our libraries including Philson Library are open normal hours with infection control and public health measures in place.
The main entrance doors of the Faculty of Medical and Health Science building are open as normal. 

Borrowing and requesting

• A current Library Associate Membership and Campus ID Card is required to borrow and request books
• Visit our libraries and browse the shelves for items. You may borrow up to 100 books.
• Our popular Click and Collect service continues to be available. Request books held at any of our libraries and collect them from the library of your choice. 
• From Monday 2 May 2022 requesting books already on loan (recalls) is available again. There is a minimum of 5 days from the date of issue before a book on loan can be recalled/requested.
• We will email you when your item is available to collect, or if a book you have on loan has been recalled by another patron
• Request the books you need using the Request form
• Please return books that are due. We will email you if there is a change in due date for any of your books on loan, so make sure you’re checking your email address regularly. Fines may be incurred for overdue books.

Visiting the library

• What you need to know about Requirements for coming on to campus and Mask use on campus.

Digitisation of articles and book chapters

• You may request digitisation of parts of books or journal articles using the Request form
• Find out more about requesting articles or book chapters

If you require assistance or have any questions, Ask us.

All our libraries including Philson Library are open normal hours with infection control and public health measures in place.

Click and Collect

The Click and Collect service will continue. 

• Request the books you need using the Request form
• A current Library Associate Membership is required
• You may request available books from all campuses 
• Requests for books already on loan (recalls) are not available
• Find out more about requesting books
• If you need to remain isolated for health reasons, let us know, and we can courier books to you.
• We will email you when your book is ready to collect
• The Philson Library collection point is outside the side door entrance at the front of the main Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences building

Visiting the library

• Please check our current opening hours before arriving
• Bring your University of Auckland Campus Card to collect your request
• For the health and safety of our community, there are mask wearing requirements (unless an exemption applies) when indoors when attending teaching and learning activities, and/or in publicly accessible areas. See full details on masks on campus.
• In line with the changes to the government's COVID-19 Protection Framework that came into effect on 25 March 2022, use of the NZ COVID Tracer app while on campus is no longer required. QR codes will continue to be available throughout our campuses, for those who wish to use them.
• As of 11.59pm Monday 4 April 2022, our University Covid-19 Vaccination and Testing Policy has been revoked. However, there are some University activities where Government vaccine mandates still apply. For more details, see Covid-19 information for our community.

Returning your books

• You may return books that you have borrowed.
• No fines will be charged if you cannot return books, except for short loan items where normal fines apply.

Document Delivery 

• You may request digitisation of parts of books or journal articles using the Request form
• Find out more about requesting articles or book chapters

If you require assistance or have any questions, Ask us.

Article and book chapter requests will not be processed while the Library is closed.

On Tuesday, 27 April 2021, standard hours resume.

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The Philson Library is currently open our standard hours.

Borrowing and Requesting
Our popular click and collect service will continue. ADHB Associate Members may request books held at any of our libraries and collect them from your library of choice. 

• We will email you when your item is available to collect.
• Delivery is also available for Greenlane and community sites.  
• ​Find out how to request a book.

Articles and book chapters may be requested using the ADHB Library Links Request form.

• Please enter one item only per request. 

Visiting Campus  
Bring your Campus Card to collect your requests, borrow books, and use study spaces.

• If you do not have a Campus Card please ensure you have your ADHB ID card with you. 
• When on campus, we encourage physical distancing and request that you follow all posted signage, and advice to wear a mask and wash hands regularly. 
• If you are unwell, please stay at home. 
• Please use the NZ COVID Tracer app and ensure bluetooth is turned on in the app.

If you have any questions please email adhblibrarylinks@auckland.ac.nz 
We look forward to welcoming you back!
 

The Philson Library will be closed on the following public holidays:

Article and book requests, literature searches, and research consultations will be unavailable while the Library is closed.

We are excited to release the new ADHB E-resources catalogue on the ADHB Library Links website. We’ve also made changes to the homepage to support the new search and browse options. 

Use the new ADHB E-resources links on the homepage to: 

• Easily find ADHB online resources including the full-text of articles and chapters within ADHB e-journals and books.  
• Sign-in to view your library account and save items and searches with library membership. 

Some University e-resources may still show in the ADHB E-resources catalogue. These will disappear once we complete the transfer process.

You will still be able to find the University of Auckland e-resources and print books in the separate University of Auckland Catalogue, including books in the Philson library. You may also request what you need if you can’t access it via the catalogue. 

We welcome feedback on the new design or any issues, please email adhblibrarylinks@auckland.ac.nz.

See also:

ADHB E-resources announcement #2

ADHB E-resources announcement #1