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For the most up-to-date information about Brown University operations, please visit Brown.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All other University Library locations will be closed until we return from winter break in January. <\/strong>Winter break is scheduled to run from Tuesday, December 23, 2025, through Monday, January 5, 2026, with campus operations resuming on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. See Libraries and Hours<\/a> for complete information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All students have swipe card access at the Rock during open hours<\/a>. Circulation will be operating at the Rock, however, BorrowDirect<\/a> requests will not be processed until we return in January. If you already had materials on hold at the Rock from BorrowDirect, you can still pick them up at the Rock. Interlibrary loan<\/a> services are available for online articles only<\/em> until Thursday, December 18<\/strong>. Book requests will be processed in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though the Orwig Music Library<\/strong> will be closed, Brown community members who need Orwig items may email\u00a0orwig@brown.edu<\/a>\u00a0to make arrangements for access.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to ID swipe access at the Rock, medical students, faculty, and staff (only) have 24\/7 access by ID swipe to the Champlin Memorial (Medical) Library in The Warren Alpert Medical School building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are deeply concerned for the welfare of the Brown community. Please make use of the resources available to you if needed, as communicated by University administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See the December 14 message from the Division of Campus Life<\/a> for a listing of resources for both wellbeing and academic support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See the December 14 message from University Human Resources<\/a> for a listing of wellbeing resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As described on Brown.edu<\/a>, any individual with information that may be relevant to law enforcement should call 401-272-3121. Call Brown DPS at 401- 863-3322, the Providence Police at 401-272-3121, or dial 9-1-1 if you feel unsafe. More information about campus safety can be found on the Brown DPS<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our hearts and thoughts are with everyone affected by the tragic shooting on campus, and we wish everyone peace, comfort, and healing during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brown University Library is here to support the Brown community. For the most up-to-date information about Brown University operations, please visit Brown.edu. Locations and Hours All other University Library locations will be closed until we return from winter break in January. Winter break is scheduled to run from Tuesday, December 23, 2025, through Monday, … Library Hours and Operations – Dec. 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-page","category-library-hours","category-service-changes-interruptions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16883"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16903,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16883\/revisions\/16903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Locations and Hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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