Dept. of Social Work Library

Normal Opening Hours

Monday 9-17
Tuesday 9-16
Wednesday 10-16
Thursday 9-16
Friday 9-14
Saturday - Sunday Closed

Ascension recess

Thursday May 17    CLOSED
Friday May 18        CLOSED

National Day of Sweden

Wednesday June 6   CLOSED

The Library as a place of study

The Department of Social Work Library is a partly autonomous branch library of Stockholm University Library. We mainly provide services for the Department of Social Work. Members of the public are welcome to borrow from the part of the collection that is not course literature at the Department of Social Work.

To borrow books from the Department of Social Work Library you need a library card from the University Library. You can find out all you need to know about how to borrow items, loan periods and borrowing rules.

The library has about 40 study areas, eight computer workstations and access to wireless network, printers and copiers. There are no group rooms.

Availability outside opening hours

If you are on the staff of the Department of Social Work, CHESS or SoRAD, you may access the library outside opening hours if there are staff library members on site. Otherwise, the library is alarmed. Contact the library if you want to access the library using your access card.

Interlibrary loans

If you are a student, lecturer and/or researcher associated with the Department of Social Work, CHESS or SoRAD, you may order books and articles that are not available at Stockholm University Library. However, as a student, you are not eligible for interlibrary loans of material that is available at a library in the greater Stockholm area.

Pricing and ordering, see Interlibrary loans.

Interlibrary loan: Order a book

Interlibrary loan: Order an article 

Collections Description

The library's collections reflect the fields of research and activity referred to as "social work". The literature collection is multidisciplinary and also covers topics that border on social work, as well as literature on theory and method. The majority of the material is available to everyone for home lending for a period of 30 days.

The course literature is only lent out to students and staff at Stockholm University. All literature on reading lists for undergraduate and master's degrees at the Department of Social Work counts as course literature. The library has three categories of course lending: weekly, lecturer and daily.

Weekly loan - items can be borrowed for 7 days by students, researchers and lecturers at Stockholm University. Overdue fine SEK 10 per day.

Lecturer loan - items may only be borrowed by lecturers at the department of social work. The loan period is 30 days.

Daily loan - items must be returned before the library opens on the next business day. Use the drop-off box if the library is closed. Overdue fine SEK 25 the first day, then SEK 50 per day.

Purchase suggestions
If you have suggestions for literature you want the library to purchase, send them to socarb@sub.su.se

 

Published: Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012