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Library Services Available During the 2025 Campus Winter Closure

Building Hours

Geisel Library will close at 8 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025, and reopen at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026.

WongAvery Library will close at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 22, 2025, and reopen at 9 a.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026.

See Library hours for current and future building hours.

Online Resources

Access to online Library resources should be unaffected during the winter closure. UC San Diego students, faculty, and staff may access licensed resources using a secure login system called OpenAthens, allowing access using Active Directory (AD) login credentials. Using the campus VPN is the alternative way to access the Library's resources from off campus. For more information, please visit Connect to Library Resources.

Subject and Research Guides are available to help you navigate our online resources.

Interlibrary Loan and Local Requests

Requests for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and local material submitted during the closure will be processed in the order received beginning January 2, 2026.

To obtain UC San Diego-owned items prior to the closure, place requests by Monday, December 15, 2025, for pickup of items by Monday, December 22, 2025. All facilities will be closed as of December 23.

Course Reserves

Instructors may continue to submit requests during the closure by logging into the Course Reserves system. Requests submitted after Friday, December 5, 2025, will be processed in the order received beginning January 2, 2026, and may not be available for student use until after winter quarter instruction has begun.

Winter quarter electronic reserves materials that have been processed will become available to students via the Course Reserves system beginning Friday, January 2, 2026.

Streaming Media Requests

Requests for streaming media to be used in Winter 2026 courses should be submitted as soon as possible through our Request a Purchase form. If you have questions related to streaming media, contact streamingmedia@ucsd.edu. Requests for streaming media submitted during the closure will be processed beginning January 2, 2026.

Returning Items, including ILL

UC San Diego-owned and ILL items are not due for return during the closure. Check your library account in advance for due dates, and renew or return items, as appropriate.

Items may be returned at any time to the book return bins at the front of Geisel Library or at the Northpoint Information Center loop. Please note that WongAvery Library book returns will be closed during the winter closure.

Renewing ILL Items

No items are due for return during the closure. To request renewal of an ILL item:

  • Go to your My Library Card account and log in with your credentials.
  • Items checked out will appear under LOANS and within each of the locations under the ‘All Institutions’ section.
  • Click on the Renew link associated with the item.
  • Items not automatically renewed will be processed beginning Friday, January 2, 2026.

Information and Research Assistance

Visit Get Help for all your information and research assistance needs. Here you will find help articles, subject and course guides, 24/7 chat, and more.

Please note: After December 23, 2025, limited information and research assistance is available through the Library's 24/7 online chat service, with questions answered by librarians from non-UC academic libraries. Questions referred to UC San Diego librarians for further response, along with questions submitted by email or phone, will start receiving replies on January 2, 2026, in the order received.