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FACILITIES (continued)
TRAINING ROOM AND COMPUTERS
Reserved for UCT Law students for academic use
only.
The entire library is a WiFi hotspot and there are
power points for laptops. Consult our IT consultant
or ICTS Helpdesk (021 650 4500) to set up the
wireless on your laptop.
RENEWING BOOKS
 Click on My Library Card on our homepage.
 Students: two renewals. Staff: one renewal.
 Short loan items cannot be renewed.
FINES
 Short loan items: R2.00 per hour or part thereof per item.
 Regular loan items: R2.00 per item per day.
 Recalled items: R5.00 per item per day.
ACCESS POLICY
PHOTOCOPYING, PRINTING & SCANNING
Use your student card to photocopy, print and scan.
An A4 copy costs 34c. Visitors’ cards cost R25.00
which is not refundable. You can top up your card
using the cash box.
If there are problems, see the Document Centre
next to the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
entrance on Upper Campus (021 650 3124 or
[email protected]).
BORROWING MATERIAL
Undergraduates: 6 books for 7 days.
Postgraduates: 12 books for 35 days.
Staff: 30 books for 90 days.
Short loan items: 3 items for 3 hours or overnight
(in addition to the above).
A book requested by another user must be
returned within one week. The fine for late
returns of recalled books is R5.00 per item/day.
QUICK GUIDE FOR
NEW USERS
Only UCT Law students and UCT staff may use the Law
Library. Go to http://www.law.lib.uct.ac.za/law/accessmembership
LIBRARY HOURS
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Term time
Mon-Thu
8am-10pm
Fri 8am-5pm
Sat 9am-5pm
Exam time
Mon-Thu
8am-11pm
Fri 8am-5pm
Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 10am-5pm
Long vacation
Mon-Fri
8.30am-5pm
Sat 9am-12pm
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Brand van Zyl
Law Library
LIBRARY STAFF
Manager: Sadiq Keraan (021 650 2671)
Reference librarian: Anthea Arendse (021 650 5600)
Circulation librarians: Thembeka Sotshononda and
Zoelfa Jaffer (021 650 2708)
Level 2
Wilfred & Jules Kramer Law Building
Middle Campus
http://www.law.lib.uct.ac.za/
Telephone: 021 650 2708/9
Email: [email protected]
Departmental assistant: Jasmine Ismail (021 650 2708)
IT consultant: Valento Arendse (021 650 4674)
January 2015
COLLECTIONS
We have substantial collections of southern African,
foreign, international and comparative legal material,
in print and electronic format.
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
You can access all leading legal databases such as
Westlaw International, LexisNexis Academic and
HeinOnline. Law reports, statutes, journals and
monographs are some of our online materials.
Find links on our homepage at
http://www.law.lib.uct.ac.za.
You can access the databases and electronic journals
remotely via the Off-campus Login link.
JOURNALS
SHORT LOANS
We subscribe to all the southern African legal journals,
and to a large number from other countries.
High-demand material to be borrowed during the day
for 3 hours for use inside the library only. For overnight
they are issued from 15h00 to 09h30 the next morning,
and from 15h00 on Friday to 09h30 on Monday.
Journals are shelved on level 1 which includes the
most recent issues. Journals may not be borrowed
(except from Short Loan).
ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTION
The Van Zyl Collection of Roman-Dutch legal material
may be consulted by permission of the Law Librarian. It
is the finest collection of its kind outside of Europe and
the USA (our oldest work dates to 1472).
SERVICES
You may borrow 3 items at a time.
Fines: R2.00 per hour or part thereof per item.
INTERLIBRARY LOANS
If UCT Libraries does not have a particular item, we
may get it from another institution.
Go to http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/interlibrary-loans
ALEPH (ONLINE CATALOGUE)
BOOKS
We have a comprehensive collection of South African
legal monographs and a substantial collection of nonSouth African material, with an emphasis on Africa.
INFORMATION SERVICES
Ask a librarian in person, by telephone or email for
help. You can also use the virtual reference service via
Ask a Librarian on our homepage.
CASE LAW
We have several complete sets of the various South
African law reports, as well as law reports from many
other jurisdictions, that cannot be borrowed (except
from Short Loan).
LEGAL RESEARCH TRAINING
FACILITIES
We offer a comprehensive legal research training
programme to enable you to make the most of the
library's vast print and online resources. The
programme includes online interactive tutorials.
GROUP STUDY ROOMS
LOANS
Booked for 3-hour slots by one person on the day only.
All loans are done at the circulation desk.
(See overleaf for more detail under Borrowing
Material.)
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH COMMONS
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LEGISLATION
We have a comprehensive collection of South African
statutes. We also have smaller collections from the
SADC countries and from some foreign jurisdictions,
including the USA, UK, Canada and Australia.
Search the catalogue on our homepage to find books,
journals, theses and DVDs available in UCT Libraries.
Law Library shelf numbers begin with DH.
Booked for 3-hour slots by at least 3 students.
SINGLE STUDY CARRELS
Restricted to Research Master’s students, PhD candidates, Postdoctoral and Visiting Fellows.