We are excited to announce that our relocation to The Academy will take place in December 2021. To facilitate this move, the library will be closed from Monday 13th December until re-opening on Tuesday 4th January. During this time we will continue to offer a virtual service but book stock, PCs and study spaces will be temporarily unavailable.

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The library at Musgrove Park is staffed five days a week from 8:30am to 4:30pm with 24/7 access via keypad for registered library members.

The Library & Knowledge Service is currently based at Barton House South on the Musgrove Hospital site. Find us with What3Words: https://w3w.co/noisy.dance.island

Staffed opening hours are Monday to Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM.

24/7 access is available to registered library members. Door access codes are required  during  unstaffed hours.

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The Library space at Cheddon Lodge is not currently available due to planned maintenance, and staff shortages.

We are currently running with limited staffing onsite, this may impact on some of our services in the following ways:

• There may be delays in responding to your emails or queries.
• The library space may be unstaffed at short notice (service updates will be provided via the library website and our Twitter account).
• Requests for books and articles from other libraries may be delayed as many other NHS libraries in the region also have staff shortages or are currently closed.
• We may need to negotiate deadlines for literature search requests.
• We cannot currently take requests for assisted searches to support academic work, please contact your academic institution’s library services for assistance.
• You may be offered library inductions or training via MS Teams, or redirected to self-directed learning on OWL.

Thank you for your understanding.

For further service updates, please check the library website and our Twitter account.

Contact us:

Tel: 01823 342433
Email: library@somersetft.nhs.uk