WH Bell Music Library
WH Bell Music Library is the first completely self-contained, functionally-designed music library in Africa and serves the South African College of Music and the Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies.
Today's Hours (All Hours)
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Library Services
Submit a Reference Query (Music Library)
Submit a reference query to WH Bell Music Library.
Request a book or chapter in book
Submit an interlibrary loan book request to WH Bell Music Library.
Request a Journal Article
Submit an interlibrary loan journal article request to WH Bell Music Library.
Request a Score
Submit an interlibrary loan score request to WH Bell Music Library.
Suggest a Book Purchase (Music Library)
Submit a book suggestion to WH Bell Music Library.
Suggest an AV Purchase
Submit an audiovisual suggestion to WH Bell Music Library.
Suggest a Score Purchase
Submit a score suggestion to WH Bell Music Library.
Study Spaces
We offer you safe and comfortable study spaces between and after lectures to fit your individual or collaborative needs.
Notices
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Library Vacation Hours (18 Nov - 22 Dec 2023)
-Dear students and staff
Please note that Library vacation hours will begin on Saturday 18 November until Thursday 21 December 2023. UCT Libraries will close at 12h30 on 22 December 2023 and re-open at 08h30 on Tuesday 2 January 2024. Please visit our library hours for more information.
Library Vacation Hours
Chancellor Oppenheimer Library (Main Library)
Monday - Friday: 08:30-17:00
Saturday: 09:00-12:30
Sunday: ClosedBranch Libraries*
Monday - Friday: 08:30-17:00
Weekends: Closed*Please note that term hours apply to Bolus Herbarium Library and ICH Library.
24/7 Study Spaces
Hlanganani, Impilo Junction and Law 24/7 study spaces will be in operation when the libraries are closed. ICH Library has 24/7 access as a study space for staff and registered students at ICH.
UCT Libraries
Digital Collections
Digital Collections at UCT Libraries represent a selection of material available through UCT’s archival holdings, primarily held in UCT Libraries Special Collections.
Digital Collections from the Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies
Reimagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South (ReTAGS)
Special Collections
Special Collections is the preservation library and archive of UCT Libraries, with an array of rare holdings in a
range of formats.
Our History
The WH Bell Music Library at the University of Cape Town is named after William Henry Bell, English composer, conductor & lecturer who came to South Africa in 1912 to steer the South African College of Music. The Music Library was opened on 1st August 1943, "...the first completely self-contained, functionally-designed music library in Africa". Read more
