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Reading Room Appointments are scheduled by appointment Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 5 PM. Please see updated information for closures. Contact library@visitpham.org with the list of the library materials you would like to see during your visit and their corresponding permanent links in the library catalog. For information on how to navigate the library catalog, please refer to Using the Library Catalog - External Researchers page. 

Materials are not paged until after a date has been set for the appointment, and as such we do not take last-minute appointment requests.

Please be aware that the number and/or type of materials requested will affect the wait time for your appointment. If you request:

• • Less than 10 items, appointments are scheduled no sooner than 7-10 days from the date of the request.
  • More than 10 items, appointments are scheduled no sooner than 3 weeks from the date of the request.
  • Rare materials, appointments are scheduled no sooner than 10 days from the date of the request, regardless of quantity.
  • Materials located off-site or in a departmental library, appointments are scheduled no sooner than 4 weeks from the date of the request, regardless of quantity. 

Appointments are scheduled for one hour. Please specify in your appointment request whether you will need longer to review materials, and we will do our best to accommodate.