The Ames Library
Annual Library Hours
Fall & Spring Semesters
- Sundays, 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
- Mondays - Thursdays, 7:45 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
- Fridays, 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
May Term Hours
- Mondays - Thursdays, 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Fridays, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Saturdays, Closed
- Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Please see below for Memorial Day weekend information
Breaks & Summers
- No weekend hours
- Weekdays open at 8:00am
- Closing follows university hours
ITS Help Desk Regular Semester Hours
- Sundays: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Mondays - Thursdays: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Fridays: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Saturdays: 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Common Exceptions to Library Hours
Turning Titan Orientation Week for New Incoming Students
- Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Labor Day Weekend
- Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Monday, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Fall Break Weekend
- Thursday, 7:45 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, 3:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Thanksgiving Week
- Tuesday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Wednesday - Saturday, CLOSED
- Sunday, 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Last day of Fall Semester Finals
- Closing follows university hours
- If Saturday, 10:00am - 4:30pm
Christmas - follow university holiday schedule
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day - follow university holiday schedule
Martin Luther King, Jr Weekend/Day (beginning 2025)
- Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday, 12 noon - 5 p.m.
- Sunday, 12 noon - 5 p.m.
- Monday (University Holiday), 5 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Easter Weekend - Regular hours (no exceptions)
Spring Break
- Friday, 4:30 p.m. closing (follows university hours)
- No weekend hours
- Closed Monday for Spring Break Day
- Tuesday - Friday follow university office hours
- 2nd Sunday, 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Last day of Spring Semester Finals - closing follows university office hours
Commencement Sunday
- depends on campus plans for processional
Memorial Day Weekend
- If Memorial Day falls before May Term ends, the library will be open:
- Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Monday, 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- If Memorial Day fall after May Term ends, the library will be closed Saturday - Monday
Last day of May Term - closing follows university office hours
July 4th - follow university holiday schedule