Hours
Kelvin Smith Library is a research library open to visitors for research needs during Regular Business Hours. A valid photo ID is required of everyone who enters in the evening. Vsitors: press the Intercom at the main door & show an ID as you enter.****
24x7 service is restricted to enrolled & employed Case ID holders; visitors are asked to return the next business day. KSL has nearly 100 hours a week of staffed Regular Business Hours for your research needs.
- Sunday: Noon - Midnight**
- Monday - Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - Midnight**
- Friday: 8:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m.**
- Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.**
Complete all desk transactions with library staff 15 minutes prior to the close of Regular Business Hours.
* Reference hours vary from building hours, please check ahead of time
* The Freedman Center opens at 9:00 a.m. M-Sat, & is open during KSL Regular Business Hours.
Checkout online instead of in-a-line! Use your Case ID card to check out KSL books at the KSL SelfCheckout machine to save time. Activate your Case ID card with at least one traditional checkout (staff scans your Case ID) at any Case library circulation desk, and then you can use KSL SelfCheckout at any time of day...or night!
Children under 16 must be accompanied at all times by an adult
**All Evening Access Requires a Photo ID**
Case buildings use automated card-swipe door access during evening hours. KSL's Main Door Intercom provides Visitor access with ID during Regular Business hours:
- Case Faculty, Students, Staff—use your Case ID in the main door card reader.
- Visitors—press the intercom at the Main Door. Staff will release the door for you. Present a photo ID to staff upon entering the building.
Note: Affiliate libraries are autonomous institutions whose ID cards are not magnetized for our card readers unless there is dual student/employee status at Case—simply press the intercom for entrance, showing your ID to staff as you enter.
Telephone Numbers
- KSL Hours Hotline: 216-368-6500
- Main Service Desk: 216-368-3506
- Reference Desk: 216-368-6596
- Freedman Center: 216-368-0932
- Special Collections: 216-368-2993
- Astronomy Library: 216-368-6701
- Kulas Music Library: 216-368-2403