Fall Semester Hours 2025
Library & Public Service Desk
September 3 – December 18*
Mondays – Thursdays: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Fridays: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturdays: CLOSED
Sundays: 12 p.m. to 9 p.m.
We’ll be CLOSING EARLY Friday, November 14 for staff development. Adjusted hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thanksgiving week/weekend (special hours):
- November 26 (Wed): 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- November 27-30 (Thu-Sun): CLOSED
*Last day of finals week | Thursday, December 18: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MERIT library space will be closed during winter break (December 19 – January 11)
Winter Interim 2025-26
Library & Public Service Desk
December 19, 2025-January 11, 2026: CLOSED
January 12-18, 2026 (special hours)
Monday – Friday: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED
*Monday, January 19: CLOSED in observation of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.
NOTE: Our regular spring semester hours will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
MERIT Location:
Teacher Education Building
225 N. Mills Street
Madison, WI 53706
(MERIT Library on 3rd floor)
