The Library offers more than 40'000 specialized books and 170 regular subscriptions to specialized magazines, reviews and journals. Member of the Swiss Library Service Platform (SLSP), the Library allow access to the resources of 490 academic swiss libraries on swisscovery ¦ HES-SO. Users can order books through the SLSP-Courier and the Inter Library Loan (ILL) services.

The Library's team make their skills available to assist the researchers. They also welcome any suggestion of purchase.
The library is located on the HEAD - Genève campus, on the second floor of building E, avenue de Chatelaine 5. 

The Library is open Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm.

Special opening Hours 2025 :

20 January-14 February (intersemester) : open from noon to 4pm
8 April & 21 April : Closed for Easter
22-24 April : from noon to 4pm
1st May : closed
29 May : closed (Ascension)
9 June : closed (Pentecôte)
30 June-17 July : open from noon to 4pm
21 July-15 August : closed
18 August-12 Septembre : from noon to 4pm
11 September : closed (Jeûne Genevois)

Documents and useful links
Guides and tutorials on our blog and our Instagram

Swisscovery ¦ HES-SO (online catalogue)
HES-SO Online ressources (accessible from HES computers or VPN/SID only)
Suggestions of purchase form

Contact 
Head Librarian : Claire Medri-Vignola
Librarian : Stéphanie Probst
Assistant librarian : Ludovic Lejeune
Assistant archivist : Sibylle Monney
Stagiaire : Thomas Penet
Auxiliary : Zoé Dutoit
Email : biblio.head@hesge.ch
Telephone : +41 (0) 22 558 51 88