Library Hours: August Update

A quick reminder that beginning Saturday, August 1st, the following library summer hours are in effect:

• Monday through Friday
  8:00 am to 5:00 pm


• Saturday and Sunday
  Closed

Main Floor: Newspapers & Recreational

Newspapers (previously behind the reserves desk) and recrational reading (previously along the wall next to serials) are now featured prominently on the main floor. What's planned next for the area surrounding these two features is exciting ... but can not be shared just yet.

Stop in and see us sometime soon!

Serials Area Update

Organization of the new serials collection has begun! This area, highlighted by ranges angled to allow for maximum light flow on the main floor, is now in the process of being labeled with both individual shelf and end-cap signage. Ohio government documents lead this collection with journals and periodicals following alphabetically toward the back wall.

Next up for this section is repurposing the government documents. Currently located on the walls around the serials collection, government documents will be evaluated and detailed with signage. If you need locating items in either of these collections during this transition, please feel free to ask at the circulation and reference desk.

Print & Copy Stations, part 2

With bulk of major floor moves finished, stacks removed and existing furniture and equipment relocated, we are continuing to "tweak" the main floor layout maximum usability. The printer portion of our main floor print and copy station has been moved from serials to the area directly to the left of the copy station; against the back wall.

More news to come!

Print & Copy Stations

As the footprint of the new main floor reorganization takes shape, we have been able to create extended, easily accessible, service areas for library patrons. Case in point, the new printer and copy stations. Located against the wall where the reserves desk used to reside (have you noticed the old reserves desk is gone?) is the new print station. No longer hidden from view, finding and collecting print jobs is a snap.

Serials: Journals & Periodicals

The serials collection new home! Relocating the serials collection is a work in progress; building new shelving/stacks and back shifting the journals from Z to A - not to mention weeding and updating journal offerings, is a time consuming and often noisy process. If you are in the library during this relocation, please excuse the constant rattling of shelving and rolling carts of materials, along with the constant chattering of your library staff.



Pictured: Jan Marotta, Sue Ellen Ronk, Ed Krakora (library director)

Serials: Journals & Periodicals

As the serials collection moves to it's new location, note the increase of light and open space becoming available on the main floor. Our end goal is to enhance the library as a space while continuing to offer exemplary resources and service to the University community.