Extended hours update from Dean Smith

Correspondence from Dean Smith: As you know, the library will expand its hours starting this fall semester. Below you will find a list of initiatives we hope to implement in order to enhance safety and security as a result of these later hours. This is a fluid timeline of the projects we plan to undertake … Continued

Student Art in the Library — call for submissions

[clear] The library wants to display your work. The Student Art in the Library contest awards a First Prize of $300 and a Second Prize of $150. Submission deadline for the Fall 2012 contest is September 21. If you create any particularly inspired works this summer, keep in the mind the Student Art in the … Continued

Library Will Host Open House for Graduate Students

Graduate students are invited to an Open House at the library. OPEN HOUSE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Friday, August 24, 1:00-2:30 pm John C. Hodges Library First Floor Galleria • Learn how the library supports your research and teaching. • Meet your department’s subject librarian and learn more about resources in your field. • Learn about … Continued

Closure of Commons North

In preparation for continued construction on Commons phase 3, Commons North will be closing this week. All the furnishings, services, and equipment will be moved out. Work on the Commons South and the Studio area is moving along but not ready for re-opening. Those who want to use a computer will need to go to … Continued

Rooms 120 and Staff

Many changes continue! Room 120 (former Quiet Study) is part of Special Collections. This is now a secure area open only open to staff of Special Collections and Library Express-Storage-Shipping. For the summer, Digital Production has moved in while their area is renovated and Gov/Docs is staying while they complete the microfiche weeding project. If … Continued

Volunteer Blvd. Changes

Starting this Wednesday and continuing for the next two weeks, traffic will be slow along a section of Volunteer Boulevard in front of Hodges Library, the pedestrian walkway, and Claxton Education Building. Work crews will install new electrical conduits below street level as part of the construction of the new Student Union, at the site … Continued

Yet another Melrose update!

Latest communication on Melrose street project from George McGhee in Facilities Services: 1st grounds will be finishing the topcoat on the parking lot at the west end of I/H early this week. When this is done if Parking Services wants to start their remarking of this lot they can. 2nd we have some handicap spots … Continued

The Studio — It’s not just for artists

Ten pages of double-spaced type? I don’t think so! Our tech-savvy students are just as likely to turn in a video as a term paper in response to a class assignment. And where do students find the equipment and expertise they need to create movies, podcasts, web pages, graphics, and presentations? In the library, of … Continued

Melrose lot temporary closure

The entrance to the lot at Melrose near the I.H. –east to the end of the sidewalk area is to be closed briefly Thursday morning. The concrete trucks and the men working are going to need extra room, so they can pour and work the sidewalk on that end. With the area already tight with … Continued