Holiday Wishes

The William Smith Morton Library will be closing at 5:00 p.m. today and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 8:00 a.m. You will still be able to access our web catalog and check your library record online during the time that the library building is closed. There will be no more blog posts until the new year.

We thank all of our patrons for their good humor and patience as we have undergone many changes this year. We are grateful for the ways in which you encourage and support the work of this Library.

We wish all of you a safe and joyous Christmas season.

Server Maintenance TODAY

A backup of catalog information will be running all day today Wednesday, December 17, 2008. We will revert to a supplemental catalog system during the day which will allow you to look up items in the Morton Library catalog. However, circulation functions will be disabled, and your personal account information will not be available for loan history, renewals, etc... We will restore these functions as soon as the backup is completed.

Rachel

Interlibrary loan service problems

We are experiencing an interruption in Interlibrary Loan services at this time. Please do not place new ILL requests. If you have an item borrowed through ILL, you may continue using it and return it whenever it is due.

For further information, please contact Dr. Coalter, Library Director.

Paula

New Copiers

Two new copiers have replaced the two old ones near the south elevator. Please let us know if you need any assistance with these new copiers. These copiers are no longer networked to the Reference computers.

The network copier is now is a new location. The Reference computers are networked to the copier in the Microfilm room (next to the Circulation desk). Instructions for printing are located at each computer workstation in the Reference room. However, please ask the Circulation staff if you have any questions.

Rachel

Christmas closing

We want to remind everyone that the Library will be closing in the afternoon on Friday, December 19th, and will remain closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Library will reopen on Monday, January 5th.

Now is the time to plan ahead and make sure you borrow whatever you will need to use while the Library is closed.

Paula

Holiday Schedule for Extension Mailings

For our patrons who live outside of the Richmond area, please note that today is the last day we are mailing library items until the new year. We will resume mailing our audio and visual material and books to libraries and extension patrons on January 12, 2009. You are free to continue emailing your requests to extensionlib@union-psce.edu and they will be processed in January.

Have a blessed holiday season.

Ann

La Posada

Please join us this afternoon from 3:30 - 4:30 in the library atrium for La Posada. Refreshments will be served. We welcome you as we continue to celebrate this holy season.

Rachel

Gates are now activated

The turnstile and gate at the Library's main entrance are now activated. You now need your key-card to enter the building.

Your card does not need to be swiped like a credit card. Just hold it a few inches away from the red sensor light; it will BEEP and you will also hear a sound as the mechanism unlocks. The light will turn green. Use the turnstile on the right side as you enter. If you are in a wheelchair (pushing a baby stroller, etc), you may use the swinging gate to enter. You may exit through the turnstile without unlocking it, or you may unlock the swinging gate with your card and exit that way.

If you have not yet come to pick up your card, you may do so at the Circulation Desk. At the left of the entrance, near the portrait, there is an intercom device. If you press it, the sound will be heard inside the Circulation Office, so they will know you need attention.

Paula