Library extends hours in response to student needs

By Mark Schulman
Campus Life Editor

Sampson-Livermore Library has increased its operating hours in response to student requests. The library surveyed patrons during National Library Week last spring.

The library is opening a half hour earlier Monday through Friday, at 7:30 a.m., so students can come before 8 a.m. classes.

Photo by Carol Franch Students sit and discuss class topics outside the Sampson-Livermore Library.

The library will remain open on Friday and Saturday evenings until 9 p.m. instead of 5 and 6 p.m. Hours will remain extended during exam week.

“The earlier opening will allow students to come in to run off a paper in the lab or use the photocopiers before their classes start in addition to accessing other library services and resources,” University Librarian Elinor Foster said.

“The longer weekend hours will especially impact graduate and non-traditional age students who need to come to the library when they are not working their ‘day jobs,’” Dr. Foster said.

“Also, residential students can come over and check out media for their weekend viewing enjoyment, in addition to using other resources offered by the library, such as the computer lab,” she said.

DVDs. More current print and media resources were requested by the survey respondents. The board of directors of the Friends of the Library is funding the McNaughton Leasing Program. These additional funds will provide access to a wider range of current DVDs, best sellers, popular fiction and cookbooks.

“This [McNaughton Program] would compare with racks of popular paperbacks and new releases of DVDs that one would see in a news stand or video store,” Dr. Foster said.

The McNaughton Program is being finalized and the new materials are expected to be available this semester.