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A is for available, B is for books, C is for compact shelving.

The books are missing from the shelves, but you can still find them. They have been moved so we can begin our compact shelving project!

Here’s the latest on what’s happening in the A call numbers on the 1st floor. Books and journals on the first six rows have been removed and placed on carts in Room 108.

The carts are numbered 1 through 15. Call numbers beginning “AC1” through call numbers “AP2.K37” are on these carts and will remain on them until the first week of September when they will be placed on the new compact shelves.

To get to Room 108 turn right after exiting the stairs and the right again. This room will remain open to the public. If you are down there and find the room locked, please come the Circulation Desk on the 4th floor for assistance.

Work began July 29 to install compact shelving on the first floor of Cooper Library.

Compact shelving is shelving designed so rows can be moved next to each other with no aisle in between when those rows are not in use. If you need to get a book from one of the “compacted” shelves, you use a crank to easily slide the shelves apart. Using this kind of shelving means the first floor can hold twice as many items as it does now, opening up more space on other floors.

The project will also include the installation of brighter more energy-efficient lighting and new carpeting on the first floor.
During the installation, you’ll still be able to get to materials on the first floor, though there may be times when you’ll need to ask library staff to retrieve what you need.

The project should be completed by the end of the fall semester. Noise from the construction should be limited to the first floor.
When the installation is complete, books and bound journals with the call numbers A-P will be located on the first floor. If you have ideas about what the Library should do with the newly opened space, we’d love to hear them.

There will be a 15 minute power outage from 3:00pm until 3:15pm on Wednesday, July 29. It will affect the following buildings:

Barnette
Mauldin
Kinard
Martin
Sheep Barn
Lower Greenhouse Nematode Research on Cherry Road
Lee
Lowry
Newman
P&A Building
Freeman
Cook
Cooper Library

There have been some issues with the Library News blog lately. You may (I hope!) have noticed there haven’t been any posts in the last few days.

We’ve been having some technical issues, that are being resolved. I hope to resume posting very soon. Stay tuned!

No, it’s not another story about Michael Jackson…today is the 40th anniversary of the day man walked on the actual moon! Read more about Apollo 11 at Wikipedia.

We have some memorabilia from the moon landing and walk in Special Collections.

Because of the new lighting construction in Cooper, the CCIT computers and the printer on the west side are closed temporarily.

You can use the computers and the printer on the east side.