With only a month left of the spring semester, there's quite a bit to update on. Here are the March updates for the Access Services Department.
Updates:
-For Carnival, April 3rd - April 6th, Hunt Library will close at 6:00 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday without extended hours; Sorrells Library will close at 6:00 pm Thursday and 4:00 pm Friday.
- All DVDs have officially been moved outside the Video Room on Floor 2, and LPs have been located to Offsite.
-Speaking of DVDs, there are free weeded DVDs available on a cart by the printer.
-The week of April 13th is National Student Employee Week! The 30+ students we hire as interns, Stacks Assistants, and Circulation Assistants each academic school year are valuable assets to Access Services. If you see them at the Circ Desk or in the stacks that week, please consider thanking them for their hard work. We couldn't do it without them!
-The application for summer employment at Hunt and Sorrells Library is officially open. Interested students can learn more at https://cmu.libwizard.com/f/library-student-employment.
Circulations (02/28 - 03/30): 2203
Sorrells - 976
Hunt- 1164
Offsite- 61
Mellon- 2
Sorrells March Statistics:
1,000+ logged interactions at the desk.
We had 20k+ visitors.
Hunt March Statistics:
A total of 107 questions were recorded on LibAnswers.
Projects that the temporary employees worked on during March 2025:
Temps transferred 500 GV books (entertainment, leisure, sports) from HL3, STACKS-3 to HL2, STACKS-2.
Terrence changed the Alma location field for the GVs from STACKS-3 to STACKS-2.
Temps shifted part of the A & B sections on STACKS-2 in order to empty the bays between HL214 and Staff Lounge. Shannon M. removed shelving and had the wall painted.
Temps transferred LP Collection (13,000) located on HL4 Music Listening Office to Offsite.
Temps emptied music (3,669 pieces) from cabinets in HL4 Music Listening Office. Items were recycled.
Temps transferred 540 laserdiscs from HL2 Video Collection to Offsite.
Temps unpacked boxes (200-300 boxes) at Offsite on Friday (3/14) and Friday (3/21).
There are currently 100 “D” boxes remaining to be unpacked.
Temps will return to Offsite on Friday, April 4th.
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