Extended Hours for Polytechnic campus Library

<p>To better serve the campus community, the Arizona State University Library at the Polytechnic campus is now open for extended hours. The new hours, which started August 22, are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-midnight, Friday 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday noon-midnight.</p><separator></separator><p>Charles Brownson, director of Library Services at the Polytechnic campus, said one consistent suggestion from students was for the library to be opened extended hours and on weekends.</p><separator></separator><p>&quot;We had our first week of extended hours, and there were patrons in the Library every night until midnight,&quot; Brownson says. &quot;This is something students have been wanting for a long time.&quot; Brownson adds that funding for the extended hours was paid for by reallocating existing resources.</p><separator></separator><p>The Library, located on the lower level of the Academic Center building, has extensive group and individual study space, wireless Internet access, computer clusters, and a growing print collection. The Library also provides electronic access to hundreds of article databases and over 18,000 full-text journals, and has a vigorous document delivery service which delivers requested materials to the user's desktop, usually within a day or two. In addition, productivity tools such as RefWorks, a Blackboard-style environment for scholarly resources, are available.</p><separator></separator><p>The newest feature being offered is &quot;Get It,&quot; a link resolver for citations. When a student searches for a citation, &quot;Get It&quot; will link directly from the citation to the full text, when available.</p><separator></separator><p>During Library operating hours, the Oasis desk will be staffed with personnel who can provide circulation and reference assistance, as well as general campus information. A new reference and instruction librarian, Danielle Carlock joined the staff in June. Her background is in biology and in health science reference. She and Ellen Welty, also a reference and instruction librarian, stand ready to assist students and faculty with their research needs.</p><separator></separator><p>For information, contact the Library at the Polytechnic campus at (480) 727-1037 or <a href="mailto:eastref@asu.edu">eastref@asu.edu</a&gt;, or visit the Web site at <a href="http://eastlib.poly.asu.edu/">http://eastlib.poly.asu.edu/</a>.</p&gt;