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The library’s annual National Library Week book sale will be held Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 19. Hundreds of books will be on sale. Prices decline daily, but don’t wait to browse or you’ll miss the best treasures! Proceeds go toward new book purchases.

Starting today, the library is instituting a new checkout policy trial for the Curriculum Library area. Both fiction and non-fiction titles from the area will be available for two-week checkout by students and faculty/staff 38 weeks out of the year. However, the first seven weeks of both the fall and spring semesters while the Children’s Literature courses are being taught, the one-day checkout policy that has been in effect up until now will still reign supreme.

Additional electrical outlets were installed recently in the library. Outlets now line the public side of the walls surrounding the handicapped-accessible restrooms on the lower floor. New outlets grace the walls beneath the new whiteboards in Hovde Lounge and the opposite wall next to the radiator. And a single new outlet is now available on the pillar at the beginning of the DVD shelving area, near a popular group study meeting table.

A new “old” whiteboard has been installed in the classroom space in the curriculum library area to replace one that had exceeded its surface life. And a new “new” whiteboard has been installed in Hovde to replace a new board installed earlier this semester that arrived damaged.

A New DVD Arrivals area, similar to the New Books area, has been created to highlight the newest additions to the library’s DVD collection. Patrons seeking to browse the films and documentaries that have come in most recently can now do so easily.

The library will be open move-in weekend this fall from 9-4 on Saturday, Aug. 25 and 11-4 on Sunday, Aug. 26. This represents an earlier start (by one hour) from previous years to match the time when Technology Help Desk assistance begins in the dormitories.

This week’s Suggestion of the Week appearing on the LIS digital sign in the library :

Suggestion: “Leave the library’s Rare Books Room open as a no-technology study room.”

Response: “We are working on several ideas related to quiet study space in the
library, with a focus on preserving the Upper Floor as a designated
quiet zone. This suggestion will add the idea of creating a
‘technology-free’ quiet study space to our conversation.

This week’s Suggestion of the Week appearing on the LIS digital sign in the library :

Suggestion: “It would be nice to have more outlets in the library.”

Response: “Dozens of outlets were installed along the exterior walls on the lower and upper floors of the library over the past few months. If there is a particular area where you think an additional outlet would be especially handy, let us know. Send a suggestion to library@luther.edu and we’ll check to see if placing an outlet in that location is feasible.”

This week’s Suggestion of the Week appearing on the LIS digital sign in the library :

Suggestion: “Increase checkout time for items.”

Response: “Loan periods vary depending on the type of material (book, DVD, camera, study room key, etc.), location (main stacks, leisure reading, reserve desk, etc.), and patron status (student, faculty, community borrower, etc.). Rationales exist for each different “loan rule,” which governs the length of the checkout period. Recently, we lengthened the checkout period for student laptop use in the library from 2 to 4 hours.