 Sophomore medicine major Peter B. Martinez studies in Belk Library & Information Commons. Students will have 24-hour access to computers, printers and self check-out Sunday through Thursday by Nov. 29. Photo Illustration Jaimie McGirt
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by JULIANNE OLSON
Intern News Reporter
By Nov. 29, Belk Library & Information Commons will be open Sunday through Thursday, 24-hours a day, once library staff finishes preparing for the new hours
“The library has been working with Student Government Association and other students for a long number of years to help us plan this building,” librarian Mary Reichel said. “We have had a lot of comments and suggestions for the library to be open 24/5.”
The 24/5 program will give students the space to work in the library, along with access to the desktop computers, printers and book self-checkout.
The Wired Scholar
Cyber Cafe will continue to operate under normal hours, but the desktop
computers, print access and general space will be open 24/5.
However,
group study rooms, traditional book checkout by library staffers and
laptop rental will not be available between the close and open of
normal library hours, from 2 a.m. until 7:30 a.m.
Additionally, the fourth floor will close at 10 p.m., just as it does during normal library hours.
Between
11 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. there will be three security guards hired from
P&G Security to patrol the inside of the library.
“Students
need to notice their surroundings,” Ken Johnson, coordinator of
learning and research services said. “The buddy system is always a good
idea.”
Additional security includes AppCard access necessary after midnight to enter the library.
“I am so
pleased with the 24/5 library program because it is a real victory for
SGA and the library to be able to work out a way to make this happen
without needing a third shift for our staff,” Reichel said.
While
the university administration has not made the official motion for the
24/5 program to begin, the needed $100,000 has already been included in
the 2009-10 student tuition increase.
“The
24/5 program is great for an academic institution to have,” Jonathan H.
Meisner, SGA president said. “It shows we have a commitment to
academics.”
Photo Illustration by Jaimie McGirt
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