Conference poster
Winning on the Road: Our Game Plan for the Temporary Closure of Hardin Library
10/2011
Abstract
Earlier this year, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences seized an opportunity for dramatic facility improvement that would necessitate closure of the building for the summer. Our library, while not as busy during the summer as during the academic year, is active year round. The Colleges of Dentistry and Medicine only break for a few weeks in the summer and those students need access to computers and resources. Although there are fewer users coming into the library, it is the time when many faculty do research, when medical students study for the USMLE, and when some programs conduct comprehensive exams requiring access to the collection.
In the midst of the chaos, we found opportunity: a chance to prove we were more than just a building. During our closure, we attempted to maintain as many of our services as possible. To do so, we embedded librarians in health sciences colleges, we established satellite reference desks, and we worked with the Sciences branch library to give students a place to study during the evening hours. We planned for an increase in ILL and we developed a strategy for circulating our print collection to patrons upon request. These activities allowed us to maintain our services as well as remaining visible to our patrons, while reinforcing to both staff and users that the library is not bound by our building.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Winning on the Road: Our Game Plan for the Temporary Closure of Hardin Library
- Creators
- Janna C Lawrence - University of Iowa, Hardin LibraryKelly A ThormodsonShane Wallace - University of Utah
- Resource Type
- Conference poster
- Language
- English
- Date presented
- 10/2011
- Academic Unit
- Hardin Library
- Record Identifier
- 9984113446602771
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