Due to the forecast of an historic winter storm, UMass Dartmouth will be closed Monday, January 26, at 4 p.m. and will re-open Wednesday, January 28, at 5 p.m. All classes, except online course, are cancelled during the closure.
A Ring Road parking ban is effect until further notice. Automobiles violating the ban will be subject to towing.
Welcome back for the spring semester! We hope you had a great break.
So now that you’re back we thought we’d remind you about a few things.
The library is back to regular hours starting on Monday, but if you’re unsure you can always check our library calendar to see our hours for each day.
There are lots of study spaces throughout the library for individual and group study and we’ve added more movable white boards to help you work things out. Of course on the first and second floors, there are the Learning Commons and Scholarly Commons complete with computers and printing facilities. And near the Learning Commons on the first floor there is a large quiet study space in the South Reading Room.
Need a laptop for your work in the library? Check one out at the first floor Circulation Desk. Want to schedulae a place for your group to study, then go online and reserve the room! Or perhaps wish to just notify a friend about where you’re going to be studying in the library. Then send them a link with a pointer on a library floor map of where you’ll be using the Find Me Here tool.
If your back and already thinking about your senior project, your master’s thesis or the big paper you’ll have to write this semester, you might want to look up one of our expert subject librarians to help you with your research.
Wait, you’re back, but your an online student. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with our Library Services for Online Learners guide. And look here later for a schedule of library services online orientation sessions that are being planned for you.
On the other hand, if just finished moving back in and are looking for some stress free reading to relax with, check-out our New Books Shelf just across from the Circulation Desk on the first floor or pop over into the Library Living Room and see what’s there for you on the Books to Go @ The Carney Library shelves.
Anyway, we hope you get the point. We’re glad you’re back and we hope that you’ll stop by at one of our service points and ask if there is some way we can be of help … or if you want, just to say Hi!
Welcome Back!
– Carney Library Staff
Update News: LibGuides were successfully updated today. Enjoy the new system!
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We are transitioning our library guides to a new system version! This update and transition will begin on Friday morning, January 23rd. During the day on Friday, the LibGuides will become temporarily unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, however, we are looking forward to making use of the new features and capabilities that will come with this latest version to better serve you.
During the first week of February, the Dystopian Fiction Book Club will explore Margaret Atwood’s disturbing novel, The Handmaid’s Tale.
We’re meeting twice to accommodate as many interested readers as possible. All are welcome at one or both of our meetings!
Meeting times are:
Feb. 4, 2pm-3pm (Carney Library, Room 314)
Feb. 5, 2pm-3pm (Carney Library, Room 314)
Even if you haven’t finished the book, feel free to come anyway, and learn about what our meetings our like. You can also get a head start on our next book, which will be Lois Lowry’s The Giver.
Busy during our February meetings? Never fear! You can still come to any of our future discussions in March and April.
Questions?
Contact Hilary Kraus (hkraus@umassd.edu) or Kari Mofford (kmofford@umassd.edu)!