Harold Andersen Library (HAL) is open for fall semester hours now. The Food for Thought Cafe is open M-Th 9:30am-2pm & 4:30pm-6:30pm, and F 9:30am-2pm. Staff & students should notice quite a few changes, including:
- 2nd floor (entrance level): a new arrangement of soft chairs, computers, and tables for laptops or group work dispersed around the room; racks of selected current magazine issues & newspapers; group study spaces & rooms; and browsing collections of DVDs, VHS, CDs, graphic novels, audio books, recent fiction & nonfiction books, and video/computer games. Coming soon: A gaming room with Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation consoles.
- 3rd floor: quiet study space, individual study rooms, more computers.
- 1st floor: quiet study space, two collaboratories (reserve through Circulation at 472-5511), more computers, and the new home of the University Archives/ Area Research Center/ Special Collections.
We’ll be adding new soft seating. YOU are asked to vote for your favorite fabric! See the samples on display beside the student message board just inside the Library entrance.
We also are trying a continuous book sale. Each month the selection for sale will feature a genre, subject, or format.
Andersen Library is closed over the Labor Day weekend, Sat-Mon, Sept. 5-7. We’ll be open for regular fall semester hours starting on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 a.m.
Enjoy the holiday, everyone, and rest up for the work ahead. But if you want to get some work done, remember that even when the Library is closed:
- The Library’s article databases are available; just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
- You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
- You can review or renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
- You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032). Chat will be answered by non-UWW librarians. If you call or email you will not receive a response until the Library is open again.
Ah, the end of summer! Where did it all go?!
Andersen Library’s “summer break” hours between the end of summer classes and the start of fall semester are M-F 8 am-4:30 pm. Please note: The Library is closed on Friday, August 21, as one of four designated campus-wide furlough days for all UWW staff, required as part of the State of Wisconsin’s mandated furloughs.
Remember that even when the Library is closed:
- The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
- You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
- You can renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
- You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032). Chat will be answered by non-UWW librarians. If you call or email you will not receive a response until the Library is open again.
Remember that even when the Library is closed:
- The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
- You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
- You can renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
- You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032). Chat will be answered by non-UWW librarians. If you call or email you will not receive a response until the Library is open again.
Exceptions: CLOSED on Sunday, July 5th & Sunday, August 16th
For details see http://library.uww.edu/hours.html.
The Library will be closed Saturday-Monday, May 23-25. Summer hours will start on Tuesday, May 26th (7am-9pm).
Remember that even when the Library is closed:
- The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
- You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
- You can renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
- You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032).
The Library will be open special hours for exams:
- Mon., May 11: 7:30am-2am
- Tues.-Thurs., May 12-14: 6am-2am
- Fri., May 15: 6am-10pm
- Sat., May 16: 9am -10pm
- Sun., May 17: 9am-2am
- Mon., May 18: 6am-2am
- Tues., May 19: 6am-6pm
Good luck, everyone!
The Library’s hours change for Spring Break:
- F March 20: 7:30am-4:30pm
- Sat.-Sun. March 21-22: CLOSED
- M-F March 23-27: 8am-4:30pm
- Sat. March 28: CLOSED
- Sun. March 29: 6pm-midnight
Remember that even when the Library is closed or you are traveling:
- The Library’s article databases are available…just login when prompted with your campus Net-ID (same as for your campus email or D2L).
- You can search the Library Catalog and use links to the titles that are online, including ereserves for classes.
- You can renew your checked-out books, DVDs, etc. online (once) through your Personal Record.
- You can ask a librarian for help using email or chat, or phone us at the Reference Desk during open hours (262-472-1032).
Regular Spring Semester hours resume on Monday, March 30th.
New for Spring Semester:
The Library hours are the same as they were during fall semester, but the service desks have some new hours (The Circulation Desk remains staffed all hours that the Library is open):
The Reference Desk will be open from 9am-10pm Monday-Thursday, 9am-5pm on Friday, 1-5pm on Saturday and 1-5pm & 6-10pm on Sunday. Reference help by live chat remains available 24/7.
The Area Research Center/University Archives will be open from 9am-4:30pm Monday-Friday (other times may be available by appointment).
The Periodical Help Desk will be open until 9pm (except when the Library closes before that, on Fridays and Saturdays).
The Library’s hours for Winterim are:
- M-W 7am – 6pm
- Th-F 7am – 4:30pm
- Sat 1pm – 5pm
- Sun noon-6pm
Winterim ends on Friday, January 16th. The Library will be closed on January 17-19 (Saturday-Monday).
Regular spring semester hours start on Tuesday, January 20th (first day of spring semester).
