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Zahn Library Closing on May 12, 2006

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Zahn Library, located on the first floor of Ritter Annex, will cease operation at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2006. Over the summer, the materials in Zahn will be distributed to Paley Library and the Library Depository. Once the items are moved, their locations will be updated in the online catalog. During the transition, if you need journal articles from Zahn, use the intra-library loan article request form. Within 24 hours of your request (Monday-Friday), the article will be delivered to your email account as a PDF. If you need books from Zahn, use the intra-library loan book request form and you will be notified by email when the book is available for you to pick up at the location you specify. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this transition. Shirley Boyd, the Clerk at Zahn, will assume new responsibilities in the Urban Archives Department in Paley Library on May 15th. Additional information about the Library Depository: FAQ Temple Times article, April 27, 2006 — Carol Lang

Library Depository

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A number of changes will be underway soon with the completion this summer of Temple’s new Library Depository, a closed-stack shelving and retrieval facility.

Over the course of the summer, thousands of lesser-used volumes will be relocated to the Depository, thus allowing Temple Libraries to centralize a number of collections, expand services, and refurbish Paley Library’s stack areas with expanded study and collaboration space. Many research libraries are already using similar closed-stack facilities to preserve their growing research collections and open up space within the library buildings to meet the varied needs and expectations of contemporary students and scholars.

Materials in the Depository will be listed in the online catalog with a conveniently linked online request form. They will be retrieved by library staff and available within a quick turn-around time.

In conjunction with these changes, several branch libraries will close over the summer, providing the opportunity to expand services and reintegrate collections that have been split for years because of limited space. The Zahn Library’s last day of operation will be Friday, May 12, 2006, the last day of spring semester. Physics Library will be next, followed by Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematical Sciences. An exact schedule has not been set, but it is expected that the closings will be completed and the library materials relocated by the end of the summer sessions.

An FAQ with full details about the Depository and related services is posted on the library website. Advisories and progress reports will be featured in the library blog as the transitions proceed.

For more details about the Library Depository and the related changes, please see the Temple Times article published on April 27, 2006.

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Here’s a recent view of the construction underway as moveable compact shelving carriages are assembled. New photos will be added occasionally as work progresses.

— Carol Lang

Paley Elevator Renovations Completed

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Much-needed renovations to Paley Library’s elevators have been completed well ahead of schedule.

Elevators # 2, # 3, and # 4 are all back in service after extensive renovations and inspections. Restoration work began on February 21st and officially ended on September 6th, more than six months later.

The work schedule was as follows:

February 21 – May 11:
Elevator #2 out of service.
During this time, elevators #3 and #4 were available.

May 15 – June 30, 2005:
Elevator #2 restored to service.
Elevator #3 out of service.
Elevator # 4 taken out of service June 10.
During this time, only elevator #2 was available.

July – August, 2005:
Elevator #3 restored to full operation August 12.
Elevator #4 work continued, with expectation of returning to service on or about September 16.

September 2005
Elevator #4 returned to service September 6, 2005.

Should you need further information or wish to report any immediately occuring elevator problem, please call Facilities at 1-1818 (Monday-Friday 8-4) or 1-1234 (evening/weekends or in case of emergency).

— Jonathan LeBreton

Paley rest room renovations begin April 11th

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Both the men’s and women’s restrooms on the 2nd floor of Paley Library will be renovated by Temple facilities staff April 11-22, 2005. During initial days of this short project, there will be noise in the immediate vicinity as old, deteriorated tiles are removed. We apologize in advance for any temporary inconvenience this may cause. Public restrooms on the lower level, 1st, and 3rd floors of Paley Library will be available during this time. These other restrooms were renovated in 2004 through the same central facilities renewal funding. These and other renovation or maintenance projects now underway are modest but important steps toward the University Libraries’ goal of providing convenient, comfortable, well-equipped spaces where the University community reads, studies, conducts research, and participates in educational and cultural activities.

Paley Library Elevator Renovation Project

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Paley library includes three passenger elevators. They are original building equipment dating from 40 years ago, and have proven quite difficult to keep in full, proper operation due to their advanced age and heavy traffic.

On February 21, 2005, Temple’s Facilities Management Division began a major project to renovate all three passenger elevators. In addition to replacing controlling equipment, the hydraulic drive systems including cylinders and pistons, will be fully replaced.

The approximate schedule of work is:

February 21 – May:
Elevator #2 out of service.
During this time, use elevators #3 and #4.

May – July, 2005:
Elevators #3 and #4 our of service.
During this time, use elevator #2.

During this project we strongly encourage library users to:
1) take the stairs when possible to avoid delays and queuing
2) report promptly any malfunction or failure of elevators that should be in service.

Should you need further information or wish to report an immediately occuring elevator problem, please call Facilities at 1-1818 (Monday-Friday 8-4) or 1-1234 (evening/weekends or in case of emergency).

[Comments or suggestions concerning this project update should be directed to Jonathan LeBreton lebreton@temple.edu
Content last reviewed: 3/22/05.]