The Library has a new microfilm and microfiche reader, available to use in the Technical Services Suite on the second floor (Room 205).
This machine will allow you to make a PDF of your microfilm or fiche and send it to yourself! No printing necessary!
If you’d like to use the microform reader, email library@kzoo.edu to make an appointment for a time between 8am and 5pm, Monday through Friday.
The Library’s hours change for Easter weekend:
Friday, April 19: 8am – 5pm
Saturday, April 20: Noon – 5pm
Sunday, April 21: 3pm – 2am
Regular hours resume Monday, April 22.
Help out our Information Services team and participate in usability testing during weeks 2-3! Students can spend a few minutes minutes in a short interview and receive a prize for participation. If you have questions, contact Katrina Frank, Katrina.Frank@kzoo.edu.
Kalamazoo College is celebrating Student Worker Appreciation Week! We cannot do what we do without our super duper student workers.
In the Library, student workers:
We couldn’t work without you, students! Thank you!
Welcome back! The Library’s Spring Term hours are:
April 1 – June 8, 2019:
Mon– Thurs: 8 a.m – 2 a.m.;
Fri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.;
Sat: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m.;
Sun: 11 a.m. – 2 a.m.
It’s National Cleaning Week! This week is conveniently break week, so we’re dusting up a storm and organizing our shelves to have a sparkling clean library for you in Spring Quarter.
How are you celebrating?
The MeLCat central server (elibrary.mel.org) is scheduled for a software upgrade on Wednesday, March 27, beginning at 7:00am. We expect the server to be down for several hours. While the catalog may re-appear and be searchable, placing requests and other functionality as outlined below may work until the server is fully restored.
What This Means for You
1. You will NOT be able to place new MeLCat requests or directly search MeLCat (http://elibrary.mel.org). Keyword searching will be available via MeL Discovery at http://mel.org, but MeLCat requests cannot be made, and the item status may not be current.
2. Users attempting to renew their MeLCat items may get a “server unavailable” message.
3. Though the MyMeLCat link will not work, you can use this alternative link to access your patron record and review your MeLCat requests:
https://dcb2.mel.org/patroninfo.
If you have questions, please contact us at library@kzoo.edu.
Today is National Tolkien Reading Day!
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor. He was best known as the author of the classic works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarrillion.
This day was started in 2003 by the Tolkien Society to encourage the readings of J.R.R. Tolkien. March 25th was chosen as the date to honor the downfall of Sauron and the fall of Barad-dûr in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
We’ve already had our Second Breakfast. What will you be reading today?
You made it! Have a wonderful break!
The Library is open limited hours during spring break, March 20-31, 2019:
Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm;
Saturday – Sunday CLOSED.
Regular Spring Term hours begin April 1 (no joke!).
Good luck on exams — you can do this!
Library hours for winter exam week are:
Sunday, March 17: 9am – 2am
Monday, March 18: 8am – 2am
Tuesday, March 19: 8am – 10pm
Spring break hours begin Wednesday, March 20:
Monday – Friday: 8am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday CLOSED
Regular hours begin Monday, April 1, 2019.
