Cowles Library will undergo a major renovation to the main floor this summer. If you would like to see the main floor enhancements, view the slide set. This project will impact finals week and the library’s summer schedule. Please see below for information, and thank you for your patience as the library undergoes these exciting changes.

Finals week

To prepare for the renovation, the library has cleared books off the entire main floor. There will be temporary study tables on the main floor for finals.

This week, students can stop by the library for much needed brain breaks. Therapy dogs will visit the library today, May 15, at 7 p.m. In addition, coloring pages, board games, tinker toys, and mid libs will be available all week.

Summer

• The library will be closed on Monday, May 21, to move faculty offices and service functions.
• The main floor will be largely unavailable through mid-August.
• Entrance to the library will be on the south side beginning May 22. There will be no entrance available on the north side.
• The temporary service point and check-out desk will be at the south entrance.

Permanent changes to the collection

• There will no longer be circulating collections and stacks on the main floor.
• The entire print collection has been reorganized in a more logical arrangement, with A-L on the east side of the top floor of the library, and M-Z on the east side of the ground floor.
• There will be improved shelving on the main floor for new titles and reference materials.

Additional summer projects

• Windows on the south side of the after-hours area will be upgraded and painted.
• Portions of the after-hours area will receive repairs and painting.
• Mobile/compact shelving on the ground floor will be upgraded with new motors and controls.
• An additional bay of mobile/compact shelving will be installed in the Special Collections and Archives area to accommodate archival collection growth.

— Leslie Noble, Cowles Library