Sat. March 20 Update

Saturday, March 20, 2021

The E.M. White Library building is open until 5:00 pm today for students with confirmed study carrel reservations. Jill Sherman, Technical Services Librarian is also online to help until 5:00 pm -

Research and Study Week Update: Libraries and Hope, Trauma, Teaching and Learning from the AAR

The very existence of libraries, librarians, and their community of learners are the best evidence that there is hope for our future. Adapted from a quote attributed to T.S. Eliot.

I don't know if Eliot actually penned these words but here's what's often attributed to him: The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. I found this quote placed on the front of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson, published in 2019. I'm currently reading this novel about Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project and as I'd used this real-life story to inspire us last year, I modified the T.S. Eliot quote to reflect my 1 year COVID19 experiences. I want to highlight the importance of people - those who care for the collections as well as our readers and users (communities of learning).

Phase 3 Responsible Library Reopening Services Begin Monday, 1 March 2021

Dearly Beloved Students, Faculty, and Staff, 

Starting Monday, March 1, 2021, E..M. White Library will move into Phase 3 of our Safe and Responsible Reopening Plan. Phase 3 services are still limited to LPTS students and employees. And, it is our hope and prayer that Phase 3 library services will be available the rest of Spring semester, i.e. May 15 and we can slowly keep scaling up. The three new services for phase 3 are: 

1) Study Carrels for Students Quiet Study Use - Complete this form to Request a Study Carrel; (12 select, socially distanced carrels) 

2) Reference Room for 2-hr Quiet Study Use - Complete this form to Request Reference Room Access (24 hours advance notice of anticipated use is required, 6 people at a time in 2 hour blocks);

2) Daily Book Hub - Complete these forms for daily fulfillment of contact less pickup - Request Contactless Print Book Borrowing | Contactless Scanning (Print Reserve books may be borrowed for a week.)

Request a Study Carrel in the Library for Spring 2021

Dearly beloved students, 

Thanks for sharing your library needs and potential uses of Study Carrels in the Library.

As a part of our phased Safe and Responsible Reopening Plan, the E.M. White Library is now able to make available 12 select, socially distanced, study carrels exclusively for students’ use starting next week, Monday, March 1. 

Please complete this form to Request Study Carrels - https://forms.gle/XqZe1juEBi7SVYQx6 - ASAP. The form contains the hours of availability and other important guidelines for carrel use.  

Review of your applications begins at 3 pm Thursday, 25 February 2021.  

You will be notified by email of your study carrel assignment on Friday, 26 February 2021.

Thanks!