Please be aware that the information on this guide is subject to change due to the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding COVID-19. Library staff will do its best to make sure the information on this guide is up-to-date.
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This guide was Last Updated: Mar 23, 2021 2:24 PM
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Please be sure to look at our expectations for users page. In a nutshell:
These hours are for Spring semester:
| Days | Hours |
|---|---|
| Sunday (starting Feb. 7) | 12pm - 7pm |
| Monday - Thursday | 8am - 7pm |
| Friday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
You can get research help 24/7 - just go to our Ask A Librarian page.
During the spring semester, Oswego librarians will answer during the below hours. Our partner librarians from other libraries will answer outside those times.
| Days | Hours |
|---|---|
| Sunday | Not available |
| Monday - Thursday | 11am - 5pm 5pm - 7pm (student peer reference assistants) |
| Friday | 11am - 3pm |
| Saturday | Not available |
Looking for hours for the week of January 25? See our Ask A Librarian page.
Archives & Special Collections will be open by appointment only.
Visit the Archives & Special Collections website to schedule your visit.
Some of the computers in the library (primarily on the first floor) have been disabled in order to accommodate social distancing guidelines.
The 24 Hour space has been expanded to include the Penfield computer lab (the lab that's on the Lanigan-side of the building). Both black and white, and color printing are available in these spaces.
Unfortunately, we are not circulating any physical items with short checkout periods in order to reduce possible transmission of COVID-19.
In order to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, we ask that you request items through our library catalog. This includes books, CDs, DVDs, etc. Library personnel will retrieve these items for you, usually within 1 to 3 business days. We'll email you when your items are ready for pick-up.
Group spaces cannot currently be reserved, but they're available on a first come, first served basis.
Each room has a sign indicating the maximum number of people allowed in the room (usually 1 or 2 people).
Masks must be worn in all group study rooms, even if you're alone in the space. Food is not allowed.
Please don't move the furniture - we've rearranged, removed, or taped off the furniture to accommodate social distancing guidelines.
Unfortunately, due to budget constraints we are unable to ship items to patrons' homes.
Because all incoming materials need to be quarantined for a week before being processed, interlibrary loan requests for books and other physical materials will likely take longer than usual.
We can borrow many materials from other libraries at no cost to the library, or to you. However, some materials would incur a cost; we may need to cancel those requests due to budget constraints.
Due to budget constraints we are unable to ship items to patrons' homes, all requested materials must be picked up at Penfield Library.
The Maker Space is currently closed, and 3D printing is not available.
Unfortunately, we are not circulating any physical items with short checkout periods in order to reduce possible transmission of COVID-19.
We will not be circulating physical items (like textbooks) this semester. Current research suggests that COVID-19 can live on books from 3-4 days, which makes the normal circulation time (3 hours) for reserves impractical.
If you require a physical textbook for your class, you may be interested in participating in our fall pilot program as an alternative.
As a participant in the pilot, you can request that we digitize some material for your class, which will then be available to borrow online. However, access to the digital material will be extremely limited, and is not meant to replace the same level of access that our physical Course Reserves previously provided. Our hope is that it may be useful for a small number of students who are otherwise unable to obtain a physical text. We are still developing the procedures for this, and will update the library website with information as soon as possible.
We can provide access to ebooks and full-text articles (that are available through our databases) through Course Reserves. You can use this request form to have electronic materials added to Course Reserves.
Want to upload your own readings to Blackboard? The Blackboard support team has instructions on how to upload either a single file or multiple files.
Want to know the best way to include library resources in Blackboard? Check out our handy guide that explains how to embed different types of library resources in Blackboard.
As always, our librarians will do our best to meet your information needs. However, it might look a bit different this semester:
If you are considering classroom instruction with the Archives & Special Collections staff, or plan to use items from those collections, please contact archives@oswego.edu to discuss logistics.
We will not be conducting instruction in the library classrooms; all instruction will take place either in your classroom, or remotely.
Instead of emailing your liaison librarian with purchase requests, please contact associate library director Lynne Rhys (lynne.rhys@oswego.edu) or complete our purchase request form.
Budget cuts necessitated the need for database cancellations. After examining usage and surveying faculty, we have cancelled the following databases:
* Databases with an asterisk are available through the New York State Library at no cost to residents of NY. [Apply for a NY State Library card]
** Databases with two asterisks are available through New York Public Library at no cost to residents of NY. [Apply for a NYPL card]
*** Westlaw will be replaced by HeinOnline Academic and by publicly available databases. Watch for HeinOnline training coming up!
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