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24/7 in Full Swing!

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24/7 hours are in full swing at the Main Library.
Staff in Circulation Services coordinate the day-to-day (and night-to-night) operations of 24 hour services, with the support of many staff across LIS, User Services, Custodial Services, and Public Safety.
A special thanks to Steve Bertolino for his late night coordination of this effort and to Terry Simpkins – who braved the very first overnight shift of the season. I’d also like to extend a special thanks to the Custodial Team who carry an extra heavy cleaning burden during the 24/7 period.
It takes extra effort to provide 24/7 services, and it is good to know that the effort is appreciated by our students – especially during this time of reduced resources and staffing.
A couple of reminders:
24/7 access requires a Middcard between 11 pm and regular opening times.
24/7 hours are in effect this week and next – until 8 pm on Saturday 12/12.

LIS Website

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Thanks for your time yesterday at the all-LIS staff meeting. I know that your time is an extremely valuable resource , and I appreciate that you took time away from other pressing work to learn a little bit about what the web team is doing.
I have listed below the link to the Information Architecture site – I hope you’ll take a closer look.
LIS Website
It is a work in progress and we welcome your thoughts and ideas. You best know who your users are – and your feedback will help build a fabulous place for our users to discover LIS and all the resources and services we provide. Many thanks to those of you who filled out comment cards and asked questions at the meeting. We will take your comments and questions to heart and carefully evaluate them as we further develop and test the usability of the site.

We have some very exciting web tools and platforms to work with in developing the site. We hope that the intersection of multiple platforms on the LIS web site will give our users the best possible experience in navigating and accessing our services and resources – and also give LIS a chance to feature the great work we do.
Please be in touch. We can reached by blog, phone, email, and also in person. :-)
Elin, on behalf of the web team Ian, Barbara, Carrie, Liz, Jim, Jess and Doreen

ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center

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Planning a trip to the ECHO Center? Be sure to stop by the Main Library Circ Desk to borrow the Library Echo Pass. Show the pass to the Echo Front Desk and up to 2 adults and 3 youths will be admitted for just $2 each.
Check out the Echo Center here.
ECHO is open year round, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Day.
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Wanted – LIS Night Owls

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night shiftLIS will once again be offering 24/7 to our students 11/29 – 12/12.
Here is your opportunity to experience the Main Library at night!
Interested in flexing your schedule and adding a little excitement to your work week? Working nights instead of your usual ho-hum day schedule?
If so, check with your supervisor and be in touch with your availability.
The shifts are 12 midnight – 4 am and 4 am – 8 am. All nighters also welcome.
The deadline for letting me know is Thursday 11/12.
Movies, music, snacks and caffeine will be available.
Questions – please be in touch!
Many thanks.
Elin