Hardin News

Welcome!

Hardin staff would like to welcome new students and faculty to the Hardin Library, and to welcome back students and faculty we already know. This year promises to be an exciting and challenging year for all of us, and we hope to see you often! If we don’t see you in person, we hope you will visit us virtually from our newly re-designed Hardin Library homepage: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/.

Read more about the new website in this issue of News@Hardin. From this site you have access to millions of dollars worth of resources the Library purchases each year for your convenience, your scholarship and research. You also can access many library services from the site. Please look it over and bookmark it for easy reference. We also love to hear the phone ring–you can reach reference services directly at 335-9151 or email us at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu. Also from the Hardin homepage, you can reach the unique services of the Hardin Information Commons. The Commons can make your life so much easier if you are an instructor or student and need guidance in using and applying technology, or if you need to schedule a fully equipped and up-to-date electronic classroom.

Besides the changes we have made in cyberspace, please notice also the changes we have made and continue to make in the physical surroundings in the Library. Per your requests, we have taken out many study carrels and replaced them with tables and chairs for group as well as individual study. We have made available two group study rooms on the 4th floor (no reservations necessary), and are in the process of remodeling the first floor, which will include a lounge/study area for students. We have improved the lighting throughout the library and have opened an entrance on the first floor from the galleria. This new, accessible entrance will make it easy for anyone to park in the Newton Road parking ramp or the Library lot and enter the Library without climbing many flights of stairs. Read more about this project in this issue of News@Hardin.

We strive to make the services of the Hardin Library responsive to the needs of our primary clientele–that is library jargon for you! Please contact me if you have ideas or issues to discuss. You may reach me at jean-sayre@uiowa.edu or at 319/335-9870.

Have a great year!

Jean Sayre, Director
Hardin Library
jean-sayre@uiowa.edu

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