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By Lynn Williams
As we're sure you're aware, finals season is upon us. Here are a few notes about how this affects the Library's operations.
The Law Library has extended its nighttime hours to 1 a.m. every day until December 23, when the library will close at 10 p.m.
You have other study alternatives available as well. All of the classrooms are open 24 hours a day. Although Campus Safety does regularly visit the campus, please exercise good judgment and concern for your safety. If you plan to study after hours in the classrooms, it is probably best that you arrive and leave with a group.
Another option available to you until December 17 is Watzek Library on the undergraduate campus. Watzek is open 24 hours a day from Sunday morning through Friday evening. Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Due to schedule differences between the two academic calendars, Watzek ends its all-night hours when the undergraduate exam period ends on December 17.
Once law school exams are over, the law library will begin our reduced winter break hours. The hours during the winter break (L&C community members ONLY) will be:
December 23 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
December 24 - 27 CLOSED
December 28 - 30 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (no reference, circulation or computer services staff)
December 31 - January 1 CLOSED
From January 2 to January 16 the hours will be:
SAT & SUN 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
MON - THUR 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
FRI 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Regular hours will resume on Sunday, January 17, 1999.
Until the new facility is built, space in the library remains extremely limited. Please do not leave your materials unattended at a table or a study carrel for longer than fifteen minutes. Your fellow students will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Also, please remember that when groups meet in the front of the library to talk, voices carry throughout the reading room. Everyone will appreciate you holding your conversations outside or in the lounge.
In an effort to optimize usage of library space, we have been restricting access to the library during the weekend hours to law students, L&C students and attorneys. You may be asked to show ID when you enter the library.
The reference staff has put some first year exams up on the web. They are in a password-protected directory. You may obtain the login and password from any library staff member. Some professors have requested that their exams not be placed on the web, and some do not have any exams on file with the library. If you do not find the exam you want, ask at the circulation desk to see if a paper copy exists.
Good luck on exams and enjoy the holidays!
Rental Network Card Program Started
By Greg Frye
The law school has started a network card rental program in response to student requests for more access to computers. The program is intended to make network cards more affordable for students and decrease the number of people relying on the school's lab computers to send print jobs.
Students who own laptops with either Windows 95/98 or NT recently had the opportunity to put their names in the pool for participation in this experimental program. Any student who has a network card, either through this program or his/her own, can access Lexis and Westlaw, the web and e-mail, as well as the lab laser printers from their laptops. They can plug into one of the 76 network access points in the library, or from any seat in classroom one when that room is available.
Since the program is only a test this year, there is no guarantee that the school will continue the program in the future.