Thanksgiving and Beyond...

A Happy Thanksgiving to all today! Just as a reminder, the USF Tampa Library will be undergoing its semester influx of returned Circulating Material after the holiday break as many patrons prepare for the end of the semester ahead. There is a plan to have Staff involvement to assure that any backlog of material can be dealt with in an efficient and timely manner to ensure greater access to recently returned material. This plan should be implemented in the future during key times of the end of each semester to handle backlog problems throughout the academic year. Simultaneously this upcoming month of December, the move of Media Resources to the 2nd floor, the relocation of Reference on the 1st floor, and the augmentation of the Circulation and Media service desks will be taking place. These events combined with the upcoming 24/5 hours the library will be enacting with a complete renovation of the Information Commons on the 1st floor and relocation of the Ask Desk will provide a newer and more engaging workplace for USF affiliates of all kinds.

Media Move...

The USF Tampa Library has taken the first organizational steps towards the large-scale Media Resources move that will be occurring within the facility over the course of the month of December. The cooperation of all Library Staff is greatly appreciated and should the proposed steps be carried out, the major bulk of the Media Resources collection will be in the proper places by the beginning of the Spring Semester along with the reformed Circulation/Media Resources Desk which will incorporate Staff and Student Assistant in one location between the formerly seperate areas and the introduction of the 24/5 hours that the Library will be operating under. More uppdates will be posted as events continue to occur throughout the remainder of the semester.

Upcoming Undertakings...

The USF Tampa Library will be undergoing some alterations in the placement of its collections soon:

November-The Circulating Collection will be receiving a heavy focus on shelf-reading.
December-The Media Resources material will be moved onto the 2nd Floor, along with the
Media Annex, and On-Site Storage while the current periodicals are combined in with
the bounds
January-The Reference Collection will be distributed into a new Ref. Collection, the Reference
Annex, Circulating Collection

A good deal more updates will be following as these events unfold.