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Fall 2021 Library Updates

Building HOURS

Lougheed Learning Center/Crumb Library:
- Lougheed Learning Commons Building Hours for the 1st floor are finalized (Fall and Thanksgiving Breaks excepted),
- Regular Library Hours for the rest of the semester (see the Library Hours page for break exceptions) will be:
  - Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 11:00pm
  - Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm (note: 1st floor remains open until 8pm but no library services from 6-8)
  - Saturday 10:00 - 2:00
  - Sunday 12:00 noon - 11:00pm
Crane Library:
- Please see the Library Hours page for Crane library hours.
- Faculty may email Ed Komara directly at komaraem@potsdam.edu for help accessing materials related to classes and reserves
- Expect additional morning hours as we expand our Crane Library workforce.

Library SERVICES

24/7 chat service for reference
one-on-one appointments with a librarian for more in-depth assistance
2nd floor of the Lougheed Learning Commons will be open for individual study and book access during Library Service hours.
Group study rooms closed until further notice

Borrowing BOOKS/Library Materials

Browse our physical books stacks in person. You must have your ID to check things out.
You can request books from across the SUNY system via our Resource Sharing service or through our Inter Library Loan service
You can also request books, book chapters, and articles that we don't own through Inter Library Loan.
Library services and materials are currently limited to SUNY Potsdam students, faculty, and staff.

Questions? Please email us at library@potsdam.edu

Physical Spaces

Please see the Library Hours page for Crane Library Hours
Questions and special requests for materials - especially from faculty - may be directed at any time to the Crane Librarian Edward Komara (email: komaraem@potsdam.edu)

Item accessibility

If you cannot make the hours that Crane will be open, please contact Ed Komara (email: komaraem@potsdam.edu) with your request.

Item returns

Returns may be made at the Crane Library drop box on the Schuette Hall plaza, the book return slot at the Lougheed Learning Commons (Satterlee side- built into the angled brick wall), or at the circulation desks when the libraries are open.

Any questions regarding Crane Library operations may be directed to the Crane Librarian, Ed Komara (komaraem@potsdam.edu )

Physical Spaces

We now have regular service hours congruent with the Lougheed Learning Commons with the exception of 2 hours of Friday evening from 6-8 when the 1st floor will be open for computing, but no library services will be offered.

Library Services

For assistance with research, use our 24/7 chat service or schedule a one-on-one appointment with a librarian for more in-depth assistance

Item accessibility

Patrons will be able to retrieve books from the stacks on their own.
Please direct any questions about borrowing materials to circ@potsdam.edu
Use our Resource Sharing service to request books from other SUNY Libraries
Inter-library Loan for articles, books, and book chapters from a broader spectrum of libraries is also available.

Item returns

Returns may be made at the outside permanent book return flap/chute built into the angled wall on the Satterlee side of the Lougheed Learning Commons.
Please contact circ@potsdam.edu with and return questions.

Please direct any questions to library@potsdam.edu