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Booksgiving 2024!

 

BOOKSGIVING 2024!

To celebrate the season, we are inviting our patrons to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for particular learning resources with other instructors and students.   

Is there a book about art, architecture, or design that you love and would recommend to others?  Help us give thanks for those titles by participating in our inaugural Booksgiving event, to be celebrated the week prior to and the week of Thanksgiving. 

We ask that you, our patrons, choose one favorite book from our extensive collection and email us the choice (Title and Author, if possible), along with a brief paragraph explaining why you chose the book in question.  Please send your choice to the following email address with the subject line “BOOKSGIVING 2024” – archlib@uh.edu .  

The choices will be pulled from our shelves and displayed anonymously in our Library, along with the descriptions provided. If the title in question has already been checked out, or is otherwise unavailable, then we will be unable to display it as part of Booksgiving 2024

We will collect the first 40 submissions we receive and notify you of your pick’s inclusion in our display.  Should any of these selections be checked out by our Library Patrons, the person who picked it will receive a Library Gift Bag! 

Please provide us with your choice by November 15th at the latest.  Any choices received after this date will not qualify.  Thanks, and we look forward to receiving your selections! 

 

 

By on November 11th, 2024 in Announcements, Jenkins

MD Anderson Library Service Desk Hours

University of Houston Libraries welcomes new and returning Coogs for the start of a spirited fall 2024 semester. This academic year, effective Monday, August 19, MD Anderson Library will offer new Service Desk hours. The new schedule is:

Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

The new hours pertain only to the Service Desk on MD Anderson Library floor 1. Building hours will remain the same as in previous semesters.

During times when MD Anderson Library is open and the Service Desk is closed, Coogs have the following self-service options:

  • Self-checkout machines on MD Anderson Library floor 1, located across from the Service Desk, enable users to check out books. The self-checkout machines require an active Cougar Card to borrow books.
  • Group study rooms in the Red and Brown wings on floors 3, 4, and 5 are open on a first-come-first-served basis. No reservation or room keys are required to use these rooms during hours when the Service Desk is closed.
  • Individual study carrels in the Blue wing on floors 3, 5, and 6 and in the Brown wing on floors 2 – 5 are open on a first-come-first-served basis. No reservation or carrel keys are required to use these carrels during hours when the Service Desk is closed.
  • Printing, scanning, and copying options are available for those with active Cougar Cards.

Hours of operation for special libraries and service points are as follows:

Special Collections
Monday – Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Digital Research Commons
Monday: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday: 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Architecture, Design, and Art Library
*Re-opening on Monday, August 26* Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Health Sciences Library
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.

Medical Library
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (staffed); the space is open 24 hours for medical students

Music Library
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Questions? Contact us.