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Show ORIENTATION SPECIAL FALL 2006 PAGE 30 Think you know libraries? Think again! Think you have to be quiet in libraries? Think the library sounds like an odd place to meet up with friends between classes? Think you can't eat in the library? Think there isn't a comfy spot in the library to catch a cat nap between classes? THINK again. What an exciting time to be a student at Utah State University! A brand new, innovative facility welcomes you, and it is sure to become one of your favorite spots. The word on campus is that it's "the place to be." And with your first step into the building, you will see for yourself why the Merrill-Cazler Library has already earned this reputation. Less than a year old, the state-of-the-art Merrill-Cazier Library was built for you - our students - in mind. With creative andinspiring details in every corner of the facility, come let us show you why the Merrfll-Cazier Library is changing students' opinions of libraries every day. Here are just a few examples of what the user-friendly facility has to offer you: * An expansive Information Commons that houses 150 computers with online resources and productivity software for onestop research ' More than 30 group study and project rooms in the Information Commons, including two multi-media suites for digital audio/video production ' Wireless access and laptop computer checkout, catering to students who prefer the freedom to roam the building to find a perfect space to sit and be inspired ' A 50-seat cafe with a canyon-view patio, making it a great place to relax, meet friends, or study * A radio frequency identification (RFID) book-tagging system to allow for express self-checkout of books ' The BARN (Borrowers Automated Retrieval Network), which houses and delivers journals using robotic technology (slop by the viewing windows on the third and fourth floors to watch the BARN in action!) * An inviting new home for Special Collections and Archives, with unique and rare resources including Old Ephraim's skull and one of the nation's largest collections of Jack London materials ' The Hatch Memorial Library Room, which boasts a 1664 English fireplace, a refectory table at which Henry VIII is purported to have dined, and a collection of particularly fine rare books But perhaps the best feature of your new library is the team of friendly librarians and staff who stand ready to help you at convenient service desks throughout the facility. Think all librarians wear spectacles on a chain, stern expressions, and a finger across their lips to signify "shush!"? Well THINK again! You certainly haven't met our team of guitar-playing, punk i-shirtwearlng, snowboarding, yoga-posing, non-stereotypical librarians. Not only are they a fun bunch, but they can help cut your research time In half! THINK about what that can do for you. Can't come to the library but have a question? Call us at 797-2678, email library.help@usu.edu, or check out our web site at http://library.usu.edu. We will be offering tours of the library during the first few weeks of the semester. Please watch for announcements, or check at the information desk for details. Keep an eye out for some fun and somewhat unconventional events at your new library this semester. Rumor has it that some interesting activities are being planned, including a librarian dunk tank and live music on the patio. We are excited to welcome you to campus where you will be sure to make some incredible memories In some unexpected venues, maybe even in the library. THINK you know libraries? THINK again! Uncommon Commons Students study between classes in the new Commons area of the Cozier-Merrill Library, the most up-to-date library in the Utah Higher Education system. photo, courtesy USU library staff onevenut Got Good News! Want to Share! Curious to see who's getting married to whom! www.utahstatesman.com... look for the Weddings link! |