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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Debbie, The main library at the University of the Arts is open 8:15 am-10:30 pm, M-Th, 8:15 am-5:00 pm F, 12-5 pm Sat, and 5-9 pm Sun. We also have a Music Library that is open 8:15 am-8:00 pm M-Th, 8:15 am-5:00 pm F, and 12-5 pm Sat. (limited access to collections); and a Slide Library open 9-5 M-F. We have 13 staff that are stretched thin to provide services and keep the libraries open during those hours. We too are asked to provide more hours, especially on weekends but I will not do so until we have additional staff. Carol Graney Deborah Barlow wrote: > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear Colleagues, > > As has been the case in every library I've ever worked, the students are > clammering for more Library hours of operation. Currently, during Fall and > Spring Semesters, my Library is open 60.5 hours per week per the schedule > below: > Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 8:00pm > Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm > Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm > We extend the hours somewhat during the final two weeks of school (open > 'til 10pm Mon-Thurs, 6pm on Fri and Sat, and 1-5 on Sundays) and abbreviate > the hours somewhat during Summer Sessions and Winter Break (Mon-Fri 9-5). > The Library, which has around 20,000 volumes, serves a patron base of > approx. 340 full-time students, 1000-1500 part-time/continuing ed. > students, 120 faculty, and about 140 Museum and School staff. The Library's > staff consists of 2 full-time employees (myself and a para-prof), 1 > part-time Lab Tech who covers our Saturday hours and some evenings (i.e. > 6-20hrs/wk as her day job permits), and approximately 6 part-time student > assistants (7-10 hrs/wk each, when they show). > > I would be interested in hearing from other Art & Design School Library > Directors about what hours they are open. If you could supply information > similar to that above, I'd appreciate it, so that I can make viable > comparisons. I'd like to expand our hours, but feel I really don't have the > staff to do it. (It would be great if the stats worked out so that they > provide a good argument for more full-time staff.) > > Please reply to me directly. > > Thanks, in advance. > > Debbie > > ***** > > Deborah L. Barlow > Head Librarian > Corcoran Gallery of Art Library > 1705 H Street, NW > Washington, DC 20006-3908 > ph: 202-822-1484 > fx: 202-822-1486 > [log in to unmask]