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Beginning Monday, March 20th and running through Wednesday, May 17th, Library hours will be extended. During this time period Dimond Library will remain open until 2am Sunday through Wednesday.

You must present your UNH ID at the door after midnight.

What’s available:
• Desktop computers on level three
• Seating in the Hubbard Room
• Printing and copying
• Two group study rooms
• Copy card and disk dispensers

Please note, ONLY level three will be available from midnight to 2am and ALL service desks will be closed.

Dimond Library is piloting extended hours for the remainder of spring semester in response to student demand. Beginning Monday, March 20, the library will be open until 2 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday.

Access to the main floor (Level Three) will be limited from midnight to 2 a.m. and all service desks will be closed. A UNH ID must be presented at the door after midnight. Patrons will have access to all study areas on the main floor, except the Addison Room.

This isn’t the first time Library staff responded to student needs. During the 2004 spring semester, the UNH Library, along with 203 other college, university and special libraries, participated in a survey that was designed to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users’ opinions of service quality. More than 1,445 members of the UNH community participated and more than a third requested longer hours. The library’s first step was to open three hours earlier on Sundays, at 10 a.m. instead of 1:00 p.m.

“This is a pilot program, and we will track usage over the next eight weeks,” said Claudia Morner, Dean of the University Library, “but we are committed to meeting the needs of our students and will continue the extended hours if the students come.”

-From a library press release

In Memoriam, Dr. Margery Milne from the Campus Journal.

March 1, 2006

To: University Faculty, Staff and Students

From: Claudia J. Morner, Ph.D, Dean of University Library

Subject: Serials Review

As you know, the UNH Library is undergoing, over three years, a review of all periodical subscriptions to more closely align our collections to the needs of our users. All of the issues that I outlined in last year’s introduction to the serials review still holds true: the cost of journal subscriptions are inflating at a higher rate than other higher education costs and they are inflating faster than the Library’s budget. Annual price increases for 2007 are projected to average approximately 8%. In dollars this converts to a journal collection costing $3,206,895 million that will increase by $241,992.

We continue to believe that shifting high cost-per-use journals from subscription to document delivery is the most responsible way to manage our resources. Using services such as Interlibrary Loan and Infotrieve continue to be a more cost effective way to provide our users the information that they need, when they need it.

Again, like last year’s Serials Review, we will be listing on the library’s website the journals considered for cancellation by both title and department. This list will remain on the Library’s website for the month of March. We are looking for feedback from students, faculty and other members of the UNH community on the titles that are proposed for cancellation. After serious review of comments submitted about the proposed list, I will make a final determination on which titles will be cancelled for next year. These cancellations will go into effect beginning Jan. 1, 2007.

For more information, please look at the accompanying sidebar to the left where we are posting a copy of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), contact information for Library Liaisons, and a place for you to post questions and comments. As always, please feel free to contact your department’s Library Liaison or contact me directly at claudia.morner@unh.edu or 862-1506 if you would like to speak to me about this project.

Thank you in advance for you time and consideration as we make these important decisions.

Serials Review information