Category: General Interest

The Law Center is undergoing a complete renovation.  The renovations began on the 1^st floor of the Law Center in December,  and then beginning the week of May 2, the construction crew moved on to the 2^nd and 3^rd floors of the building where the Law Library is located.  In preparation for the renovation, in mid-April the majority of the Law Library collection was packed and placed in storage.  Last week a small portion of the collection and the Law Library staff moved to Room 322 of Central Hower.   The law faculty have also moved to the 3^rd floor of Central Hower and in the fall a number of the law classes will be held at Central Hower.

The Law Library will continue to provide services at the Law Center and at Central Hower.  The library collection at the Law Center consists of course materials and study aids for use by law students.  The Law Library will have a reference librarian available at the Law Center during the Law Library’s service hours, and the Law Library will continue to have computers available for community patrons at the Law Center.  Over the past several years the Law Library has greatly reduced the size of its print collection.  Generally community patrons come to the Law Library to use databases rather than the print collection.

The Law Library’s Central Hower collection is comprised of non-circulating materials, including the reference collection, Ohio materials, and a select number of treatises. The reference librarian at the Law Center will direct patrons to the collection at Central Hower when appropriate. Library Systems will update Sierra to reflect the status and location of the Law Library materials during the renovation.    The Law Library’s About the Library libguide contains information about the Law Library during the renovation process and will be updated as changes occur.

Posted on behalf of Kyle Passmore, Deputy Law Librarian