A day in the life of a library
3:30 a.m., Fondren Library A student yawns, then heads to the student lounge for a coffee break before returning to his reading in the first floor study area.
8 a.m., Dallas From her home office, a chemistry professor scans the latest chemistry journal articles displayed on her computer screen.
1 p.m., London, England A history graduate student studies CUL’s digital collection of WWII government documents.
11 p.m., Fondren Library Five students gather around a conference room table loudly debating the fine points of a group marketing project.
LIBRARY WAIVES FEES FOR FOOD
Central University Libraries celebrated the holidays by collecting 907 cans of food for the North Texas Food Bank in return for waiving overdue book fines. For every canned food donation, faculty, students and staff received a $2 credit off their library fines.
The Food for Fines program ran November 28 through December 17,and forgave $1,465 in fines.
“725 cans were for actual fines, and 182 were strictly donations,” says Tim Silcox, director of public services. According to Silcox, the students are thrilled to get a reduction in fines, but realize the true goal is helping to feed the hungry.
