Summer Renovation: Library Temporary Site and Hours

The Gardner-Harvey Library will be closed to the public while we undergo a summer-long renovation of our heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system. The Library will be closed and staff unavailable from May 6 through May 14 while we move into temporary quarters. During the summer, the library will continue to offer services from a location on the lower level of the Library building.

Room 3 in the Computer Center will be the home of the Library Assistance Center, where library staff members will continue to assist users with their information needs, check out library materials and class reserve items, and receive and checkout items shipped from other Miami and OhioLINK libraries. We invite you to stop in during the following hours for all of your library needs, starting on May 15:

Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, 12:00 noon – 4 p.m.
Sunday, CLOSED
(additional changes to the library schedule will be posted to our hours page).

Materials from within the Gardner-Harvey Library will continue to be available on a delayed basis. Library staff will retrieve items from the collection twice daily: in the mid-morning and in the mid-afternoon. To request books and audiovisual materials, use the "request iem" feature in the library catalog; for periodicals and individual articles, contact the library staff directly.

For the needs above and any other questions you may have, please do not hesitate to contact the library staff using the means listed at our Contact us page. We appreciate your patience with us this summer.

Easier access to library resources from home

Those accessing library databases from home or elsewhere off-campus will notice a change in how this process works. In the past, you were required to configure your web browser to work through the library proxy server.

Now, no configuration is needed: just click on links to library resources from the Gardner-Harvey Library site (http://www.mid.muohio.edu/library/) or The Learning Hub (http://www.lib.muohio.edu). A login prompt will appear. Enter your MU Unique ID and password, and you will be able to use the chosen library resource.

If you are still using the old proxy server, it will still be available for a while (but it is time to consider changing your settings and using the new method). If you have questions about this or other matters related to off-campus use of library resources, please contact us at the Library (7-3222; midref@lib.muohio.edu; IM: askghl) or see more information at http://www.lib.muohio.edu/proxy/.