UPDATE: Library closed; Public Services Staff in Clough through Aug. 16

UPDATE 4: Monday, Aug. 12

The Library (both Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower) remains closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Public Services staff will be on hand at Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons' CORE Desk, located on the Clough's second floor, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, Aug. 16, barring an earlier Library open date. 

The Library remains committed to providing a healthy environment for all visitors following the chilled water outage and will open as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience. 

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UPDATE 3: Thursday, Aug. 8

The Library (both Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower) remains closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Out of an abundance of caution, we're taking measures to ensure that the Library is a healthy environment for all visitors following the chilled water outage.

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UPDATE 2: Friday, Aug. 2

Due to the ongoing chilled water outage impacting air conditioning in the Judge S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower, the Library will close to the public at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2.

It will remain closed to non-building occupants until further notice. Virtual services remain available during modified operations. 

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UPDATE 1: Tuesday, July 30

Requesting of all physical Library materials has been suspended due to the ongoing chilled water outage impacting air conditioning in the S. Price Gilbert Memorial Library and Crosland Tower. Additionally, all enclosed study and breakout rooms in both buildings are unavailable for booking. 

Some services are still available. The Library’s main service point, INFODesk, has been relocated to the Clough CORE desk on Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons’ second floor. Temperature and humidity remain stable in Clough, and users are urged to study there. 

At the relocated INFODesk students, faculty and staff can still return items, check out instant-loan Gadgets and receive reference support. Price Gilbert’s third floor Print Studio is still open, as well. It will remain open through the end of finals. 

In addition to materials lending, the Library has suspended reservation Gadgets and use of Price Gilbert’s fourth floor Dissertation Defense Room.

If you have an urgent request for materials that cannot wait until the Library is fully operational, please contact John Mack Freeman, Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Director of Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.

The Library, with help from the Institute, is working to move all physical materials out of the building and into storage in order to protect them from further damage caused by high temperatures and humidity.

Learn more about campus impacts from the chilled water outage.