We’ve got new computers!

Next time you’re in the main floor computer hub at Hagerty Library, you’ll notice something different–namely smaller, faster computers with bigger, better monitors. They have more memory and bigger hard drives than their predecessors, and they’re oh, so pretty.

Stop by and visit them in their gleaming white, extra wide, super sharp glory. And stay tuned for more; by fall term, all of Hagerty’s public computers will be babies: 2 years old or younger.

Renovation in the cafe is progressing swiftly, and this Saturday power to the entire Hagerty building will be shut off for even more progress.  Unfortunately, this means that the library will have to be closed on Saturday August 1st.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please hurry back at 10 o’clock Sunday morning, when we’ll reopen for regular operation.

Starting tomorrow, July 21st, the Legal Research Center will be closed to all non-law students for the law school’s reading and exam period. Until this period ends, only law students will be permitted on the Hagerty building’s third floor. The third floor will reopen to all Drexel students in August.

Thank you for your patience.

As you may know, Hagerty Library has recently received many comments about its policy against meals in the building. These comments include complaints that food policy reflects disrespect and distrust toward students and ignorance of high tuition costs.

If you are angry about being asked to leave your food at the door, please take a breath, count to ten, and consider these facts:

• When the café reopens in the fall, full meals will be allowed 24/7.
• If you’ve ever spoken with a library staff member, you know that they are respectful, helpful people who want to help you get the most from your education.
• Tuition revenue that goes to the library is used to fulfill its education and research mission—not to maintain a dining area.
• The food policy has been in place since November 2008, after a loosening of the policy resulted in mice, cockroaches, litter, and filth.
• Prior to the new policy in November, we received frequent student complaints about the smells, garbage, and noise associated with food in a place that is intended to be a clean and quiet study area.
• There are many places nearby on campus that welcome you and your meals.

Even with the food policy in place, library staff members have arrived in the morning to find the previous night’s food garbage awaiting them. This garbage includes:

• Mountains of orange peels piled next to computers
• Pizza boxes on tables with mice underneath
• Entire bowls of soup spilled on the floor and left to seep into the carpet
• Much more

Please join us in keeping the library clean and safe. This is the only way we can continue to provide the resources and services you need for your Drexel career.

The Writing Center is coming over to Hagerty this summer to help you with your writing assignments. A Writing Center tutor will be in room 125 on Hagerty’s main floor on Tuesdays from 4:30-7pm from July 14th through August 11th. Make a reservation, or drop by and see if there’s room.

Along with reference help, computers, laptops, endless books, and top notch online research tools, the writing center makes Hagerty the place to be when you’re working on school projects.