Colgate University Libraries News and Events

The LASR system is unavailable Thursday, January 11, 2007 for maintenance. Deliveries will resume on Friday, January 12th.

The Library Online catalog will be unavailable during maintenance Saturday, January 13, 2007 from 1 PM through 5PM.

Case Library @ James C. Colgate is currently open on a 24:7 basis running through 5:00 pm Friday, December 15. Cooley is open with extended hours during this period, until 2:00 am.

Alternative study spaces remain expanded and enhanced. Check out the Study Spaces at Colgate list at the Library web page or at http://exlibris.colgate.edu/services/Studyspaces/

The Edge Dining Hall is currently open Sunday through Thursday, 8:30 PM to 2:00 AM. Starting next Sunday, December 3, Frank Dining Hall will be open as a study space Sunday through Thursday 10:00 PM to 2:00 AM.

Tuesday, November 21: 8 am. - 9 p.m.
Wednesday, November 22: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday, November 23 - 25: Closed

On Sunday November 26 Case Library @JCC begins 24/7 hours. Cooley Library will be open until 2 a.m.

Beginning Sunday September 3rd, chat with a librarian to get help from anywhere in the world!  You can chat with a Colgate librarian

Sunday - Thursday
7 - 10 p.m. ET

Visit our Ask a Librarian page to connect to the Live Chat service.
Dateline:  August 31, 2006

Service restored for remote access - Thursday, July 27, 2006 - email problems continued.
Problems continue with remote access to databases and journals as well as email from the online catalog (Mondo). Service is not expected to be restored for several days. Local users may come to campus or use the VPN (Virtual Private Network) which unfortunately will not work with dialup connections.
Dateline:  July 25, 2006

An electrical problem on Aisle 1 of the LASR facilty, Wednesday July 19th, will limit access to materials until the problem is resolved. Repair is estimated to be accomplished by midday on Thursday, July 20th. [Corrected: July 20, 2006]
Dateline:  July 19, 2006

Beginning Sunday April 23rd and continuing through the end of exams (with the exception of Spring Party Weekend) Case Library @JCC is open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
During Spring Party Weekend we will return to regular Friday and Saturday hours:

Friday April 28
8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday April 29
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday April 30
open at 10 a.m. and remain open

Alternative study spaces on campus are available, some with expanded hours for this period.  Learn about them here.
Night owls will enjoy cookies, coffee, tea and hot chocolate courtesy of the Dean's Office.
The library will close on Friday, May 12th at 5 p.m. and will reopen on the normal summer schedule.
Dateline:  April 23, 2006

Faculty have received an e-mail message with deadlines for print and electronic reserves at both Case (now Case Library @JCC) and Cooley Libraries.  Read it here.

Beginning Thursday June 30, 2005, library services will be available in James C. Colgate Hall (Student Union), now referred to as "Case Library @JCC."
 
As always, summer hours are Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
Reference Desk and Reference Collection hours are 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

In true Colgate fashion, the loading of the new Library Automated Storage & Retrieval system was completed at 7:15 p.m on June 13, 2005.  This marks a new phase in the construction process of the new Case Library and Center for Information Technology - all library collections and personnel are now out of the building (or housed in the protected LASR vault) and the renovation and expansion activities can kick up to high gear.