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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: August 24, 2015
Whether you are new to GT-AE or a proverbial rocket scientist, there are some changes happening at the Georgia Tech Library that may surpise you.
Like: where are all the books going?(Keep reading)
Luckily, GT-AE has Fred Rascoe, our own scholarly communications librarian, to help. Beginning Tuesday, September 1, Rascoe will hold walk-in hours every Tuesday at Montgomery Knight 325, from 3 to 4 p.m. If you have a question about how the Library works (or how it can work for you), drop in. Or drop him a note atfred.rascoe@library.gatech.edu
Meanwhile, Rascoe pulled together ten things to remember when you visit the GT Library this fall:
1. The Library buildings are getting a make-over. Construction on Crosland Tower (East Building) will begin next year. Price Gilbert (West Building) will continue to operate 24/7.
2. New services are coming. In the works are: a Visualization Lab, Digital Media and Scholarship Commons (including high powered workstations), a Graduate Student Study Space, a Faculty Research Zone.
3. The number of study seats is doubling. Check out the other changes: http://renewal.library.gatech.edu
4. There will be a new online catalog (alma/primo). This will include Emory's materials so our students, staff and faculty will soon have access to a much larger collection of materials.
5. Most books will be moved to a climate-controlled storage space. Georgia Tech is sharing this new space with Emory. Books will still be available to borrow, and titles still searchable through the library catalog. While you won't be able to grab a book directly off the shelf, the Library anticipates that it will take 24 hours or less to get the book from cold storage, once you have identified the title.
6. Librarians will still teach classes on patent searching, designing posters, multimedia software,database research skills, and a lot more.
7. All of our electronic subscriptions will be largely unaffected by our physical space transformation. We will still have access to all the scholarly journals and ebooks as before.
8. Several service projects are being piloted. For instance, at the retroTech center (1st floor, west side), you can find a computer that can read that 15 year-old 3.5” floppy you found in your desk. And there's the Expert Consultation Center (1st floor, near Clough entrance), where librarian experts can help you find whatever it is that you need.
9. Library staff can help you prepare for that conference. Need to print a poster? Need to edit some audio or video files? The Library Multimedia Studio is available with staff to show you how it’s done.
10. Librarians will still be available to help you. With everything. The Library staff is there to assist with your success -- in doing research, in finding materials you need, in preserving your work, and in getting acces
