Hobson Science Library at the Schimmel Conrades Science Center will be closed for the remainder of the summer, starting Friday, August 5th.

Books and other materials located at Hobson can still be requested use. Contact us for assistance.

Due to maintenance, the following areas are unavailable for use at this time:

• Third floor
• Bayley Room
• Media Center classroom 21

Please contact us if you need assistance with collections or services usually available in these spaces!

Due to staff transitions, the Special Collections Department and Reading Room will be closed on Fridays for the summer. Additionally, the library will pause their acceptance of donations for the OWU Historical Collection. Research requests for the OWU Collection should be sent to historicalcollection@owu.edu. Priority will be given to internal, campus requests. We thank you for your patience as we work through these changes.

Seniors, with graduation fast approaching, please return library items by Tuesday, May 3rd, or before you leave campus.

Questions? Concerns? Contact us!

We are pleased to announce that despite the pause in OhioLINK lending scheduled from March 11 through the end of April, CONSORT requesting and lending will remain active.

In addition to requesting items via CONSORT, items can also be requested via:

•  Interlibrary Loan Services

The  Delaware County District Library may also be an option for securing items in a timely manner. 

OWU Libraries will also work to extend renewals as possible and can accept returned items at any time. 

As always, OWU library staff are available to help you locate the items you need and discuss which lending option is best. Please reach out to libraries@owu.edu or 740-368-3225 with any questions. 

A select number of textbooks for spring courses are on reserve at Beeghly. You can search for books for your courses here, and you can check them out at The Desk.

The Library also has a select number of e-textbooks available for use:

• See the list of e-textbooks for Spring 2022 courses here.
• Learn how to search and find ebooks in the library catalog here.
• Find how to access ebooks on- and off-campus here.

Have any questions about ebooks at the library? Contact us!

Students can buy physical and digital textbooks via the OWU Campus Store. Have questions about bookstore purchases? Email bookstore@owu.edu or call 740-368-3396.

You can also check your local public library for ebooks they have available for checkout.

Beeghly Library will be closing 2 hours early (at 10pm) on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday of this week. Regular hours are expected to resume, Monday, January 17^th. The Bashford Lounge area will resume afterhours access on January, 12^th and remain available for use during the hours Beeghly is closed.

For the most current library hours, please visit the library web site at https://library.owu.edu/hours.

Click through the (very brief!) slide deck to learn more about the Summon search tool’s new features.

New Summon Interface

Cleaning has finished on the second and third floors of Beeghly Library, and regular lending will resume on Friday, October 29th.

Please contact us if you have any issues borrowing or requesting materials.

As cleaning continues on the second floor of Beeghly, seating will be limited to allow crews space to work. All other floors and seating areas will remain open for use. Thank you for your patience. We hope to have this space fully available in the next few weeks.