Did you know that on a regular week, the James A. Cannavino Library is open 116.5 out of 168 hours in the week? That is more than the main libraries at Yale or Princeton. What’s more, there are professional librarians on hand to help faculty and students for almost all of the hours that we are open.
Regular Semester Hours
Both faculty and students lead busy lives and often need to utilize the library and library resources outside of the normal nine-to-five workday. This is why there is a professional librarian available on Friday nights and weekends, and two professional librarians available each evening, during our evening hours from Sunday through Thursday.
Opportunities for Faculty
Having two professional librarians available during the evening does allow the James A. Cannavino Library to better serve Marist’s students, but it also allows us to better serve our faculty.
During the day, your best contact person is your department’s assigned Library Liaison. In the evening, Nancy Lewis, the James A. Cannavino Library’s Evening Operations Librarian, is available to answer any questions, help you with your research, and assist you in setting up bibliographic instruction for you classes. She is also available in the evening to meet with you about setting up course-specific Pathfinders.
Opportunities for Students
We do our best to keep the library just as functional for students in the evening as it is during the day with little to no diminishment in resources. In return, students continue to utilize the library late into the night.
Reference – We have full reference service available to assist your students until 12:00 am, Sunday – Thursday and until closing on Fridays and Saturdays.
Computers/laptops – In addition to our computers, printers and scanners in the Escriptorium and on the first floor, The James A. Cannavino Library has a collection of laptop computers available to students for use within the library. Laptops can be borrowed at the circulation desk.
Collaborative rooms - For group projects or group studying, the library provides collaborative rooms on the first and third floors. The rooms vary in size and computer equipment provided. These rooms are very popular in the evenings, and as the end of the semester approaches, can become entirely booked hours in advance, so tell your students to call ahead!
Quiet study room - The library provides a quiet study room on the first floor.
Especially as we approach finals, many students take advantage of all that the library provides, late into the night. We are here for you and your students when you need us, even if that time is well after the sun goes down.
