OK...Let's Recap (The semester, that is).

I'm sure we ALL realize that there are only a few days left until the end of the Spring 2009 semester. Soon, we will all be off to our summer fun spots. Some of you are staying around the area and some of you are heading out of the country. Some of you are graduating and some of you will be back next semester. So, what did we do this semester? What do we have to look forward to when we come back? Glad you asked...

Here at the Evans Library, we had an interesting semester. We launched a Facebook page and a blog (if you're reading this - you know that already). The thought behind both is to keep things a little lighter and to bring you some important information at the same time.

Like this for example: For the final week of the semester (May 11 - 15); the library will be open Monday - Thursday 8 am to 9 pm and on Friday 8 am to 4 pm.

And this: Summer hours will start on June 1st at 8 am. Visit the library's information page for more details.

Fun right? OK maybe not.

The library did adopt two dinosaurs as "unofficial" mascots. They hang out at the table near the entrance. We encourage you to take them with you from time-to-time. We just ask that you send us a picture of them out-and-about (send them to libinfo@fmcc.edu) and, of course, to bring them back home.

The library also sponsored a NCAA Tournament Challenge. "Nate the Great" topped the field of 20. Librarian Mike crushed me (Librarian Dan) in the final standings. The plan is to do it again next year. We'll try to find a couple of more fun things to do when we come back. Hopefully you'll come back and participate too. And if next year is like this year, there will be many, many, many of you here in the library again.

This year we topped well over 135,000 people through the door. On May 5th, we celebrated that fact with a little free cake. And who doesn't like free cake?!?


So, we here at the library hope that the rest of your semester goes well. We hope to see many of you again over the summer and next semester. Until then...take care.

- Dan Towne, Systems Librarian