UK's Engineering and Science Libraries to Merge

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 6, 2016) — University of Kentucky Libraries announces that the Shaver Engineering Library will soon merge with the Science Library to become the Science and Engineering Library in the Margaret I. King Library. The current Engineering Library in Anderson Hall will be open to the public until 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, 2016. This should give Engineering Library users sufficient time to return borrowed materials and complete other library-related tasks.

During the summer, the Engineering Library faculty, staff and collections will relocate to the new Science and Engineering Library. The move should be completed well in advance of the beginning of the 2016 fall semester.

“The creation of a merged Science and Engineering Library will enhance UK Libraries’ ability to meet the needs of UK students, faculty and researchers by bringing together library faculty with science, engineering and research data expertise. This will enable the library to offer comprehensive research support services across scientific disciplines in one centralized location," said Christie Peters, head of the Science and Engineering Library and coordinator of eScience Initiatives.

Since opening in 1939, UK's Engineering Library has provided a research collection to support advanced graduate and doctoral level programs in all the traditional engineering disciplines.

Currently, the UK Science Library houses the physics, astronomy, chemistry, math, statistics and geology collections. It is also home to the largest map collection of its kind in the state of Kentucky with approximately 242,000 paper maps and aerial photographs. The Science Library faculty and staff offer reference support, information literacy instruction, research assistance, course reserves, circulation and library express (Interlibrary Loan, Book Express and Article Express).

The Science and Engineering Library will host an open house with associated events at the beginning of the 2016 fall semester to welcome everyone to the new facility.

If you have questions or need additional information, contact Engineering Librarian Sue Smith at susan.smith@uky.edu or the head of the new merged Science and Engineering Library, Christie Peters, at christie.peters@uky.edu.

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