Perry Library and the Learning Commons will be open the following hours during Fall break:

October 6 (Sat): 9am - 6pm
October 7 (Sun): 9am - 8pm
October 8 (Mon): 8am - 8pm
October 9 (Tues): opens at 8am (all night hours resume)

Fall break hours for the Diehn Composers Room and Hofheimer Art Library:

October 6 (Sat): 1pm - 5pm
October 7 (Sun): CLOSED
October 8 (Mon): 8am - 5pm
October 9 (Tues): regular hours resume (8am - 9pm)

For the full list of library hours, go to Hours & Information on the library Web site.

The University Libraries will undergo a system upgrade on Monday 10/8/12. This will be a significant upgrade scheduled to begin at approximately 11am EDT and is expected to last 6-8 hours.

During the system outage the following services will NOT be available:

• Online Libraries catalog
• Online and telephone renewal requests
• Express Lane self-checkout stations within Perry Library
• Fine and fee payment
• Hold functionality
• Reserve materials searching

During the system outage the following services WILL be available:

• Checkout and renewal of materials at service desks in Perry Library (including the Learning Commons) and at the Art Library and the Diehn Composers Room. Transactions will be processed manually and service may be slower than usual.
• Returns - any materials returned while the circulation system is down will be checked in with a return date of 10/8 once the system is restored. No fines will accrue on materials that are due on the 8th and returned while the circulation system is down.
• Libraries and Learning Commons Web sites, including full-text online journal resources (ScienceDirect, etc.), research databases and ILLiad interlibrary loan. Links to the ODU Libraries catalog will be disabled, making it more difficult during the outage to determine ownership of specific materials.

If you need assistance locating materials in the Libraries during the outage, please contact the Learning Commons Help Desk (757-683-4178) or Perry Library Circulation Desk (757-683-4154)

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community -- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types -- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Come to the Perry Library lobby to discover which of your childhood favorites and grown-up classics have been banned or challenged at some point in history. The exhibit, which also features posters from students in English 395: Banned Books, will be available through October 22.

Visit these Web sites for more information about banned books:
    http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek
    http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/print-censorship-banned-books-week
    http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/

For more information, contact Edison Simmons esimmons@odu.edu or Amy Wilkins awilkins@odu.edu