Starting in 2020, University Libraries has found that concentrating services centrally has great benefits for both our patrons and the library staff. Given the potential for cost reduction and an opportunity to create a focal point for our collection and services centrally, the S&T Library collection will be moved to Bierce Library in the next couple years.
The entire S&T Library collection will remain available to University of Akron students and faculty with increased digitization of resources and swift turnaround time for resource use or pick up in Bierce Library.
Course Reserves and other highly used S&T Library resources and expertise were moved to Bierce Library in 2020.
Students and faculty can request books by searching for items in the UA Libraries Catalog: https://library.uakron.edu/
1. If the book is available, request it through the request button within the UA Libraries Catalog.
2. Course Reserves are already available at Bierce. If you are having issues locating items, email University Libraries (UL) staff at circ@uakron2.libanswers.com.
We have increased the number of study rooms in Bierce Library by 15%. These rooms are available for all University of Akron students and can be scheduled online.
Additionally, we reconfigured the entire third floor of Bierce Library for individual, quiet study. The space is regularly monitored to support independent study. All group study will be redirected to a different floor in the library.
The College of Engineering and Polymer Science will be using former S&T library space for tutoring, study areas, resume writing, and student organization information tables. For more information contact Katey Yinger.