Andrew Golub, Bethany Kenyon, Laurie Mathes, and Amanda Leen give presentation on 24/5 Project at Maine Academic Libraries Conference

Andrew Golub, Dean of Library Services, Bethany Kenyon, Access Services Assistant, Laurie Mathes, Circulation Coordinator, Portland Campus, and Amanda Leen, Circulation Coordinator, Biddeford Campus, gave a presentation at the Maine Academic Libraries meeting held at Colby College on April 15th.  Their presentation was entitled, “The Best Thing a Library Can Be Is Open” and dealt with UNE’s efforts to offer 24 hour per day library services on both of its campuses.  Their talk dealt with the political, academic, security, personnel, facilities, and other issues that UNE resolved as the department began in the fall of 2010 to offer 24 hour per day library services, 5 days per week during academic semesters with only student staffing.  UNE is the only library in Maine to do so.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.