Libraries’ End of Semester Services Spring 2024
The following services will be provided by Syracuse University Libraries for the end of the Spring 2024 semester:
- Extended Hours: From Tuesday, April 30 through Monday, May 6, Bird Library’s Lower Level to 2nd floor will be open 24 hours and floors 3 – 5 will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- Food for Fines: From Saturday, April 27 through Sunday, May 12, the Libraries is accepting donations of healthy, nonperishable food and hygiene items in exchange for a reduction of their library fines. Donations will be accepted at the circulation desks of Bird, Carnegie, Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and King + King Architecture Libraries, and items will be given to the Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry. Fine reductions exclude interlibrary loan and lost book fees. Fines will be reduced by $1 per item for toilet paper, lip balm, rice, pasta, canned vegetables/fruits/beans and pasta sauce. Fines will be reduced by $2 per item for liquid soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, cereal and canned meats/fish. Fines will be reduced by $3 per item for lotion, oatmeal, canned soup/baked beans, peanut butter/jelly, tea, hot chocolate, ramen noodles and granola. And fines will be reduced by $4 per item for shampoo/conditioner, deodorant and coffee. Contributions should not be open or expired and single-use items are preferred.
- Donuts with the Dean: Students are invited to stop by Bird Library on Tuesday, April 30 from 4 – 5 pm to meet the dean and have coffee and donuts.
- Positivity Station: From Tuesday, April 30 to Friday, May 10 (or while supplies last), stop by the first floor of Bird Library for stress relief incentives and activities such as goodie bags, positive notes with candy, buttons, coloring pages and snacks.