The Orientation 2009 issue of CUA Libraries Online is now available! Read it to learn the latest news and get familiar with library services and resources.

• Message from the Editors
• Welcome from the Associate Provost, Kim Kelley
• Goodbye and Good Luck Class of 2009 GLP’s
• Research Guides Get a Makeover
• Library Services and Resources
  • Access Services
  • Reference and Instructional Services
  • Special Collections and Branch Libraries
  • Library Facilities
• Orientation Events Calendar

Welcome! Fall semester hours for Mullen Library and the campus libraries begin Monday, August 31st.

Mullen Library regular hours:

Campus libraries hours:

For holiday hours please see Mullen Library Hours and Campus Library Hours.

Download the 2009-2010 schedule

All ALADIN services have been restored, including: article databases, CLS, and MyAladin. If you have any problems please let us know.

Thank you for your patience while the matter was resolved.

The University Libraries and Archives will close July 3rd & 4th for the Independence Day Holiday. Mullen Library will be open on Sunday, July 5th from 1pm to 5pm as normal.

For more information, please see Mullen Library Hours.

May 18 through August 8, the University Libraries will be open during the following hours:

For more information including holiday hours please see Mullen Library Hours and Campus Library Hours.

Download the Summer 2009 schedule

Beginning today, Mullen Library will remain open 24 hours per day until closing Friday, May 8 at midnight.

Limited services will be available after midnight. The stacks will be closed, but laptops will be available for loan . Everyone entering the library will be asked to show ID. Only those showing a CUA ID will be admitted after 2 a.m.

Mullen Library will be open extended hours – including all night – for final exams. Library hours will be:

Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3 9 a.m. until 2 a.m.

Monday, May 4 Open at 8 a.m.

Tuesday thru Thursday, May 5 – 7 Open 24 hours

Friday, May 8 Open until midnight

Saturday, May 9 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Limited services will be available after midnight. The stacks will be closed, but laptops will be available for loan . Everyone entering the library will be asked to show ID. Only those showing a CUA ID will be admitted after 2 a.m.

The week of April 19 through 25 is National Student Employment Week. The University Libraries is one of the biggest employers of students on campus. Each semester, we hire approximately 130 students (work-study and part-time temporary employees), who work between 6 and 28 hours each per week. That’s over 18,000 hours every semester!

Students work in almost every part of the libraries – in Mullen, the subject libraries across campus, and the University Archives. They help open and close the libraries. You may see them when you check out a book or a laptop. Or you might see them pushing a cartload of books to be reshelved. They also work behind the scenes, doing such things as making sure that new books are ordered and processed, and that new issues of journals are checked in promptly, so they’re available for you as quickly as possible. We literally couldn’t do it without them.

Please join the University Libraries staff in thanking student employees for their hard work.

George Mason University’s online catalog will be undergoing a software upgrade Monday and Tuesday, March 9 and 10. During that time, you will be able to search, but you will not be able to see the status of items (e.g., charged out) . You also will not be able to renew any GMU materials you have charged out.

If you have questions, please contact Access Services, 202-319-5060.

The University Libraries will remain open with reduced hours during Spring Break.

* Please note that the Physics Library will only be open by appointment.

For more information please see Mullen Library hours and Campus Library hours.

Download the 2008-2009 schedule