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           The Library is open (with limited in-person services).

• You will need an SXU ID card to enter the facility.
• You must wear a mask at all times.
• Social distancing is required -- no group activities.
• No food allowed - eat meals in the cafeteria.

(1) only a limited number of SXU students will be allowed in the library.

• Priority seating is for students requiring use of the 9 computer workstations and requiring the use of physical library materials.
• The Bishop Quarter Room is reserved for Zoom sessions using student laptops.
• When we reach the limit, students with laptops or those simply reading their own books should relocate to the Scholar's Den, the cafeteria, or other campus study spaces.

(2) the general book stacks and DVD collection are closed to the public, items will be pulled by staff upon request. 

• Holds are not available for local materials.
• Request materials at the circulation desk.

(3) Laptops, Course Books, and Reserves are not available due to CDC quarantine regulations.

(4) the group and individual study rooms are closed.

• Consider using alternative virtual group spaces.
• List of other campus study spaces.

        See our Library Pandemic Resources page for additional online resources.

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New Book Display

Virtual Display: Black History Month 2021

An Antiracism Reader

Student Provocative Gallery (Bishop Quarter Room): Shhh, Louder

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• Johns Hopkins provides a visualization of all Coronavirus infections.
• Infoisbeautiful graphics page
• GATech Risk Assessment Planning Tool
• A reliable source of information is the CDC Coronavirus site.
• SXU Coronavirus page
• Library Pandemic Resources page
• COVID-19 data mapped in SimplyAnalytics
• Statista data on Coronavirus
• S&P Coronavirus Special Report (economic impacts)
• CORD-19 Explorer is a full-text search engine...the page also points to AI search tools