UW Libraries COVID-19 Updates

Operations and Services: Updated 9/22/21

• What’s open and when: With the exception of Odegaard Library, most libraries will be operating in a limited capacity (M-F) to start. Hours will expand (including evenings and weekends) as sufficient staff are hired. Always check the individual Library hours to confirm before visiting.

• Odegaard Undergraduate Library: valid Husky Card required for entry
• Fall early start hours: 9am-5pm M-F
• Weekend and later evening hours start 9/29

• Suzzallo and Allen Libraries: 9am-5pm M-F
• Starbucks inside Suzzallo: 9am-2pm M-F
• Special Collections opens 9/29 by appointment only
• Media Arcade is closed - see Libraries September update for more information

• Health Sciences Library: valid Husky Card required for entry

• UW Bothell and Tacoma Libraries - see web sites for hours

• All remaining Seattle campus libraries and Special Collections: OPEN on WEDNESDAY, 9/29

• Special Collections: appointment required, no drop in visits
• Foster, Engineering and Tateuchi East Asia Library: 9am-5pm, M-F
• Art, Built Environments, Drama, Math and Music: 1pm-5pm, M-F

• New Policies/Services - see "Know Before You Go" blog post

• Libraries are not designated eating locations at this time. Per UW Environmental Health and Safety, please follow new guidelines for eating in designated spaces on campus. See designated/open locations for eating indoors at https://hfs.uw.edu/Eat
• Appointments now required for most services: While information desks will be open with staff,  most services inside the libraries including visiting Special Collections, media and digital scholarship services will require an appointment.
• Special Collections will offer virtual reading room starting 9/29!
• Group visits and tours: No group visits, tours or orientations including K-12 visitors through fall quarter (January 1, 2022.)
• Due dates and Fines will stop being extended when Libraries open, so make sure to renew items in your online library account, or return overdue items that cannot be renewed (recalled items, Summit, Interlibrary Loan, and equipment).

• Graduating students retain off-campus access to online library collections and databases using Husky OnNet or the off-campus proxy until the second consecutive quarter (excluding Summer) in which you are not enrolled.

Helpful Links:

• Know Before You Go: plan ahead with these helpful tips on what’s new and different inside the Libraries -- 9/17/21
• Faculty Guidance 2021- updated for fall quarter
• Student FAQ- updated for fall quarter
• Welcome Video learn how to access all of the resources available through UW Libraries
• Free workshops, exhibits and community events
• Just ASK US: See all the ways you can connect and get help. Libraries staff are available 24/7 to help you find available resources, assist with research and answer questions.
• Libraries ventilation and Covid safety measures

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