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Spring Break closures include:

** The back half of the second (main) floor of the John C. Hitt Library will be closed, starting Friday evening, March 10, and reopening on Monday, March 20. Turner construction will be installing fire sprinklers in the area. You can request items from the Reference collection, located in the work area, to be retrieved for you. There is an online form linked to http://library.ucf.edu/news/reference-book-request-2017/
Over the next months the entire building will be fitted with fire sprinklers as part of the ongoing work on the 21st Century Library project.

**Restrooms on the 3rd floor in the “back half” of the building will remain closed for renovation. The 4th floor restrooms in the “back” of the building have re-opened.

More information about the 21st Century Library project is at: http://library.ucf.edu/21st/ You can check there for any work alerts. Earplugs remain available at the Circulation Desk.

In Spring of 2017, UCF is piloting location based notifications with the UCF Mobile app. These notifications will only be available if you enter a specific location on campus. This includes the John C. Hitt Library, Technology Commons, and Technology Product Center.

When you view a notification through the UCF Mobile app, you will be taken to a survey for your feedback. If you complete the survey, you will be entered to win a prize! Prizes include a set of Beats headphones, and an exclusive UCF Libraries Citronaut shirt.

The project concludes on March 30, 2017.

To participate: http://ucfmobile.ucf.edu/app/lbn/

We welcome your feedback as we evaluate this technology. Questions? Email carrie.moran@ucf.edu

Just one week until WomanFest 2017! Smart women! Zines! Words! Bake Sale!

Tuesday, March 8th in John C. Hitt Library room 223

10:30-11:45 AAUW Panel on Women’s Leadership

12:00-1:15 Open Mic

1:30-2:45 Zine workshop with Dr. Leandra Preston-Sidler

Come for all of it, or just 10 minutes. Kathleen Hanna wants you to be here, so you can listen to Bikini Kill and Le Tigre all day.

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Happy Fair Use / Fair Dealing Week! This annual event runs from February 20 – February 24, 2017.

Fair use (United States) and fair dealing (Canada, Australia, etc.) provide exceptions to copyright. Why are we celebrating? The event’s official website describes the impact: (more…)

Knight Reads is our collection of popular fiction and non-fiction reading. There are Knight Reads collections in the John C. Hitt Library and in the Rosen Library.

Check out these titles we just added to the Knight Reads shelves in the John C. Hitt Library:

If you’d like to suggest a title to add to Knight Reads, please email it to carrie.moran@ucf.edu