Diamond’s Hidden Gems – ARC
21st Century Library, All Libraries, Circulation Services Posted: March 28th, 2023Welcome to the tenth installment of Diamond’s Hidden Gems, a blog series in which I introduce you to the University of Central Florida’s library services that you may not have known about!
ARC & General Collection
If you’ve been inside the John C. Hitt Library, you’d find it a bit hard to believe that in the north side of the building, there is a room containing nearly 800 thousand volumes of the library’s print collection, placed in bins three stories high, for retrieval by 3 robotic cranes.
Below, I give you everything you need to know about the technology that makes retrieving library materials for student-use quick and easy!
The Automated Retrieval Center (ARC) is the second phase of a multi-year project of library expansion and renovation. Completed in Fall 2020, the existing library building was expanded to connect to the ARC, which created the entrance that faces the Student Union.
The ARC houses the following materials:
- Call numbers A-M
- Almost 100% of Call numbers PR-PZ and Q-QA76.
A request for items stored in the ARC is initiated normally: by any UCF user directly from the online library catalog. When a request is placed, staff will retrieve items and send out an email when the item is ready.
If you’d like to see the ARC in action, you can get a window-sized peek from the third floor. Viewing windows are located near the Student Union side of the library along the brick wall.
To read more about the ARC, check out the full version of Diamond’s Hidden Gems – ARC in STARS.
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