Historically, space has been a premium in libraries, as collections continued to grow and fill up the stacks.\u00a0 This has been the case for Rodgers Library, too, at least until recently.\u00a0\u00a0 What\u2019s changed?\u00a0 First, the UA Libraries opened an off-campus storage building (the Annex) a few years ago.\u00a0 This allowed for transfer of pre-1980 bound journals and some older books to the storage facility.\u00a0 Electronic publishing, a more recent development, has helped the situation as well.\u00a0 Journal issues arriving by the thousands each year have stopped coming.\u00a0 In their place, Rodgers Library receives electronic journals.\u00a0 Hence, the space crisis has disappeared, fortunately.\u00a0 With \u201cspace recovery\u201d come new opportunities.\u00a0 Rodgers library is considering repurposing newly available space at this time.\u00a0 This will benefit services aimed at the public, such as more reader tables and more group study areas.\u00a0 Library patrons should watch for changes in space utilization in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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