One million served?

Steve Sawyer, a senior library specialist who works at the circulation desk sent the following message to library staff this morning,

"Thought everyone would be (mildly) interested in the fact that somewhere between yesterday morning and this morning, the counter on the north-end security gate rolled over one million.

We now have proof that the renovated library IS popular and people DO like us.

(never mind the fact that this number includes those of us who work here and counts people leaving as well as coming)"

Another Morris Library Blog

The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Morris Library has begun a blog to note interesting items that SCRC staff find while processing or cataloging materials held in SCRC.

The blog is called Raiders of the Lost Archives: Behind the stacks at the Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, SIUC. I can only speculate that the rare book librarian's visit to Petra, Jordan during her summer vacation helped to inspire the title.

Morris Library at Homecoming

Congratulations to the Morris Library Precision Book Cart Drill Team for taking first place out of twelve groups in the marching unit division of the SIUC homecoming parade competition.