Dear Students,
Effective Saturday, the library will begin our extended hours for the reading period and finals. Please see the library schedule online for full details of our augmented study-hall hours.
During this period, the library staff will be checking IDs and refusing most access by patrons other than law students. All other visitors will be admitted only during normal daytime business hours and only for research consultations with the reference librarians and/or to retrieve specific library materials.
In order for this restriction to be implemented efficiently, we need your cooperation. We will be checking the IDs of all library visitors at the circulation desk. Please carry your Case ID card and be ready to show it to the staff person at the circulation desk, which is the service desk ahead and to your right as you enter the library. Please enter the library only through the gate on your right, as you come through the doorway. The gate to the left (in front of the reference desk) is to be reserved for exit only.
Circulation desk staff can see the difference between law-school and other IDs pretty quickly, but only if you come up to the desk and present your ID. Note that staff can usually, but not always, identify a law student i.d. “at a flash” by looking at the building in the picture on the i.d. %mdash; but if your i.d. has a picture of Kelvin Smith library on it (rather than of the law school) please be patient as it may take staff slightly longer to identify you.
If you need immediate assistance with a library matter during study hours, please email or chat the library circulation desk at lawcirculation@case.edu.
Lastly, let me take the opportunity to wish you a good study-period experience and the best of luck with your finals. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns about this policy, or about the library generally.
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C. Andrew Plumb-Larrick
Acting Director, The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library
Case Western Reserve University
lawlibrary.case.edu
216-368-2794