Due to the imminent reconstruction of Penrose Library, we wanted to keep you up to date on changes happening at the library:

• The Penrose Library building is now closed.
• All library services have moved to interim locations across campus (see specific addresses and locations listed under “Frequently Asked Questions”);
• The temporary library, “Penrose@Driscoll,” is now operating in the Driscoll Student Center and will remain open for the duration of the library building project (approximately 18 months to two years).  The north part of the Driscoll Student Center is located just west of the Penrose library building;
• Penrose Library services, including Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Reserves, and the Research Center are located in the Driscoll Ballroom and Gallery;
• As always, it is possible to request books and other items using the Request It button in the on-line Library catalog record: http://library.du.edu.
• Special Collections and Archives have moved to Aspen Hall. Please use our request form to schedule a research appointment and to request materials during this transitional time.
• The UTS computer lab is now located in the Driscoll Ballroom Gallery.
• For help with personal computers and equipment, visit the UTS Help Desk at 2100 South High St., located on the southeast corner of High and Evans Streets.
• The Prayer Space has moved to Driscoll South, Suite 29, which also houses the office of the University Chaplain. The space is on the ground floor of Driscoll South, near the west entrance to the building. The Prayer Room will be open, and available for use, whenever the Driscoll Student Center is open.

“Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant,” said one very wise Anthony J. D’Angelo, a man who sparked a revolution in higher education.

Yes, change is stirring in our beloved Penrose Library. The Access Desk—the very port of Welcome to our fair building of wisdom! —is moving this week.

Beginning June 20, the Access Desk will be open for business in DU’s temporary library, Penrose@Driscoll. Penrose@Driscoll will be found just across the green from Penrose Library in the Driscoll Student Center Ballroom. Between now and then, Access Services will remain open in its current location in Penrose Library, albeit with a temporary desk.

The super heroes that work the desk have the temporary routine worked out, so they can and will continue to serve in fine style. Driscoll will be the new home of the Access Services desk, along with the most other library services until the new Academic Commons at Penrose Library re-opens in late 2012.

We’ve been expecting this. We’ve been planning for it. For months, maybe even years. Yet seeing it is bittersweet. But we know we’ll be back with a bigger, better, more comfortable, more energy efficient Academic Commons at Penrose Library. A Library truly ready for future 21st century scholars and the next forty years of serving the DU community!