Libraries Expand ‘Things’ for Borrowing and Reservable Study Hours
Based on user feedback, Syracuse University Libraries has expanded the “things” available for borrowing in its community items that are loaned for free to any users with an SU or SUNY ESF ID, and extended in Bird Library.
New items available for borrowing from the “Library of Things” include a ladder ball lawn game, pickleball set, level/stud finder, Onondaga County Parks pass (good for admission to Beaver Lake, Jamesville Beach, Oneida Shores, Pratt’s Falls or the Rosamond Gifford Zoo) and an Empire Park Pass for New York State Parks.
Like all its loanable items, items from the Library of Things can be borrowed by students, faculty and staff. They are available for pickup at the Bird Library Check Out Desk. Loan periods vary depending on the item.
In addition to technology items, such as laptops and computer accessories, cables and plugs, chargers, adaptors, calculators, cameras and audio and visual devices, the following are also available at the Check Out Desk in Bird Library:
- Career and presentation items like an easel, green screen, necktie or portfolio.
- Home goods such as a toolbox, sewing machine or kit, clothes steamer, garment bag, air compressor or utility cart.
- Board games such as cards, education, family, party, strategy, thematic or war games.
- Recreation items such as knitting and crocheting materials, glue gun, button maker, lawn games, ghost hunting kit, karaoke machine, virtual reality headset and adventure kit.
- Wellness items like weighted blankets, light therapy lamps, coloring book kits, massage pillows, meditation kits and noise cancelling earmuffs.
- Academic support items like desktop fans, whiteboard markers, phone lockers and graphing kits.
Some individual study rooms in Bird are also now available for SU and SUNY-ESF students to reserve for up to. Most individual by SU and SUNY ESF students.
In addition to individual reservable study rooms, there are also:
- individual student study rooms for up to three hours per day.
- for up to three hours per day.
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- for up to three students for three hours per day.
- for up to five students for three hours per day.
- for up to three hours per day.
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