COVID-19: Library Services for Fall Semester

Updated for Fall 2021:  Due to COVID-19, we updated Saint Mary’s Libraries’ services for fall semester to promote student safety. See our service updates below, and contact us if you have any questions.

Winona Library

If you visit, please be aware that:

• Face coverings are required.
• Physical distancing is required.
• Food and drink are not allowed in the library.
• You can reserve study rooms.
• You can request items and pick them up at the Circulation Desk. Contact us for more information.

Twin Cities Library

Study Spaces

Main Library Closed

Given space limitations, the Main Library room (LSH 108) will remain closed throughout fall semester due to COVID-19 social distancing constraints. However, you can still pick up materials. See the Doorside Pick-Up section below for more information.

Special Collections Open

A maximum of 3 people at a time may use the Special Collections room (LSH 132), which is open to students and faculty during La Salle Hall building hours (Monday-Friday: 8am-10pm; Saturday: Closed except on 9/25, 10/9, 11/6, 11/13 when it is open 8am-2pm; Sunday: Closed). Due to Covid-19, if you visit, please be aware that in the Special Collections room:

• Face coverings are required.
• Physical distancing is required.
• Food and drink are not permitted.

You can also reserve the Special Collections room.

Hours

See our hours and location for up-to-date information.

Services

Research Help

We can help you via chat 24/7, email, phone, or by Zoom appointment. Note: We are not providing face to face appointments at this time.

Free Mailing

If you cannot make it to campus, we will mail library materials to your home address for free.

Doorside Pick-Up

You can pick up library materials whenever the La Salle Hall building is open. To pick up materials:

1. Request materials online or contact us to pull items from the shelf for you.
2. Wear a mask.
3. Enter the rear entrance of La Salle Hall.
4. Locate the Library’s pick-up bookcart.
5. Pick up the envelope labeled with the first three letters of your last and first name.

Make sure to only pick up items during open La Salle Hall hours (Monday-Friday: 8am-10pm; Saturday: Closed except on 9/25, 10/9, 11/6, 11/13 when it is open 8am-2pm; Sunday: Closed).

New Books: February 2020

What's new at the library?

This month's selection of new books includes how to write a cover letter, social justice and equity, sexual assault, and emotion-focused therapy. Here's what's new at the library this month:

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• Learning DSM-5 by Case Example
• ICD-10 Casebook: The Many Faces of Mental Disorders--Adult Case Histories According to ICD-10
• Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity
• Handbook of sexual assault and sexual assault prevention
• Learning emotion-focused therapy : the process-experiential approach to change
• Evicted
• Attachment narrative therapy
• Letters to a young teacher
• Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South
• Helping Doctoral Students Write: Pedagogies for supervision
• An Introduction to Service Design: Designing the Invisible
• Stand Out Cover Letters: How to Write Winning Cover Letters That Get You Hired
• Get It Done: Write a Cover Letter
  

Short Closure Wednesday, February 12

The library will be closed from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12 for an all-staff meeting.

If you need assistance during that time, you can email us at tclibrary@smumn.edu and we will respond as soon as we return.

New Books: January 2020

What's new at the library?

This month's selection of new books includes discrimination, inclusion debates, increasing professional effectiveness, and indigenous leadership. Here's what's new at the library this month:

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• Constructing grounded theory
• Discrimination and Disparities
• Reading Resistance: Discourses of Exclusion in Desegregation and Inclusion Debates
• Theory in Practice: Increasing professional effectiveness
• May Cause Happiness: A Gratitude Journal
• Committed: The Battle over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
• Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong Communities
• Advancing Relational Leadership Research: A Dialogue among Perspectives
• InterViews : learning the craft of qualitative research interviewing
• Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy
• Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Health and Aging
• Dread Nation
  
  

Library Hours: MLK Jr. Day

Twin Cities Library will be closing early for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 20th.  The library will be closing 6:00pm.

Regular hours will resume at 9:00am on Tuesday, January 21st. 

Closed on Saturday, Jan. 18

The library will be closed on Saturday, January 18th due to weather.

If you need assistance while the library is closed, you can reach out using our 24/7 Chat on the library website, or email us at tclibrary@smumn.edu and we will respond as soon as we return.

Regular hours will resume at 9am on Monday, January 20th.

Library Hours: Christmas Holiday

Twin Cities Library will be closed for UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY from Saturday, December 21st through Sunday, December 29th and from Tuesday, December 31st to Wednesday, January 1st.

Twin Cities Library will be opened the following dates from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Monday, December 30
• Thursday, January 02 
• Friday, January 03

Regular hours will resume at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 6th.

Have a happy and safe holiday!