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Yes, it's that time of year. Students' final stubborn papers and/or projects will be coming due very soon.  And exams will follow shortly thereafter. Which is why, like we do every year, the Library is increasing its hours of operation to accommodate all those hard-working, late-night-loving souls preparing for the home stretch. Beginning tomorrow, Saturday, March 19, and continuing until April 19, we will remain open until 1 o'clock in the morning. Some days we will open earlier in the morning too.  The best place to get the up to date schedule is on our homepage.  And all the best to all of them.

The Library is partnering with the university’s ITSS department to try and find out more about the many different ways our undergrads use information technology.   It’s part of a larger survey being conducted at schools across Canada and the U.S. by the Educause Centre for Academic Research (ECAR). All Saint Mary’s undergraduate students should have received an e-mail recently which explained the purpose of the survey and invited them to share their thoughts on how they interact with information technology and their present, even future, needs. The University has committed itself to the ongoing evaluation and responsiveness of the hardware, software and research infrastructure it provides.    So the information and opinions which are gathered as a result of the survey will go a long way to informing the decisions made in this critical area. More information on the survey and ECAR’s work can be found on their web site . If you would like to know more on how the sur