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The 23 California State University Libraries share the statement below as articulating the constraints we face in providing service to the students that is our mission.  While the Affordable Learning Solutions initiative promotes the adoption of low or no cost materials, students may still find themselves unable to pay for essential reading.  When instruction is on campus, libraries can provide short-term access to textbook and other resources through reserved course materials.

The Meriam Library is dedicated to assisting students and faculty as we move to an online teaching environment. There are several actions that we have taken to ensure reference and research assistance, as well as Information Literacy instruction can continue to be provided.

Next Monday and Tuesday, Anthony Grafton, Professor of History at Princeton, will conduct discussions on books and libraries. Monday's topic is study and books (7:30, Wismer Theater, rm. 135, PAC). Tuesday's topic is "Explosions in the Scholar's Garden: The Forgotten Tradition of Libraries in the Western Tradition" (7:30, Ayers 106). Contributed by Joe Crotts

Can't find what you're looking for on the library's website, the ReSEARCH Station? Use the new Site Search function we recently installed on our homepage . Simply enter your term in the site search box, for example historic photographs, and press the Go button. Your first result takes you to the Special Collections page where you can access over 2900 digitized historic photographs. Site Search can be used to locate information on our website and direct you to search tools and databases.

Have you memorized the Library ID number on your Wildcat Card? If you have, you will be disappointed to learn that we have recently changed the authentication needed to access your Library Account from the Meriam Library Catalog. Whereas before you needed to enter the 14 digit Library ID number (20200*@#!***%#) on the back of your Wildcat Card, we have switched to Campus Portal ID access.