UNM students are working through the night at Parish Library. This fall University Libraries opened Parish 24/5. It is open from Sunday morning through Friday evening and between 50 and 60 students each night take advantage of the extra hours. Last spring Associated Students of New Mexico asked University Libraries to add the overnight service for students who needed the extra study time.
Students are also using Library Express, a service in which they email a request for journal articles, which are then scanned and emailed back to them.
At the last regents meeting ASUNM President Ashley Fate presented Library Dean Martha Bedard with an official resolution from student government expressing their appreciation for the changes.
Fate said, “I would just like to reiterate our gratitude to the University Libraries. Dean Bedard and her team have really gone above and beyond expectations when it comes to working with the students and helping us reach our academic goals. Truly, the library system is integral in student success, and we greatly appreciate the extended hours of service as well as the new programs they have implemented, for example the “Ask a Librarian” program.”