Welcome Class of 2023 to Preview FSU

The Lewis J. Ort Library welcomes the Class of 2023 to Preview FSU. The library is welcoming students and their families to the university during the Bobcat Information Fair held in the Lane University Center.

Library staff are available at the information fair to answer any questions the students and their families may have about the library.

Randy Lowe is joined by the Bobcat at the Ort Library's table.

Stop into the library to ask any additional questions you may have.

Welcome Class of 2023!

New Library Displays for Summer 2019

The following displays will be up through the end of August.

The first display, located on the 3rd floor of the library, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing. Apollo 11 left Earth on July 16, 1969 and the first person to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong 4 days later, July 20, 1969. The display highlights information about the moon landing and resources available in the library on the topic.

The second display, located on the 4th floor of the library, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (Uprising) in NYC. On June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn and arrested bar employees and patrons of this gay bar. At the time it was still illegal for gays and lesbians to engage in homosexual behavior in most places in the United States. The display highlights the background of the event, milestones of the Gay Civil Rights movement through 1969, and resources available in the library on the topic.

The third display, located on the 5th floor, celebrates the 100th anniversary since the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. The amendment was ratified 1 year later. The display highlights some of the women who fought for women's suffrage and includes resources available in the library on the topic.

Continuing through the summer: The display located on the 2nd floor of the library, is a remembrance of the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square. The display provides some background and timeline of the event as well as some of the resources the library offers on the topic.

Library Summer Hours

The Lewis J. Ort will be open the following hours during the summer:

• Monday - Friday: 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
• Closed: Saturday
• Sunday: 1:00 - 6:00 pm

Library resources can still be accessed through OneSearch (on the library's home page) and through our subject specific databases (http://libguides.frostburg.edu/az.php) even when the library is closed.

If you need reference assistance, you can contact help through Maryland AskUsNow, our 24/7 chat reference service.

Congratulations Graduates!

Public notice: MD Dept of Housing & Community Development annual plan

The Maryland Dept. of Housing and Community Development has announced a series of public hearings to develop its new draft Annual Plan of the State's Consolidated Plan.


In Western Maryland, the meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 26.

Friday, May 24, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Allegany County Office Complex

701 Kelly Road

Potomac Room 230

Cumberland, MD 21502

Please see the original notice here: DHCD Annual Draft Plan notice

The Lewis J Ort library is a depository for Maryland State Documents as well as a selective depository in the Federal Depository Library Program.  As a Maryland depository, we receive public notices such as the one featured above.  If you would also like to be added to an e-mail distribution list in order to receive information about future public notices, please contact Lisa Hartman, Government Documents Coordinator at lahartman@frostburg.edu or (301) 687-4734.

Spring Library Extended Hours

As we do every semester, the Library will extend our hours for the last week of classes and final exam week. This will include nine nights of being open until 2:00 a.m. and 42 extra hours that we are not normally open! Extended hours will begin on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. See the entire schedule below.

Tuesday - Thursday, May 7 - 9 || 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday, May 10 || 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 || 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 12 || 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Monday - Thursday, May 13 - 16 || 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Friday, May 17 || 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 || 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19 || 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
Monday - Tuesday, May 20 - 21 || 7:30 a.m. to Midnight
Wednesday - Friday, May 22 - 24 || 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Library will close for the Memorial Day holiday weekend Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27. Summer hours will begin on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. The Library will be open throughout the summer Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Library is closed on Saturdays during the summer.

Library hours are posted on the hours page of the library website: http://libguides.frostburg.edu/libhours.

If you have questions, please contact the Circulation Desk during our open hours at 301-687-4395 or by email at circulation@frostburg.edu. You can also contact the Reference Desk at 301-687-4424. Online resources remain accessible via the library’s website www.frostburg.edu/library, and online chat reference and research help is available 24/7 through Ask Us Now even when the library is closed.

Also, Library staff would like to remind everyone not to leave belongings unattended during this busy time. Please also observe the study space and noise policies for each of the Library's four public floors:

Second Floor:   Group Study / Individual Computer Stations

Third Floor (Main Floor):   Quiet Study / Individual Computer Stations

Fourth Floor:   Individual Silent Study

Fifth Floor:   Group Study / Group Computer Stations / Group Study Rooms / Individual Study Rooms

 

More information about the library’s study spaces, collections, and policies can be found on our website www.frostburg.edu/library and our full Library Code of Conduct is available here: http://libguides.frostburg.edu/circulation/conduct.

On behalf of the library, we wish you all the best in finishing out the semester!

New Library Displays for May 2019

The Lewis J. Ort Library is pleased to present five new displays for May 2019.

The first display, located on the 3rd floor of the library, celebrates National Teacher Week (May 5-11). This display has been developed to accompany the Thank a Gram campaign that is being held May 6-10 to thank a FSU teacher. There are postcards and a box to put them in at the Circulation Desk.

The second display, also located on the 3rd floor of the library, celebrates National Nurses Week (May 6-12). The display provides some information on what nurses do and some of the resources the library offers on nursing.

The third display, located on the 2nd floor of the library, is a remembrance of the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square. The display provides some background and timeline of the event as well as some of the resources the library offers on the topic.

The fourth display, located on the 4th floor of the library, is a remembrance of the 130th Anniversary of the Johnstown, PA flood. The display provides information about the flood as well as some of the resources the library offers on the topic.

The fifth display, located on the 5th floor of the library, celebrates the 65th Anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision on school segregation. The display provides background information that led to the Supreme Court's decision and well as some of the resources the library offers on the topic.

The displays will be up through the end of May.