{"id":5077,"date":"2018-12-19T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/library\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:20:19","slug":"consolidating-the-librarys-book-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/library\/2018\/12\/19\/consolidating-the-librarys-book-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Consolidating the Libraries’ Book Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

In support of the University’s mission, the Libraries has started making way for space needs at the Portland Center.<\/p>\n

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Carts of books waiting to be interfiled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stacks, which contain our print collection (books and journals) are currently being relocated to the Murdock Library in Newberg.   This involves interfiling over 22,000 books<\/strong> and thousands of journal issues<\/strong> from the Portland Center Library (PCL) into the collections at the Murdock Library. <\/p>\n

In addition to library student employees, Robin Ashford<\/a> (Head of Portland Center Library and Digital Learning, Research and Instruction Librarian) and Gloria Doherty<\/a> (Director of Digital Learning) will remain at the PCL.<\/p>\n

Key Benefits<\/h3>\n

This opportunity allows the Libraries to evaluate and enhance research help, services, and the learning spaces for an ongoing and robust Portland Center Library presence.<\/p>\n

We continue to work towards offering our community of students, faculty, and staff a seamless library experience, no matter the location or format, in order to serve the university and library mission as, \u201ca place for holistic connection, innovative creation, and authentic contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n

One service enhancement example: upgrading our courier to daily service<\/strong> (currently twice a week).  This will increase the speed at which items arrive for pickup at the Portland Center (positively impacting access to the GFU collection, Summit (Alliance), and interlibrary loan).<\/p>\n

Big thanks to our amazing student employees for their hard work on this!<\/p>\n

Questions?<\/strong> Don\u2019t hesitate to contact us at library@georgefox.edu<\/a><\/p>\n