National Library Week - Busy Times in Proctor Library

It is very fitting that National Library Week is taking place at this time. This week is the mid-point of three weeks that make up probably the busiest and most critical period of the year in the Proctor Library. This is a time when our "circle of knowledge" normally hits its peak, as the academic year is coming to an end, final research papers and presentations are being competed for submission, and students begin their serious study for final exams which take place next week. The Library will continue to be a major contributor to help ensure that students have full opportunity to achieve their own goals for the period.

The Library will begin extended hours on Wednesday, April 16 and these extended hours will continue through the completion of exams. The exact hours follow:

Wednesday, April 16----7:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Thursday, April 17------7:30a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Friday, April 18---------7:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 19------10:00a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 20-------11:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Monday, April21--------7:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Tuesday, April22-------7:30 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Wednesday, April23----7:30 a.m. -2:00 a.m


National Library Week and Proctor Library


National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

Everyday, libraries in big cities and small towns, in businesses, in schools, and in universities and colleges like Flagler College help transform our different communities, by bringing members of the community into the "circle of knowledge."

In fulfilling its vision, the Proctor Library is dedicated to collaborating with the students, faculty and staff of Flagler College to achieve the goal of effective learning and to be an essential and critical resource for active student learning as well as “lifelong learning” for the entire College community. A major element in the Library's mission is to help students and other users become information literate individuals who will be lifelong learners who can grow in their career and be productive citizens.

As the academic year is coming to an end, we in the Proctor Library are striving to continue on the right track toward achieving our mission and vision elements noted above and hope we are helping members of the Flagler College community enter the "community of knowledge." To assess our success and progress, we are currently in the process of conducting a library user survey which we do every two years. This survey is sent out to a representative sample of students and faculty, and after analyzing the results and identifying areas for improvements, we will work in the coming months toward making any adjustments necessary. We have already started receiving completed surveys from students, and they have been providing us with some excellent observations and recommendations--including some action areas that will clearly require our attention before next year. It is clear that the Flagler College community is working effectively to help the entire community grow and improve.

In the meantime, all members of the Proctor Library staff will be dedicating ourselves over the next two weeks to keeping the Library's resources and services available to help the students in their completion of papers and projects and their study for final exams.

While most students have already completed their actual research by this time and are mostly involved in the final writing of their papers and completion of their other projects, the Library's reference librarians will still receive some end of the semester reference questions. Some may even resemble those coming from the student in the following video/audio clip. But we hope they don't :-)

National Library Week: Reference Desk video clip