NOTES FROM RAMSEY LIBRARY; 2009-7

Library Book Orders for Fall Classes

Like the rest of campus and the UNC system, Ramsey Library is awaiting budget news on pins and needles. However and in spite of uncertainty, we know that fall classes inevitably loom. The library is now accepting from faculty book and media requests to support fall classes or research projects. We will go ahead and order these materials as soon as possible in order to have them in time for classes. Please limit requests to essential materials in support of this fall’s work until we know more about next year’s budget. Check the library’s web site for your department’s bibliographer.
Ramsey Library Subject Bibliographers

http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/libdir/bibliographers.html

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