Frequently Asked Questions - Services
Calculator Loan Program
The library now has 10 Texas Instrument TI-84 calculators available for check-out (4 at Main Info; 4 at Science-Engineering reference; and 2 and Fine Arts reference). This particular brand of calculator was purchased based on the recommendation of the math department.
Calculators are available for a four hour loan and there is an instructional book and a CD-ROM to address questions on how to use them. There are also USB cables available to install any additional software that is available on the CD-ROM for the TI-84.
Late/replacement fees are charged at the same rate as 4-hour reserve materials.
Reference Resources on the library homepage lists a number of online calculators to which one may link.
Change - where can I get change?
There are no change machines in the Main, Science-Engineering, Fine Arts or Center for Creative Photography Libraries. You may get change at the Express Document Center on the 1st Floor of the Main Library.
Family Rooms
Private rooms are available in the Main and Science-Engineering Libraries for mothers and their babies.
These rooms are available for breastfeeding/nursing, using breast pumps and other infant/child-care activities. They have a comfortable chair, table and trash can.
For privacy and protections, we:
- do not advertise the location of these rooms
- keep them locked with a keypad
- have covered their windows
- call them 'family' rather than breastfeeding rooms
Please ask at the front Information Desks of Main or Science-Engineering Libraries for access to the 'family' room and library staff will assist you.
Changing tables are located in the 2nd floor restrooms at both the Main & Science-Engineering Libraries.
Lost & Found
Contact the service site/s of the Library you were in to see if they have your lost items. Items not picked up after a few days are taken to the Main Library Express Document Center, (520) 621-4863. After a few days in Photocopy, items are sent to the Student Union Information Desk, (520) 621-7755.
Phones - Public / FAX
Public Phones
Main Library Campus Phones: Floor 1: Information Commons Help Desk
Floor 2: Information Desk near entrancePay Phones: Outside: near Bookend Café
Floors 3, 4, 5: elevator lobbiesScience-Engineering Library Campus Phone: Floor 2: Lobby, left side
Pay Phone: Floor 2: Lobby, right side
Fine Arts Library Pay Phone: Floor 1 of Music Building, near elevators
Center for Creative Photography Library Campus Phone: Floor 1 of CCP, near elevator
FAX Service - available at Main Library Express Document Center
Cell phone use in the Main Library
Research Assistance
Ask A Librarian - via chat, e-mail, phone or at a service desk.
Subject Specialists - contact a Librarian specializing in your subject area.
Tutoring available on campus - The Library does not offer tutoring. See University Tutoring Services for a list of tutoring services on campus.
Writing Consultants - available in the Main Library Information Commons.
Services for Customers With Disabilities
Information on services, equipment and assistive technology for those with disabilities.
Snacks - where can I get something to eat?
- Bookend Café
- Located in the breezeway of the Main Library, between Special Collections and the front entrance.
Current Fall Hours: Mon-Thurs 7:30 am - 10 pm, Fri 7:30 am - 5 pm, Sat: 10 am - 5 pm, Sun: 10 am - 7 pm
Hours are subject to change; hours vary for holidays and intersessions. Check their hours.
- Vending Machines
- Located in the ILC courtyard (downstairs), near the Main Library.
For problems with the drink machines contact Pepsi: Refunds- (520) 294-3030, Repairs- (520) 294-3031. For all other vending machines call Tom's at (520) 887-0155.
Study Areas
Quiet Study Areas in the Main Library - The 4th & 5th Floors are Quiet Study, where you should:
- Limit conversation
- Speak quietly
- Turn cell phones & beepers to vibrate
- Use cell phones ONLY in elevator lobbies - see cell phone policy
- Signs are posted. If a customer or group isn't following this rule you may point it out to them. If you are not comfortable doing so, please go the nearest Help Desk to report it. Be sure to give a specific location and descriptive information about the noisy party.
Graduate Student Study Carrels
Tours
Online tours - Integrated Learning Center, UA campus
Tour Contacts:
-
Alex Rivera, Undergraduate Services Team (UST)
(520) 626-3902
riveraa@u.library.arizona.edu
- Susan Nares, Undergraduate Services Team (UST)
(520) 621-4683
naress@u.library.arizona.edu
Tours for University of Arizona Groups
- UA-affiliated groups are welcome to tour the library on their own. If you need information to prepare for the tour, please contact us first.
Tours for Groups Not Affiliated With the University of Arizona
- The Library and the Undergraduate Services Team (UST) do not have sufficient staff to provide library tours for non-UA affiliated groups. For independent tours we request that persons under age of 18 be accompanied by an adult at a ratio of 8-10 youth/children per adult. Exceptions to this policy need to be approved by the Undergraduate Services Team. As a courtesy to the library, if you are planning to bring in a group larger than 10 individuals, please contact us first.
- School Groups - The Undergraduate Services Team (UST) works with the University Office of Undergraduate Admissions to provide interactive tours for high school students as a part of the students' activities on campus coordinated through the Office of Admissions. We also provide training and/or information for high school teachers or librarians, so they can lead tours of the University Library for their students. If interested in learning more about this, please contact us.
- Other Non-UA affiliated tours requests - The Library is a public building, so groups may come in on self-guided tours.
Tutoring Center
MASTR (Math and Science Tutoring Resource) is a free program available to all students enrolled at the UA.
Located in ILC 119, ILC map [PDF] - upper NE corner
Sunday - Thursday, 5:30 - 9:30pm (check web site for changes)
Typewriters
No typewriters are available in the Main, Science-Engineering, Fine Arts or Center for Creative Photography Libraries or in Special Collections.