Message from the Dean
A Message from Kristine Brancolini,
Dean of University Libraries
Welcome to the new William H. Hannon Library! The library supports the teaching, learning, and research needs of the students, faculty, and staff of Loyola Marymount University. The library is an important center of intellectual, culture, and social life on campus – a role that will be strengthened in the coming years with the opening of our new building in summer 2009.
Loyola Marymount University offers a dynamic academic environment and the William H. Hannon Library contributes to each student’s education, including developing skills as a life-long learner. You will find the library to be an important destination for you – both physically and virtually. The William H. Hannon Library is located on the bluff, between the Leavey Residence Halls and the Jesuit Community. Please come inside and familiarize yourself with our outstanding services, collections, and study space.
You are the first to experience the new library. The building provides wireless and wired network connections and abundant power. All three floors provide a variety of seating and work space, including 33 small group study rooms that may be reserved in advance online. The description below is just a sampling of the richness you will find. Please explore the building at your leisure, returning often to research, read, review, reflect, or just relax.
Level 1 features a café and media lounge, with three flat-panel screens; digital signage to guide your use of the library; our circulation desk; two electronic classrooms for library instruction; and the Information Commons, a one-stop destination for collaborative computer workstations, assistance with information technology and reference questions, and three presentation rooms, where you can practice and video record your performance.
Level 2 is the main stacks floor, where most of the circulating books are shelved. It also features The Rose Hills Reading Room, with a fireplace, comfortable seating, and the new Popular Reading Collection nearby; current periodicals; and the media center, with individual video viewing workstations and small group viewing and listening rooms.
The circulating book collection continues on Level 3, which also features the department of Archives & Special Collections, where you may use our extensive collections of rare books and archives and enjoy special exhibits from our collections. This is also the location of the Faculty Commons and Innovation Center, designed to provide faculty with a place work quietly and explore new technologies for teaching and learning.
Our newly redesigned website provides a useful source of information about the library, its services and its collections. Our website is also a gateway to a wealth of online information, including news about and events in the library. Please take the time to explore our new site.
I invite you to contact me with your comments and suggestions regarding the library: brancoli@lmu.edu. We are here to serve your teaching, learning, and research needs.
Kristine R. Brancolini
Dean of University Libraries