Mansfield Library

Heads up! Our hours differ slightly this weekend for Labor Day. We will be closed on Saturday and Sunday (August 31 and September 1) and open 11:00am-6:00pm on Monday (September 2). Have a safe Labor Day weekend, Grizzlies!

Students: we have free binders, ready to be cozy new homes for your loose-leaf textbooks! 📚✨ Find them on the book cart just inside the main entrance of the library.

Welcome back to campus, students! 🥳 We are so glad to be back in the hustle and bustle of the fall semester. Don't forget, we're here to help! Places to study, course reserves, research help, and so much more, all at your library.

Our full semester hours are almost here! The semester starts on Monday the 26th and we’ll be open until midnight on most nights. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled on our social media or our website for any special hours. Good luck with the semester, everyone!

The semester is almost upon us! We’d like to extend a big welcome to every Griz, returning or new, back to campus this year during all of these open hours. If this is your first time on campus, this week will be a great opportunity to swing by the library to say hello and get to know all of the ways we can support you this semester. See you soon!

New to campus? Not sure what the deal is with the Mansfield Library? Stop by our table at BEAR Fair on August 19th from 4-6PM on the Oval! 😎
We're ready to answer any questions-- just ask! ✨

The Mansfield Library is currently on an Intersession Hours schedule! Until August 18th, we are open 8:00am - 5:00pm Monday through Friday, and closed on weekends.
As always, you can view our current and upcoming hours on our website.

Got tree debris from last week's storm? The Dornblaser Field parking lot is an official drop off site.

The power is back on at the Mansfield Library. We will be open at 10:00am today, Friday, July 26.
The Payne Family Library at Missoula College will not be open today.
Thank you for your patience.

The Mansfield Library will remain closed until power returns to campus. Stay safe, only travel as necessary, and check in on your neighbors!
We've got this, Grizzlies!

The Mansfield Library is closed due to lack of power on campus. We will reopen as soon as we are able. Stay safe out there!

It can sometimes feel like construction in Missoula is never-ending. Take a look back in time with newly digitized aerial photos of Missoula and UM’s campus! 📸

Some of our favorite buildings- like the Mansfield Library- are missing from these photos dated back to the 1950s and 60s. Maybe all that construction isn’t such a bad thing!

Aerial photos of Montana and the Rocky Mountain West are being scanned, digitized, and made publicly available by the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. These photos document changes to the region over time, dating back to 1929. Hundreds of these images are already available online through the Montana History Portal, and more are becoming available as staff work through the more than 50,000 images stored in the Archives.

Want to see more? Head to umt.edu/library/asc/aerial

brat summer!!
Look, we may not totally get the trend, but we're here when you need to cool down from your super-fun brat summer activities. We're open 7am-6pm during regular summer hours (and we have air conditioning)!

The Mansfield Library will be closed on Thursday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Regular summer hours will resume on Friday, July 5th. Have a safe holiday! 🎆

FYI: UM IT is not staffing the helpdesk in the Mansfield Library during the summer. 💻 You can request IT help by submitting a help ticket online by heading to umt.edu/it, or call (406) 243-4357. No answer? Leaving a detailed voicemail will automatically create a help ticket.

Walk-in IT services will resume in mid-August. Thank you for understanding!

Happy Summer Solstice 2024! Today marks the longest day of the year, and is observed around the world - including at Stonehenge, England, where thousands (including one Mansfield employee who grabbed this picture just hours ago) gather to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Here's to a joyful summer!

Today is Juneteenth, marking 159 years since the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is a day to learn, celebrate, and reflect on the past as we move forward towards justice.

Stop by the Mansfield Library this month to see our lobby displays focusing on Black history. One case focuses on the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, a group of 20 Black soldiers who biked from Fort Missoula to St. Louis, and modern efforts to retrace their journey by long-distance cyclist Erick Cedeño.

The other case focuses on the history of drag for Pride month and the very first drag queen, William Dorsey Swann, who was a liberated slave.

We’ve also collected some resources against racism to help you get a head start on learning about the history of racial justice and how to take action. Happy Juneteenth!

Wishing everyone a happy Pride Month from the Mansfield Library!
At the Mansfield Library, we work to build and develop inclusivity both on campus and in the broader community, seeking to create a space where everyone can belong and feel welcome.

Today is Worldwide Knit In Public day! 🧶 If you've stopped by the library since the fall, you may have noticed our communal knitting project in the Commons. This scarf- knitted by library users stopping by for a break- has reached more than 5 feet long! 🤩

We may not be open today, but stop by during our open hours to take a break and knit in public! ✨

Happy Pride Month! 🥳🤩🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Come check out our display about the history of drag performance in the lobby. Take a moment to learn about the very first drag queen and early efforts to work towards LGBTQ+ rights.

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The Mansfield Library at the University of Montana and Payne Family Library at Missoula College will be closed Saturday, May 25th to Monday, May 27th in recognition of Memorial Day.
Our regular summer hours will resume on Tuesday, May 28th.

Access Updates notifies subscribers about elevator outages and other physical barriers on the University of Montana campus. Subscribers receive the messages by email, text, or both.

Sign up on the UM Accessibility website:

https://www.umt.edu/accessibility/accessupdates.php

This year’s Summer Learning Program at Missoula Public Library welcomes explorers of all ages to embark on an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and learning. This year’s theme, Adventure Begins at your Library, invites children, teens, and adults alike to go on a quest for knowledge, creativity, and fun. This summer we will have hands-on activities, engaging presentations, and entertaining programs for everyone! Starting June 1, come to the library to pick up a printed reading log (for young readers) or Library BINGO card (for teens and adults) to get started on the 2024 reading challenge. For full Adventure Begins at Your Library Summer Learning Program details and programs visit our website at: https://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org/summer-learning-program. The Summer Learning Program is made possible with support from The Foundation for Missoula Public Library.

Taking a summer class and need help navigating our collections? Finishing up your thesis and needing some extra research advice? Just trying to find a good book to read? No matter what your needs, our reference team is here to help! Throughout the Summer Session from May 20th to July 26th, we’ll be available on the front desk and via live online chat every weekday from 10:00am to 2:00pm.

Stay cool, get your study on, cozy up with a summer read, have a meeting, work on a project – the possibilities are endless during our Summer Session hours!

We are so proud of our graduating student employees – congratulations, you made it to the finish line! Thank you for your amazing contributions to the library and we wish you the best of luck in your future adventures! As is tradition, all of our graduating student employees have a book purchased for the library with a nameplate in their honor – check out all of the additions this year on top of the Popular Reads shelf!

Welcome to the end of another semester at the University of Montana. Congratulations to all our wonderful graduates this Spring!
We will have slightly altered hours tomorrow and Saturday.

Hang in there Grizzlies--the end of the semester is in sight! We’re rounding out this academic year with a Meet the Mansfield spotlight on Teslyn Hartman, the lead student employee in our Circulation department. Teslyn is a senior and has been working at the library since Spring of 2021. She's an Anthropology major, Business Admin minor, with a particular interest in religion, ancient civilizations, and genetics.

Circ students are involved in some of the most important tasks in keeping the library running, including shelving and re-shelving books in the physical collection, retrieving books to place on hold, and collaborating in various projects to improve library services for our campus and community. For her part, Teslyn has been an active member of the “FUN” committee, which has organized several exciting activities for library employees, including an Escape Room, Masquerade Murder Mystery, and Jeopardy Night! Teslyn is passionate about the accessible resources you can find at the Mansfield library, including our accessible technology room, braille translations of government documents, and so much more--enough for an entire ethnographic research paper on accessibility in the library!

Outside of work, she enjoys spending time in Kalispell with her friends and family, working on a variety of crafts such as macramé, wood carving, and origami, and hiking and fishing in the great outdoors (in better weather). She will be spending her last semester (Fall 2024) at the American College of Greece in Athens, a partner university with UM! Best of luck on your Grecian adventures, Teslyn!

Finals Week is fast approaching, and we've got your back at the Mansfield Library! ❤️‍🔥

Stop by to study during our extended hours this Friday and Saturday (May 3rd and 4th) until 10:00 pm. 🌝
Grab complimentary coffee and study snacks on Sunday evening, and Monday morning and afternoon (May 5th and 6th) ☕🍎
Take a break from the chaos of it all with our communal knitting project and gratitude origami on Level 3, or piece it all together with puzzles on every floor!🧶🧩
Just really need to pet a dog? Good news, we'll have therapy dogs in the lobby from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday through Wednesday (May 6th - 8th)! 🐕🐩

Remember, you've got this, and we're here to help! 🫡🫶