The three-year, $100 million renovation of the William Oxley Thompson Memorial (Main) Library is finally underway. Thousands of books and resources have found new homes on the Ohio State campus. The process of transporting materials to several different locations took almost a year to complete said Dona Straley, who helped coordinate the move with University Libraries. Although retrieving materials may include more travel and effort than in the past, library officials have kept everything running efficiently in the presence of the Thompson Library’s construction dust.

Book Depository, 2700 Kenny Rd.Hours: delivery schedule available at library.osu.edu/sites/depository/schedule.php

The Book Depository is located a couple miles away from central campus and offers no current materials or study space as it is closed to the public. The facility holds books and other resources that are not often used or are not in the best of shape. Students can request materials from the depository at Sullivant Library, Science and Engineering Library, Ackerman Library or online through OSCAR on the libraries Web site. The Depository staff makes three deliveries to each location daily. The book depository will receive the rare books and manuscripts collection that was previously stored at the Thompson Library.

Ackerman Library, 600 Ackerman Rd.Hours: Mon – Fri: 7:30 am – 10 pm, Sat: 8 am – 8 pm, Sun: 11 am – 10 pm

The newly opened Ackerman Library is home to the majority of books and resources once located in the Thompson Library. Formerly a warehouse, this massive structure contains on one floor the amount of material that previously took the Thompson Library 13 floors to hold. Although the size of the building’s interior can be intimidating and confusing, the helpful staff and construction themed motif make finding materials relatively easy. A campus bus runs from 7 a.m. to 10:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and students can park with a “CX” tag or higher. One drawback to the new location is the lack of study space among the stacks of books, maps, microforms, government documents, international studies and reference materials.

Science and Engineering Library, 175 West 18th Ave.Hours: Open 24 Hours

The SEL is the only library on campus that is open to students 24 hours a day and has plenty of available study space. While it did not receive any new materials or services from the Thompson Library, its patronage has increased steadily.

“Because the (Thompson) library has closed, a number of other libraries on campus have much, much higher statistics. Science and Engineering are up about 30 percent,” said Straley. SEL is the ideal spot on campus for procrastinators and those looking to pull an all-nighter.

Study Place Along High1836 N. High St. at E. 15th Ave.Hours: Mon – Thur: 10 am – 10 pm, Fri & Sat: 10 am – 6 pm, Sun: 11 am – 10 pm

Situated at the former location of Long’s Bookstore, the site will now be called the Study Place Along High, or SPAH. Although the building does not contain any research materials or library services that were offered at Thompson, it has received plenty of students. The Ackerman Library was constructed to house the materials from Thompson, while SPAH was created to take care of the students as it offers ample study space.

Sullivant Library, 1813 N. High St.Hours: Mon – Thur: 8 am – midnight, Fri & Sat: 8 am – 10 pm, Sun: 11 am – midnight

“The Sullivant Library in Sullivant Hall has been refitted to serve as the main library on central campus during the Thompson renovation,” said Larry Allen, communications coordinator for OSU Libraries.

The Thompson Library passed current periodicals, newspapers, videos, DVDs, reference books, non-circulating bound journals in the humanities and social sciences, and essential library services to Sullivant Library. The library also has the Sullivant Learning Commons which includes individual computer workspaces, areas for group presentation practice, accommodations for laptop wireless access and the most study space on central campus.