Category Archives: Renovation Information

Library Access

We are 99% finished in the renovation and have now re-opened. Who can use the library?
• Current Hastings students can of course use the library during regular library hours.
• Members of the California Bar, Hastings alumni, and law students from other law schools may use the library whenever it is open (including evening and weekend hours). Library hours are listed here. These library patrons are required to sign-in at the first floor Security Desk after showing appropriate ID, and then they will be issued a visitor pass good for that day.
• The general public may use the Hastings Law Library from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. All library visitors are required to show a state-issued ID and to sign-in at the first floor Security Desk. Visiting library patrons will be issued a visitor’s pass good for that day, if they can state a valid reason for entering the library. Visitor passes must be worn at all times while in Hastings’ buildings. The Security Desk cannot issue visitor passes to members of the general public for evening and weekend access.

Still Moving…

Can you believe it? We are still unpacking boxes, unloading carts, and moving into the Library. It’s a very slow process but it’s coming along. The NewCal copy center has moved into their nice, large room on the 4th floor and they are getting ready to open for business. It’s almost time to start printing up the orientation packets…

4th Floor Shelving Now Installed

Shelving on the 4th floor of the Library has been installed and our workers are getting dusty from unpacking all the boxes of Federal Registers that have been in storage for the past two years. Other items being moved onto the 4th floor are the new computers for the lab, the re-vamped reference collection, the renamed Research Alcove collection, and a newly created popular reading area.
The items chosen for the popular reading area were selected from a poll we did last spring. Titles were chosen based solely on student input. We are pleased with the new collection and hope the incoming students like what the current and departing students selected!

200 Building Re-Occupation

All Library staff have moved back into the 200 Building and believe it or not, sometimes we get lost in the new space! There are hallways where there didn’t used to be, bookshelves where there used to be storage rooms, and seating for students where there used to be offices. The books are still being moved in to their places on the bookshelves. We don’t expect the new furniture for another couple of weeks yet. It seems like we are still on schedule for our Fall Re-Opening. More photos to come later.

200 Building Activities

Current activities in the 200 building:
~The fire alarm system is being tested.
~Exterior signage work has begun.
~Shelving is being installed in offices on 5th and 6th floors.
~Tables for the dining commons have been obtained.
Upcoming activities in the 200 building:
~Microform cabinets will be retrieved from storage.
~Some personnel will start moving back June 18th.
~Tables for the computer lab will be delivered at the end of June.