January 5, 2021 by news

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is pleased to announce that it has implemented Aeon. Aeon is an automated request and workflow management software specifically designed to improve patron service and to maximize staff efficiency.
The Aeon system will handle request management for the department and all patrons of Special Collections will need to create a user account at https://byu.aeon.atlas-sys.com/logon. This user account will allow you to submit requests to use materials in the Special Collections Reading Room and it will keep a history of the materials that you’ve requested for future reference.
The new request system will be available on Monday January 11th, 2021. You will be able to create a user account beginning on this date and will use the new system to request materials. All materials used in Special Collections will need to be requested through the new Aeon system. You will find links to Aeon in the library catalog (https://lib.byu.edu/) and through our finding aids website (http://archives.lib.byu.edu/).
We hope that the new systems we are implementing will enhance your Special Collections experience. Let us know if you have any questions at specialcollections@byu.edu or 801-422-3175.
December 17, 2020 by news
Due to lack of compliance with the university’s mask policy the reading room/periodicals section of level 2 has been closed for the remainder of the year.
This change was implemented for the safety of library patrons and staff.
Plans are in place to close other areas of the building if it becomes necessary.
The Library encourages everyone to follow the campus-wide policy and wear a mask.


December 1, 2020 by news
Due to COVID-19 the library is limiting access to current BYU students and employees only.
The library is renovating sections of the library to improve usability for our patrons.
Level 5 (Humanities)

No construction at this time.
This floor is a temporary “Zoom Zone” for students who need a place to attend online classes, so it may be a little noisier than usual.
Level 4 (Music & Dance, Media Center, Juvenile Collection)

No construction at this time.
This floor is a temporary “Zoom Zone” for students who need a place to attend online classes, so it may be a little noisier than usual.
Level 3 (Circulation Desk, Snack Zone, The Hub)

This area will be very noisy for the next few days.
We are removing the north wall and installing new windows to provide more natural light in the building. This project was initiated in response to patron input.
If you need access to computer stations in a quieter setting we recommend you use the computers in the Periodicals/Reading Room on level 2.
Level 2 (Science/Technology, Family History, Periodicals/Reading Room)

We are in the process of improving sight-lines and traffic flow in the central and south parts of the building. The south end of the building will be noisy as we install the new ceiling.
The group study rooms are open during construction.
If you are looking for a quiet study area we recommend the Periodicals/Reading Room on level 2 or the Social Sciences area on level 1 of the library.
Level 1 (Social Sciences, Special Collections)


We are renovating a work room in the area between the atrium and the central part of the building. The concrete cutting is finished, but there may still be noise and or tripping hazards in the area as a new door is installed.
For quiet study we recommend the Social Sciences area on level 1.
November 20, 2020 by news

On November 23, 2019, Jennifer Ford Paustenbaugh, BYU’s University Librarian, passed away following a long battle with breast cancer.
Paustenbaugh left a legacy of making library services and programs more student focused. Her work led to new ways for students to access scholarly resources and to student-focused changes to the library building. The Library has continued to build on her plans for improvements to ensure that students will benefit from her influence for years to come.
To mark the one year anniversary of her death, colleagues suggested that the Library look for something that symbolized her love of learning. One of her last goals was to read 100 great books. With that in mind library employees set out to collect 100 titles that they would recommend. Being library people, they quickly came up with well over 100, but the list has been narrowed down to fit the original goal. If you need more suggestions, you are always welcome to ask any library employee.
Most of these books are available from the library and others can be obtained through inter-library loan. Some are books we know she read, Anna Karenina, for example, and others are books our staff would have suggested to her.
Author |
Title |
BYU Library
Call # |
Charles C. Mann |
1491 : New revelations of the Americas before Columbus by |
E 61 .M266 2006 |
David McCullough |
1776 |
E 208 .M396 2005 |
George Orwell |
1984 |
PR 6029 .R8 N4944 1987 |
Mark Twain |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
PS 1305 .A1 |
Irving Stone |
Agony and the Ecstasy, The |
PS 3537 .T669 A72 1961 |
Paulo Coelho |
Alchemist, The (Portuguese: O Alquimista) |
PQ9698.13.O3546 A813x |
Lewis Carroll |
Alice in Wonderland |
823 D66a 1990 |
Ronald C. White |
American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant |
E 672 .W48 2016 |
Leo Tolstoy |
Anna Karenina |
PG 3366 .A6 1939 vol.2 |
Parley P. Pratt |
Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt |
BX 8670.1 .P886 1985 |
Levi S. Peterson |
Backslider, The |
BX 8688.3 .P4425b 1986 |
Charles Dickens |
Bleak House |
PR 4556 .A1 1991 |
Markus Zusak |
Book Thief, The |
823 Z89b |
Trevor Noah |
Born a Crime: stories from a South African childhood |
PN 2287 .N557 A3 2016 |
C.S. Lewis |
Chronicles of Narnia |
823 L585c 2004 |
Attributed to Confucius; translation by Edward G. Slingerland |
Confucius Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries |
PL 2478 .L8 2003 |
Alexandre Dumas |
Count of Monte Cristo, The |
PQ 2226 .A31 1996 |
Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
Crime and Punishment |
PG 3326 .P7 1964 |
Willa Cather |
Death Comes for the Archbishop |
PS 3505 .A87 D4 1999 |
Dante Alighieri |
Divine Comedy, The (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise) |
PQ 4315 .W5 |
John Steinbeck |
East of Eden |
St34ea |
Orson Scott Card |
Ender’s Game |
PZ 4 .C178 E52 1991 |
Ray Bradbury |
Fahrenheit 451 |
PS 3503 .R167 F318 2007 |
Buck Brannaman |
Faraway Horses, The |
|
Thomas Hardy |
Far From the Madding Crowd |
PR 4745 .A1 1962 |
Mary Shelley |
Frankenstein |
PR 5397 .F7 1977 |
Jason Reynolds |
Ghost |
813 R3345tr bk.1 |
Maureen Whipple |
Giant Joshua |
BX 8688.3 .W57g 1976 |
Marilynne Robinson |
Gilead |
PS 3568 .O3125 G55 2004 |
Pearl S. Buck |
Good Earth, The |
PS 3503 .U198 G6 2004 |
Alex Bellos |
Grapes of Math, The: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life |
|
John Steinbeck |
Grapes of Wrath, The |
PS 3537 .T3234 G8 1986 |
C.S. Lewis |
Great Divorce, The |
BR 83 .L48 1996 vol.2 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Great Gatsby, The |
PS 3511 .I9 G7 2002 pt.2 |
Louise Fitzhugh |
Harriet the Spy |
813 F57h |
J.K. Rowling |
Harry Potter |
823 R797h |
Catherine Ryan Hyde |
Have You Seen Luis Velez? |
Popular Reading
H 995 ha |
Johanna Spyri |
Heidi |
833 Sp99h 1996 |
Kathryn Stockett |
Help, The |
PS 3619 .T636 H45 2009 |
Peter Wohlleben |
Hidden Life of Trees, The: what they feel, how they communicate: discoveries from a secret world |
QK 475 .W6413x 2016 |
Corrie Ten Boom |
Hiding Place, The |
D 811.5 .T427x 1995 |
Richard Llewellyn |
How Green Was My Valley |
PR 6023 .L47 H6 |
Matt Parker |
Humble Pi: A comedy of maths errors |
QA 99 .P375x 2018 |
Maya Angelou |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
E 185.97 .A56 A3 1969 |
Rebecca Skloot |
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , The |
RC 265.6 .L23 S55 |
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee |
Inherit the Wind, a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee |
PS 3523 .A934 I6 2003 |
Susanna Clark |
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell |
C556jo |
Bryan Stevenson |
Just Mercy: A story of justice and redemption |
KF 9223 .S74x 2014 |
Eleanor Herman and Peggielene Bartels |
King Peggy |
|
Jorge Luis Borges |
Labyrinths |
PQ 7797 .B635 A29 1983 |
Walter Isaacson |
Leonardo da Vinci |
N 6923 .L33 I827 2017 |
Victor Hugo |
Les Miserables |
PQ 2286 .A38 1997 |
David Herbert Donald |
Lincoln |
L66Li |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Little Prince, The (French: Le Petit Prince) |
PQ2637.A274 P413x |
Louisa May Alcott |
Little Women |
PS 1017 .L5 1982 |
Larry McMurtry |
Lonesome Dove |
PS 3563 .A319 L6 1985 |
William Golding |
Lord of the Flies |
PR 6013 .O35 L6 2003 |
J.R.R. Tolkien |
Lord of the Rings trilogy |
PR 6039 .O32 L6 |
Arthur C. Brooks |
Love Your Enemies |
JK 1726 .B754 2019 |
Fredrik Backman |
Man Called Ove, A
(translated from Swedish) |
PT 9877.12 .A32 M3613 2014 |
Viktor E. Frankl |
Man’s search for meaning |
D 805 .G3 F7233 2006 |
C.S. Lewis |
Mere Christianity |
BR 83 .L48 1996 |
George Eliot |
Middlemarch |
PR 4462 .A2 N4x 1926 |
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
Midwife’s Tale, A: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 |
F 29 .H15 U47 1990 |
Kate DiCamillo |
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The |
813 D547m |
Brandon Sanderson |
Mistborn |
Popular Reading
Sa56we |
Willa Cather |
My Antonia |
PS 3505 .A87 M8 1947 |
Elena Ferrante |
My Brilliant Friend (Italian: L’amica geniale) |
Online |
Kamala Markandaya |
Nectar in a Sieve |
PR 6063 .A642 N43 |
Helen Mustard’s translation |
Nibelungenlied, The |
PN 6110 .E6 M4 1998 |
Lois Lowry |
Number the Stars |
813 L955n |
Homer |
Odyssey (Robert Fagles translation specifically) |
PA 4025 .A5 F34 2001 |
TH White |
Once and Future King |
823 W585o |
John Milton |
Paradise Lost |
PR 3560 .A2 K37 2005 |
Leif Enger |
Peace Like a River |
PS 3555 .N4223 P42 2001 |
Norton Juster |
Phantom Tollbooth, The |
813 J982p 2005 |
Barbara Kingsolver |
Poisonwood Bible, The |
K617po |
Jane Austen |
Pride and Prejudice |
PR 4034 .P7 1991 |
William Goldman |
Princess Bride, The |
Popular Reading – Fantasy G569p |
Azar Nafisi |
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books |
PE 64 .N34 A3 2003 |
Cameron Wright |
Rent Collector, The |
Popular Reading
W 93 re |
Edmund Morris |
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, The |
E 757 .M883 2001 |
Lloyd Douglas |
Robe, The |
PS 3507 .O7573 R62 |
E.M. Forster |
Room with a View, A |
PR 6011 .O58 R66x 1923 |
Eloise M. Boyle and Genevra Gerhart |
Russian Context, The: The culture behind the language |
P 35.5 .R9 R87 2002 |
Jack London |
Sea Wolf, The |
PS 3523 .O46 S42 1959 |
Carlos Ruiz Zafón |
Shadow of the Wind, The (Spanish: La sombra del viento) |
PQ 6668 .U49 S6613 |
Herman Hesse |
Siddhartha |
PT 2617 .E85 S5213 1951 |
George Eliot |
Silas Marner |
PR 4670 .A1 1993 |
Bess Streeter Aldrich |
Song of Years |
PS 3501 .L378 S65 1939 |
Helen Keller |
Story of My Life, The |
HV 1624 .K4 A15 1904 |
Charles Dickens |
Tale of Two Cities, A |
PR 4571 .A1 1993 |
Harper Lee |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
PS 3562 .E353 T6 2002 |
Betty Smith |
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A |
PS 3537 .M2895 T7 2001 |
Sawako Ariyohi |
The Twilight Years |
PL 845 .R5 K613 1984 |
Bill Bryson |
Walk in the Woods, A: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail |
Online only |
Sharon Creech |
Walk Two Moons |
813 C8617w |
Richard Adams |
Watership Down |
PZ 4 .A64 W33 1996 |
Yevgeny Zamyatin |
We |
Popular Reading
Z 14 we |
Terry Pratchett |
Wee Free Men, The |
Popular Reading
P887we |
October 12, 2020 by news

While the Library is only open to current BYU students and employees, we are happy to announce our new exhibition—Discovery & Wonder: The Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Rare Books and Manuscripts.
This is one of the most interesting collections in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
Jack Stoneman, Associate Professor, Japanese Section Head, Asian & Near Eastern Languages, and Aaron Skabelund, Associate Professor in the Department of History, worked with Maggie Kopp, Curator of Rare Books, to tell the story of how the Bruning collection was built and how it came to BYU.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we can’t invite the public to the exhibit at this time. That said, everyone can view one of the most interesting items in the exhibit online at https://bakemono.lib.byu.edu/. This site tells the story of our “monster scroll.”

If you are a current student on campus or a BYU employee, you can see the exhibition in person by visiting Special Collections on level 1 of the library. The Library, following university policy, requires you to wear a mask and practice social distancing.
When you visit, look for the candy connection to the exhibit materials and Japan.







August 27, 2020 by news
Limited Access
Due to health concerns the Library is limiting access to university employees and students only. You may be asked to show your BYU I.D. when entering the Library.
The Library is following the university’s COVID policies including requiring people to wear face coverings (masks), wash hands, and maintain physical distance.
You can learn more about BYU’s COVID plans here https://www.byu.edu/coronavirus/.
Online Research Help For Students
Students engaging in research are encouraged to contact subject librarians via their Research Guides. The guides provide e-mail and appointment links. We also offer Chat with a librarian.
The majority of materials students will need including our databases, electronic journals, streaming services, and eBooks are available through our website, lib.byu.edu.
Do You Have Questions?
You can chat with librarians from home via https://lib.byu.edu/chat/?url=https://lib.byu.edu/
These specialized Help Desks are available online to answer questions. Click on the area you are interested in.
Level 5 Humanities
Level 4 Music & Dance
Level 2 Science
Level 2 Religion & Family History
Level 1 Social Sciences
Events
All library events for fall semester have been cancelled or moved to virtual formats. This includes lectures, music, films, workshops, and conferences.
Preventative Efforts
The library building care staff have adjusted their routine to include regular cleaning of door handles and frequently-touched surfaces.
Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes are available at numerous locations throughout the building.
We have removed some furniture to encourage individual study and are asking patrons not to study in large groups. Guides to social distancing have been posted in all of the study areas and we are asking patrons to leave chairs where they found them.
We have reduced our in-house staffing by having employees work off-site where possible. Check our Research Guides for your librarian’s contact information or use the chat system.
We encourage patrons to use online resources first. If a visit to the library building is necessary, we ask everyone to wear a face covering, practice social distancing, avoid touching staff, respect the plexiglass panels during interactions with staff, and use hand sanitizer and/or wash hands frequently. Please visit the university’s Covid-19 information page for the latest on the university’s response.
July 6, 2020 by news
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President Shane Reese has announced the appointment of Rick Anderson as university librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library. He succeeds Brian Rennick who has been interim university librarian since December 2019 following the passing of university librarian Jennifer Paustenbaugh in November.
The appointment will be effective September 1.

Anderson has been serving as associate dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah.
“Rick’s wealth of experience in libraries at other universities will prove a blessing to our students as he leads the library into the next phase of its development,” Reese said.
Anderson has worked previously as a bibliographer for YBP, Inc., as Head Acquisitions Librarian for the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and as Director of Resource Acquisition at the University of Nevada, Reno. He also serves as an unpaid advisor on the library boards of numerous publishers and organizations including biorXiv, Elsevier, JSTOR and Oxford University Press.
Anderson received his bachelor’s degree in family science and his master’s degree in library and information science from BYU.
By Natalie Ipson,
July 02, 2020
March 16, 2020 by news
Limited Access
Due to health concerns the library is limiting access to university employees and students. You may be asked to show your BYU I.D. when entering the library.
Shifting to Virtual Services
Effective Friday, March 27, the library building will remain open during regular hours, but all service points will be closed and patrons will be referred to virtual platforms such as chat and email. The library hopes to eliminate, as much as possible, employees’ physical interactions with patrons.
Patrons will still be able to check out many of our physical items using the self-checkout machines and we will provide a phone number they can call for help if needed. We will continue to retrieve books requested through the online holds system. Patrons will be able to pick up their materials at the help desk on level 3. Patrons will then need to utilize the self-checkout machine before taking items from the building.
The level 3 help desk is also answering questions via Zoom. There will be no face-to-face help, but patrons can talk to library staff via the computer at the desk.
Do You Have Questions?
You can chat with librarians from home via https://lib.byu.edu/chat/?url=https://lib.byu.edu/
The specialized Help Desks are also available online to answer questions. Click on the area you are interested in.
Level 5 Humanities
Level 4 Music & Dance
Level 2 Science
Level 2 Religion & Family History
Level 1 Social Sciences
Hours
The library is open reduced hours, 7:45 am until 8:00 pm, Monday through Saturday.
This is subject to change.
We recommend checking the library hours page when planning a visit.
The library will be closed on Sundays until further notice.
All Help Desks, with the exception of the Main Help Desk on level 3, are closed.
The Main Help Desk will continue to operate using a Zoom system. There is no face-to-face help available.
Entrance
When necessary the library may close the south doors. We suggest patrons plan on using the library’s main entrance on the north side of the building (the glass atrium).
Help For Students
Students struggling with research are encouraged to contact subject librarians via their Research Guides. We also offer Chat with a librarian.
Limited Services
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections are accessible by appointment only, https://byu.libcal.com/booking/SC_Table_Reservations. Materials must be requested 24 hours prior to appointment. All patrons must wear masks in Special Collections and we will be observing social distancing protocols.
The Family Friendly Study Room is closed until further notice.
The Education in Zion Gallery in the JFSB has closed until further notice.
The RWC (Research and Writing Center) consultation space is closed to the public but services will continue to be provided online at rwc.byu.edu.
The library Group Study Rooms (GSRs) have been converted into “Media Studios” for instructors who need a space to teach online. Training for faculty and instructors who wish to use Zoom is available online or by contacting the Patron Service Department.
Faculty Delivery Services have changed. Due to the number of departments on campus that have closed we will no longer be able to deliver books to faculty. Books can still be requested and picked up in person at the Central Help Desk on level 3.
The library has multiple restrooms on each level. We are closing some restrooms on levels 1, 2, 4, and 5 to free up our building care team to sanitize more high-traffic areas. The small restrooms in the southwest corner of level 3 will also be closed.
Our support of the Federal Depository Library Program has been disrupted due to our closure of library service points. We will be unable to page government documents during the COVID-19 event.
Due Dates
The library is happy to adjust the due dates for your checked out items. Please call 801-422-6061 or email library@byu.edu.
Multimedia and Technology
The library’s “Experiential Lab” (formerly the Media Center), on level 4 is open from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. The sound and production studios are open. Equipment is available for checkout with priority given to faculty.
Software training classes have moved online and are available using Zoom. The iMacs from level 4 are being repurposed and relocated for instructors who need devices to teach online.
Remote Resources
The library’s online resources are available. BYU faculty, students, and staff can log in remotely for access to almost all of our resources. (Our team is looking into the few digital resources that are only accessible in our building.) Our databases, electronic journals, streaming services, and eBooks are available through our website, lib.byu.edu. We recommend that faculty and students visit the Research Guides for the topics related to their courses.
Events
All library events for the semester have been cancelled. This includes lectures, music, films, workshops, and conferences. We are discouraging large groups from visiting the First Vision and other exhibitions in the library. We have created an online version of the First Vision exhibition for people to enjoy before conference week. Click here to see it.
Preventative Efforts
The library custodial staff has adjusted their routine to include more cleaning of door handles and frequently-touched surfaces. Hand sanitizer should be available at numerous locations throughout the building.
We are relocating sections of furniture to encourage individual study and asking patrons not to study in large groups. Guides to social distancing have been posted in all of the study areas and we are checking to make sure chairs are not being moved by patrons.
We have reduced our in-house staffing by having employees work off-site where possible. Check our Research Guides for your librarian’s contact information or use the chat system.
We encourage patrons to use online resources first. If a visit to the library building is necessary, we ask everyone to practice social distancing, avoid touching staff, and use hand sanitizer and/or wash hands frequently. Please visit the university’s Covid-19 information page for the latest on the university’s response.
March 12, 2020 by news
With the changes to campus in response to the COVID-19 virus people are curious about the state of the library.
At this time the library will remain open. We will offer limited services, not unlike a semester break or holiday. One notable exception is that the Family History Library will be closed. The Sunday opening planned for this weekend has been canceled.
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections may operate with reduced hours.
The library’s group study rooms will be repurposed to provide faculty with the technology to conduct online courses.
We’ll share more details as we settle in to the new situation.
We encourage everyone visiting the library to wash their hands and keep an appropriate distance from others where possible.
We also want to remind people that our online resources are available 24 hours a day through our website, lib.byu.edu.

March 10, 2020 by news
Update:
The planned open house for the new Experiential Studio has been postponed due to health concerns.
The Experiential Studio web site, https://guides.lib.byu.edu/cid, is available for faculty who are interested.
The Harold B. Lee Library’s new Experiential Studio will hold an open house on Friday, March 27, from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm.

Located on level 4 of the library, the space, formally known as the Creativity, Innovation, and Design Studio (or more informally as the CID Studio) has been completely remodeled into an interdisciplinary design center where students, faculty, and librarians from multiple colleges and departments can work together on solving compelling social problems.
Faculty are invited to visit the studio where they can experience the spaces as well as learn about the technology and services that are available.
After visiting the studio, faculty are invited to submit applications to utilize the space via the Experiential Studio web site, https://guides.lib.byu.edu/cid.


