{"id":31,"date":"2022-08-12T15:42:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2022-08-15T16:01:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:01:19","slug":"athena","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/about\/athena\/","title":{"rendered":"Athena"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The W\u2019s Fant Memorial Library is the only library in the state, or even in the surrounding states, to have an Automated Storage and Retrieval System.\u00a0 In 2017, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MUWedu\/videos\/1318351091566842\/\">campus named ours Athena<\/a> after the Goddess of Wisdom (who conveniently also is represented by an owl).\u00a0 Built with a $1.8 million bond fund as part of our recently completed, top-to-bottom, ten-year renovation, she currently holds more than 160,000 books, DVDs, microfilm, and more in her 2400 storage compartments.\u00a0 With two laser-guided arms, she is able to quickly and conveniently retrieve lower-use items from a three-story complex.\u00a0 As soon as a library patron clicks on the \u201cRetrieve It From Athena\u201d button in the Online Catalog, Athena\u2019s arms swing into action, pulling the appropriate storage container, while notifying our library staff and student assistants that a book is in queue.\u00a0 Because patrons are logged into our system to request items from Athena, our staff are able to print a ticket with the patron\u2019s name and route the materials to the Check-out\/Returns desk to wait for pickup. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to <strong>browse<\/strong> books instead? Visit our second floor Circulating Collection and browse more than 80,000 high-use volumes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want a <strong>tour<\/strong> of Athena?&nbsp; Contact the Information Desk (662-329-7332, library@muw.edu).&nbsp; We love showing her off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a <strong>question<\/strong> about using the library\u2019s resources or services? Don\u2019t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/askathena.muw.edu\/\">Ask Athena<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/images\/library\/history\/fant8.jpg\" alt=\"Interior view of ASRS Book robot Athena\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The W\u2019s Fant Memorial Library is the only library in the state, or even in the surrounding states, to have an Automated Storage and Retrieval System.\u00a0 In 2017, the campus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/229"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}