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Construction Closure

Hoover Library and the McDaniel Archives Reading Room will be closing for construction from Monday, 12/16/24, reopening Tuesday, 1/21/25. The librarians and all virtual resources and services will be available throughout the closure. For specific questions, contact Elizabeth Davidson. For information on holiday hours, please see our hours page.

Finals Week Programming: Spring 2024: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Finals Week: Studio Ghibli

Long Night Against Procrastination

We're kicking off this semester's finals week activities with the Long Night Against Procrastination!

Join us in the library May 2nd from 7PM - Midnight for a night of studying, writing, snacks, camaraderie, and crafts! We'll be using Conference Room 1B and Wahrhaftig to offer you both a quiet space and a more lively space if you prefer some noise when you work.

We're thrilled to have librarians available to help you with any research questions all night as well as tutors from the STEM and Writing Centers! STEM Center tutors should be around for the full night and our Writing Center tutors will arrive at 10, after the Center has closed.

Watch this space for more updates about finals week activities!

If you have any questions, you can contact Steph Crowell at scrowell@mcdaniel.edu.

Finals Week Activities

Pet-Grams are back!

Feeling stressed? Know someone who would appreciate a pick-me-up? Send yourself, a friend, professor, or colleague some love and support in the form of a Finals Week Pet-Gram, courtesy of Hoover Library!

Each pet-gram will feature a photograph of an adorable pet (your choice of dog or cat) in the HooverLib or My Caring Paws families. Include a customized message of your own or have us include a kind and supportive message for you. See the request form below for an example Pet-Gram.

There is no limit on pet-gram request, so send as many as you wish! Requests will be accepted through May 6th at 11:59PM. Pet-Grams will be sent via email OR Instagram Direct Message (DM) throughout finals week.).

Questions? Email Steph Crowell at scrowell@mcdaniel.edu! 

To request a Pet-Gram, select the button below!

Paws to De-Stress

Sunday, May 5th, 5PM - 7PM

Hoover Library, Conference Room 1B

The My Caring Paws therapy dogs will be in HooverLib for finals week! Start your week off right by stopping by Conference Room 1B anytime between 5pm and 7pm on Sunday May 5th to pet and snoot boop away your end-of-semester stress. Lint rollers, hand sanitizer, and hot chocolate will be provided (while supplies last)..

Magical Traveling Refreshment Trolley

Monday, May 6th, 6PM - 8PM

Hoover Library, library-wide

The finals week refreshment trolley is back in all its glory! Be anywhere in the library starting at 6pm on Monday 05/06 to get some free, hot beverages courtesy of HooverLib and AVI.

Virtual Relaxation Room

Available anytime!

Feeling stressed? Check out our virtual relaxation room to unwind, destress, and take a break! Follow this direct link to the room or navigate to and select the Virtual Relaxation Room page (on the left side of the screen on a desktop, bottom of the page on a mobile device).

What better way to relieve some end-of-semester stress than making memes? Make a Video Game-themed meme related to finals or the end of the semester (keep it clean!) using one of the templates we have provided below, or use one of your own. We will share all of the memes on our Instagram feed and stories throughout finals week!

How to play:

  1. Design your own meme(s) that somehow incorporate video games and finals week. Remember to keep it clean--inappropriate memes submitted will not be published.
  2. Submit your meme(s) by 11:59pm on May 5th.

You can submit your meme(s) by either:


Feel free to use one of our templates below:

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