Chat with Library Staff | UGA Libraries

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Hours Friday, May 2, 2025
Main Library	7:30am – 9:00pm
— Main Help Desk	7:30am – 9:00pm
— Data Studio @ Main	7:30am – 9:00pm
— Interlibrary Loan Office	8:00am – 5:00pm

Chat Hours

Fall and Spring Semesters

Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The UGA Libraries and the chat service are closed on University holidays and home football Saturdays.

Hours will be shorter during breaks. See Full Calendar for daily hours.

The "Chat with UGA Library Staff" service is best suited to short questions. If you need more in-depth research or information literacy support, please schedule an appointment with one of our librarians over zoom or in-person.

Availability

Chat service is primarily intended for University of Georgia faculty, staff and students but it is available to the general public as well.

Appropriate use

Questions should be research related or pertain to resources available at the University of Georgia or the Athens area. Note that questions of a complex nature such as a literature review for a thesis are not conducive to chat service. Please consider submitting a Research Consultation request to meet with a librarian for in-depth assistance so we can devote an appropriate amount of time to your question. See our Ask A Question page for other options. Chat sessions may be terminated and the users banned for inappropriate or rude language; harassment of any kind; or repeated off-topic questions. Users of this service are expected to comply with the University of Georgia Policies on Use of Computers.

Privacy

Questions submitted to Ask-A-Question email service and Chat service are archived by the UGA Libraries for internal research and training purposes in a secure, password protected environment. To benefit other users of the service, we may add your question to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) website. If we do so, we will remove all personally identifiable information. The UGA Libraries maintains strict confidentiality and does not share e-mail addresses or other personal information of Ask-A-Question or Chat users with any other organization.