Since Decem­ber 16, the Mudd Library’s ele­va­tor has been out-of-service, as the 32-year old sys­tem is under­go­ing an upgrade. Sched­uled to be unavail­able until the end of Jan­u­ary, patrons are advised that box retrieval may take longer than the usual 10 min­utes and that patrons may be asked to limit the num­ber of boxes recalled at any one time, depend­ing on cir­cum­stances. Pic­tured in this blog entry are (from top): the ele­va­tor in its present state as seen from the first floor; the old hydraulic con­troller after it was removed from the ele­va­tor closet; and the cur­rent means of gain­ing access to our stacks.