Accessibility Resources and Services

Due to renovation construction, there will be limited access to the library building beginning August 19, 2024.

• Use the northeast accessible entrance to reach the Welcome Desk or Special Collections & Archives. The Welcome Desk is open M - F 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Special Collections & Archives is available by appointment; contact Brian Gribben at b_gribben@fhsu.edu or call 785-628-5511.
• Check out technology and pick up books on hold or requested through Interlibrary Loan at the Welcome Desk. Instructions on how to place a hold are at the bottom of this box.  
• There are no study spaces or public restrooms available in Forsyth Library at this time. See other study spaces that are open late.
• Most Library staff and the Media Lab have moved to Custer Hall.
• Electronic resources, including databases, the Scholars Repository, and the Ask a Librarian research help service, remain accessible.
• For updates, check the Renovation Status Page on our website and follow our Renovation Blog.

Forsyth Library Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that [Forsyth Library/FHSU] and the state of Kansas is historically home to many Indigenous nations, including the Kaw, Osage, and Pawnee, among others. Furthermore, Kansas is the current home to four federally recognized Native nations: The Prairie Band Potawatomie, the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, and Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska. We honor the Indigenous people on whose traditional and ancestral homelands we stand. 

It is important to acknowledge the ancestors of this place and recognize that we are here because of the sacrifices forced upon them. In remembering these communities, we honor their legacy, their lives, and their descendants.