 Librarians at Valley Library began using text messaging in March 2010 to communicate with some library patrons , and earlier started to loan out Amazon 's Kindle reader . In April , the school started allowing students to use the library 24 @-@ hours @-@ a @-@ day from Sunday through Thursday to test whether there was enough demand to allow 24 @-@ hour access on a permanent basis . The program was sponsored by the Associated Students of Oregon State University and paid for by university technology funds , and was due in part to the closure of some computer labs that had been 24 @-@ hour study areas . 
