This year we posed the question, "How can the Library be improved?" and asked for a few response sentences. Below are the parsed out responses under categories with rough counts to illustrate the number of times a topic was mentioned. “*” notes that a student put a star next to an existing statement in agreement or that multiple students made the exact same statement.
Computers & printing - 25 mentions
Outlets - 23 mentions
Hours - 14 mentions
Furniture - 13 mentions
Bathroom - 10 mentions
Temperature - 8 mentions
Study Rooms - 5 mentions
Quiet - 5 mentions
Textbooks - 3 mentions
Other
Computers & printing - 25 mentions
Can we please have a monitor that’ll hook up to our PC’s?
Change HDMI cords at tables with TV’s so they work with new computers
Clean the keyboards more often***
Computers are hit and miss
Computers on 2nd & 3rd floor
Free/cheaper printing
Maybe have phone chargers to rent
More cables to hook up computers
More computers*
Wi-fi printing*********
Thanks for not having/making PLU students change out password needlessly!
Outlets - 23 mentions
more outlets********************
Outlets EVERYWHERE
Extension cables on all tables
Hours - 14 mentions
Don’t close so early on weekends*
Library hours extended & weekend hours**
More dead week hour for finals*
More hours**
More weekend hours, Spring break hours
Open library access with card 24/7
Weekend hours (earlier on weekends)*
Furniture - 13 mentions
Bean bags next to the windows on the 3rd floor.
Better chairs with support*
Can we please have couch?
Lamps instead of fluorescent lighting
More armchairs with fold-out desks
More bean bag chairs
More bean bag chairs/spots
More comfortable chairs*
More study booths
New desks
New seating
Bathroom - 10 mentions
2nd floor bathrooms don’t need 2 doors to go in
All gender restrooms on every floor*
Bathroom on the 1st floor*
Larger accessible bathrooms*
More bathrooms*
More than 1 bathroom on the 1st floor
Temperature - 8 mentions
FIX THE HEAT******
So hot on the 1st floor!
Study Rooms - 5 mentions
Bring back the original way you reserved a study room. The new way is so slow.
Improve study room reservations (bigger time blocks)
Improve study rooms, many feel cramped and too small for even one person
Make study rooms quiet on 3rd floor
More study rooms
Quiet - 5 mentions
Keep noise level down on 2nd floor*
More quiet on 2nd floor
Sound control
Try to control the noise level on 2nd floor
Textbooks - 3 mentions
More “required” books available for classes**
Other
Better advertisement of the services in the library
Fully functioning vending machine (always working)*
hot water for tea (coffee/tea stand)**
More water bottle refilling stations
Online instructions on how to use copier and other services*
Snacks are always a plus
Some type of meditation space
Thanks for not having/making PLU students change out password needlessly!
Whiteboard markers available at library for loan
bring the art pieces back to Wakanda (a.k.a. origin and description of these pieces. Thank you!)
Please return artifacts on 2nd floor stairwell foyer to Wakanda! But seriously . . . context and info about how these pieces were “collected” is critical.