This year we posed the question, "What do you like about the Library? 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.
Space - 27 mentions
Staff - 13 mentions
Furniture - 9 mentions
Quiet - 9 mentions
Computers & printing - 8 mentions
Resources - 7 mentions
Study rooms - 6 mentions
Help Desk - 3 mentions
Hours - 3 mentions
Other
Space - 27 mentions
3rd floor natural lighting from atrium stairwell
All the natural light**
Awesome spaces for studying
Different study spaces
Good group study space on 1st floor
Good place to study
Great quiet place to study (3rd floor)*
Great study area for (loud) groups!
Literally the only place I can get work done.**
Open environment for studying make me focus
Open feel of entry
Spacious/open
Thank you for a great space where there is everything I need.
The amount of study space
The environment that the library gives***
There is always room to sit, either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd floor.
To be some place I can relax and learn while comfy.
Windows*
Staff - 13 mentions
Cool people
Helpful nature of All
How helpful everyone is
Librarians are very helpful!!
Librarians***
Staff
The great staff
The staff and interlibrary loan
They were nice to me when I spilled my coffee
Wonderfully helpful staff
Furniture - 9 mentions
Comfy chairs and plenty of room to study
Different types of seating
Group tables on main floor*
Large tables, spacious*
New booths - bless these booths*
Study booths with easy access outlets
Quiet - 9 mentions
Different floors with noise
Different levels for noise: allows people to study with what level they like
How the levels of noise vary by floor
Quiet
Quiet place to study and get away
Quiet space for learning
The different floors (level of noise)
The different levels
The levels of “quietness”*
Computers & printing - 8 mentions
Computers & printing*
Convenient printing, copying, scanning
Design Lab*
Has printers
Mac computers**
The amount of computers and the tech services
The computers
Resources - 7 mentions
Access to academia & entertainment & equipment
Access to books, databases, study spaces, 3rd floor quietness*
Interlibrary loan, Ebsco, JSTOR access**
Massive Holocaust Studies collection
Research resources
Resourceful (i.e., computers, books, tech)
The music section
Study rooms - 6 mentions
Study rooms are great
Study rooms with computers
Study rooms***
Help Desk - 3 mentions
Help Desk
i-Tech
My Help Desk staff and job
Hours - 3 mentions
Dead week hours
The hours
We can basically study here all day
Other
Bathroom on the 1st floor
Cool in the summer!
How easy it is to reserve rooms
Integrated spaces like IT & Academic Assistance
It has technology that helps with schoolwork: projectors, moveable whiteboards, study rooms, etc.
Movie library!
That we can eat*
The library is awesome!
The student aid
There’s a microwave
Whiteboards on wheels