Please provide more tables on the second floor! Now that the third floor is undergoing renovation, there are no quiet study areas for more than one person!

Thanks for your suggestion. We will look into distributing more tables throughout the second floor for quiet group study. Please also be aware that you can always check out a group study room, even if you plan to be quiet.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Please have more plug points in the 24-7 Café and a water fountain, too. Thanks!!!

Thanks for your suggestions. In order to help increase the number of power outlets in the Bookmark Café, we will be purchasing power strips and making them available for checkout at the circulation desk.

We have provided vending machines, and the cafe will provide water. But we will consider adding a water fountain as well.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Please enforce the no smoking ordinance at the Hagerty front entrance. It’s truly disgusting that smoke clouds enter into the library. Please enforce the rule and make it 25 feet. I’m surprised no one has called the health department yet—gross.

Thanks for expressing your concern. Please know that we share your concerns about smoking outside the Hagerty entrance. We have signs posted notifying patrons of our policy, and we are asking Public Safety to patrol the area when they are on their rounds. We are also looking into moving the ashtrays further away from the library entrance. If you have a particular concern at any time, please see the staff at the Circulation Desk, and they will be happy to assist you.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The 24-hour café is a great idea, but the food counter should be 24-hours also! One of the biggest problems I have when working there is that I must interrupt my work to go all the way to Wawa or eat vending machine food (which is not healthy).

We’re glad to hear you are enjoying the Bookmark Café, and we share your concerns about the hours the food service is available. We will be periodically evaluating the cafe's hours, and perhaps we will stay open longer in the future.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The study rooms are HOT and it’s hard to concentrate. Does the ventilation/AC circulate in them?

Thanks for letting us know that the study rooms have been uncomfortably hot recently. Over the next month, we will be removing the air handlers from the roof of Hagerty and replacing them with new ones. During this time, the library (and the study rooms) may be warm, but temporary air handlers have been installed on the sidewalk to help ease the heat and provide air circulation. We appreciate your patience during this time of transition and look forward to the new air handlers, which should be much better at regulating temperatures in Hagerty.

Posted by Tara Martin at 12:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)