Group Study Woes

Q: I think it is ridiculous that you have to have a reservation in order to get a room with a computer. It's very inconvenient! Especially when you have big groups.

A: Christopher Cox, Interim Director of Libraries, responds...

I'm sorry you were unable to find a group study room when you needed one. Unfortunately we only have a total of eleven rooms at this point which include plasma screens and a computer phyically located in the room. At this time or year near the end of the semester there is high demand for these rooms. The only way to offer every group an equal opportunity to use the rooms is to ask them to reserve them ahead of time.

We realize there are not enough computer group studies in the library and we are looking into installing one more in the coming year. However, our space restrictions mean we'll never be able to meet student demand. We attempt to accomodate this by offering wireless access throughout the building, meaning that other group studies which do not include computer hardware can be used by checking out a laptop here int he ibrary or using your own. Nearly any space in the library can also immediately then become a group computer study space.

I appreciate your comment, and would love to work with you and other students to figure out what additional facilities our necessary to support your research and study needs.