Building Development Survey Results - January 1997

Lighting

• Add window or two
• Strange light; dark, gloomy
• Better lighting

Access

• More signage
• Make more seeable to public
• 4-hour access (ID controlled) to study area and computer room
• Students desperately need outside access to the new library study space (with locks on unmanned access within library to protect collection); (Response from manager of Davis 5 Learning Center - 9 rooms/900 vol. library/5 student computers/24-hour access)
• Make it easier to locate AVs

Equipment

• Better, more reliable scanning facilities
• Need to update VCRs to get better resolution
• More printers

Environment

• Better HVAC controls

Please Evaluate the Following Where “1” is Poor and “5” is Excellent.

(Number of responses per rating.)

Copy Machines

Number of machines

• 1: 7
• 2: 16
• 3: 14
• 4: 19
• 5: 4

Convenient Location

• 1: 2
• 2: 0
• 3: 10
• 4: 23
• 5: 25

Adjacent Workspace

• 1: 3
• 2: 13
• 3: 12
• 4: 21
• 5: 9

Environments

Temperature control comfort

• 1: 5
• 2: 6
• 3: 10
• 4: 24
• 5: 16

Lighting-General

• 1: 0
• 2: 5
• 3: 12
• 4: 26
• 5: 17

Lighting-Task

• 1: 1
• 2: 7
• 3: 12
• 4: 20
• 5: 19

Ventilation

• 1: 0
• 2: 2
• 3: 12
• 4: 29
• 5: 16

Noise/Sound Control

• 1: 3
• 2: 6
• 3: 15
• 4: 24
• 5: 12

Telecommunications Connections

Learning Resources Center

• 1: 0
• 2: 1
• 3: 5
• 4: 22
• 5: 12

Computer Reference Area

• 1: 1
• 2: 2
• 3: 9
• 4: 25
• 5: 9

Telecommunication System

Convenience

• 1: 1
• 2: 1
• 3: 4
• 4: 20
• 5: 10

Performance

• 1: 0
• 2: 1
• 3: 5
• 4: 22
• 5: 8

Soft or lounge seating

Quality

• 1: 6
• 2: 4
• 3: 20
• 4: 16
• 5: 4

Number

• 1: 7
• 2: 10
• 3: 16
• 4: 10
• 5: 7

Group Study Rooms

Quality

• 1: 0
• 2: 1
• 3: 15
• 4: 11
• 5: 2

Number

• 1: 7
• 2: 3
• 3: 12
• 4: 5
• 5: 2

Individual Study Rooms

Quality

• 1: 0
• 2: 3
• 3: 10
• 4: 5
• 5: 1

Number

• 1: 6
• 2: 4
• 3: 7
• 4: 2
• 5: 1

Computer Carrels

Quality

• 1: 1
• 2: 2
• 3: 14
• 4: 21
• 5: 5

Number

• 1: 4
• 2: 9
• 3: 18
• 4: 8
• 5: 4

Telecommunication Outlets Should be Provided at the Following Locations:

• Group Study Rooms: 22
• Study Carrels: 23
• Lounge Seating: 12
• Other: 1 journal room; small conference rooms

Please List and Describe Performance Issues Which You Think That the Expansion/Renovation Should Address.

Environment

• Sound reduction
• Better temperature control

Workspaces

• Pleasant reading areas
• Quiet, individual study areas 3
• Meeting spaces
• Expand archives/historical collection

Furniture

• Comfortable chairs
• More worktables in journal section
• Add more grouped furniture lounge space

Proximities: Flexibility

• Knock hole between computers and journal room
• Segregate better student study and computer use from scholarly or research activities and journal use
• Common central space where people are more likely to see each other in coming and going to facilitate interaction amonge faculty/staff/students

Telecommunications/Equipment

• All electronic library
• More copy machines
• Standardize Copicard with Cavalier Advantage
• Adequate computer facilities onsite and adequate login connections 2
• On study carrel, some sort of hole or hook to lock personal PC to - cannot secure laptop now with security cable
• plan for online journals and increased computerization

Signage

• Label aisles better

Access

• Have some area open to students and residents on a 24-hour basis