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Comments
Anonymous Studentsays
Why does it still cost 24 cents to print 2 pages on one piece of paper? Stop squeezing money out of the students, it’s diabolical!
librariessays
Actually it’s 22 cents–12 for the first side and 10 for the second. Software licenses, new printers and a steady flow of paper and toner do add up…We do what we can to keep costs to students down, and we try hard to be diabolical as seldom as possible!
Anonymous Studentsays
SHUT UP on the quiet floors!!!
There needs to be more circulation of staff through out the quiet floors of the library all week I have listened to a group of people, usually the same ones who jabber on about their lives while I’m trying to cram for school. I’m pretty much fed up, there is just no where to study!
librariessays
We sympathize with your fed-up-ness, especially during exam period! Staff actually do patrol the quiet floors once per hour every weekday between 11 am and 5 pm. Evenings and weekends the building attendant monitors quiet areas, and Circulation staff are also responsible for dealing with complaints about noise. We’ve also posted extra signs by the large tables which is where the noisy groups usually are…We’re doing the best we can!
Catherine Hollowaysays
Fix Prowler. It’s horribly broken, and when it does work it isn’t nearly as good as results you can get just by searching Google Scholar.
librariessays
Yes, Prowler does have distinct limitations–it’s intended as a “quick and dirty” database search and an introduction to the whole concept of finding articles in databases.
When you say “horribly broken”–can you be more specific? What were you trying to do that didn’t work for you?
Anonymous Student says
Why does it still cost 24 cents to print 2 pages on one piece of paper? Stop squeezing money out of the students, it’s diabolical!
libraries says
Actually it’s 22 cents–12 for the first side and 10 for the second. Software licenses, new printers and a steady flow of paper and toner do add up…We do what we can to keep costs to students down, and we try hard to be diabolical as seldom as possible!
Anonymous Student says
SHUT UP on the quiet floors!!!
There needs to be more circulation of staff through out the quiet floors of the library all week I have listened to a group of people, usually the same ones who jabber on about their lives while I’m trying to cram for school. I’m pretty much fed up, there is just no where to study!
libraries says
We sympathize with your fed-up-ness, especially during exam period! Staff actually do patrol the quiet floors once per hour every weekday between 11 am and 5 pm. Evenings and weekends the building attendant monitors quiet areas, and Circulation staff are also responsible for dealing with complaints about noise. We’ve also posted extra signs by the large tables which is where the noisy groups usually are…We’re doing the best we can!
Catherine Holloway says
Fix Prowler. It’s horribly broken, and when it does work it isn’t nearly as good as results you can get just by searching Google Scholar.
libraries says
Yes, Prowler does have distinct limitations–it’s intended as a “quick and dirty” database search and an introduction to the whole concept of finding articles in databases.
When you say “horribly broken”–can you be more specific? What were you trying to do that didn’t work for you?