Category: Announcements

This week’s library lobby survey had the statement, “Internet Privacy…” with options of “concerns me”, “don’t know, don’t care”, “I don’t know enough to be scared” and a “Write in Response” option. Results are in!

• concerns me: 88 votes
• don’t know, don’t care: 12 votes
• I don’t know enough to be scared: 29 votes
• Write in Response: 11 votes

Admittedly the response choices were leading and we appreciate people making note of that! An interesting meme reference and concerns about current politics were some of the write in responses:

-Bring back Reed’s own email. Free ourselves from Google

-I do know but don’t care mostly b/c there’s always a way around

-these answer choices offered skew the responses you get

-Emwee [Ennui?] and the karma got its kiss for me girl are the same person

-I’m not concerned about my personal privacy, but I am concerned about how the influx of irrelevant information impacts our politics

-also these answer choices are biased

-I know enough and don’t care

-I would like some, Please

-I feel that it is naïve and paranoid to put a lot of weight onto the importance of internet privacy. The political and economy system we are part of all but encourages companies to take full advantage of what we do on our computers. The true issue is the system itself. Be concerned for the state of our government not for your petty privacy.

-Data is the new oil- Andrew Yang Yanggang 2020

-not concerned, but curious

• Total: 140 votes

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to hear feedback from you all.

This week’s library lobby survey asked, “When I use Course Reserves, I use…” with options of “eBooks”, “Print books”, “Both (print and ebook)”, and “What’s a course reserve”. Results are in!

• eBooks: 13 votes
• Print books: 44 votes
• Both (print and eBook): 45 votes
• What’s a Course Reserve: 20 votes
• Total: 122 votes

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to hear feedback from you all.

We had a write in question for this week’s library lobby survey: “What software or technology do you wish the library had?” You gave us 33 total responses:

• A computer with the capability to download new fonts from the web
• 3d printer
• Igor Pro
• Ableton
• Dijon Mustard
• Some kind of dedicated theater database
• Electronic subscription to NYT, etc.
• Zotero, Photoshop
• Illustrator/Photoshop
• More GIS
• Adobe PDF Reader 🙂
• Final Cut Pro
• Microsoft Teams
• -More hole punches spread around -easier to find sci journal access??
• Wifi that works in the government archives
• photocopier/scanner
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Tablet drivers! We have photoshop but its a pain w/ out pressure sensitivity
• Final Cut Pro or Photoshop
• The Adobe Suite
• Computers running Linux
• Logic/video editing programs
• Bloomberg Terminal
• pro tools
• in Design
• smart boards
• Dreamweaver
• Photoshop
• updated Adobe Indesign
• VR headsets
• VR headset
• subscription to more science journals
• really good scanner

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to hear feedback from you all.

This week’s library lobby survey asked, “I want the library to provide more…” with options of “Cultural events or lectures”, “Workshops”, “Book Discussions”, and a write-in jar for “Suggestions”. Results are in!

• Cultural events or lectures: 83 votes
• Workshops: 41 votes
• Book Discussions: 40 votes
• Total: 164
• Write in suggestions included earlier opening hours, author talks, fun books for reading, acoustically separated areas, to remove the empty metal under-desk computer holders in North Ref, and WARMTH.

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy! We love to hear feedback from you all.

In the library, our main job is to help you find and access resources, which often means answering a lot of questions! In this week’s Library Lobby Survey, we wanted to know how you’d prefer to ask questions.

Results are in: Of 159 responses, most prefer to ask questions in person.

• In person: 88
• Text: 42
• Chat: 15
• Email: 14

Library Lobby Surveys happen (almost) every Tuesday. Stop by to cast your vote and get some candy!