These are messages, comments, suggestions, and recommendations that have been left on the message board in the atrium of the Henry Madden Library.
Examples include:
* CAFE!
* Being able to eat and drink anywhere in the Library.
* Extended Library hours.
* Group study rooms.
* Quiet study areas.
* Exercise room.
* Nap room.
* Showers for the homeless.
* Better lighting.
* Nice library workers.
* Children's room.
* Recycling bins.
* Better, faster, new, more computers!
* Comfortable chairs.
* Use solar energy.
* A giant "free speech" posting board ... with NO CENSORSHIP! (Foul language, sexual remarks, etc. all allowed.)
* Name tags on all library workers and title, so we know if we're talking to a librarian or a student.
* Showers during finals. We need to study all night but we need to be clean too. Also, beds so you can rest up before the finals.
* A public access DVD player (like they have at the Woodward Park Branch).
* New microfilm reader/printer.
* New printers.
* Cell phone area.
* More books and magazines.
* More areas with computers.
* Employees with name tags.
* Mailbox.
* ATM.
* Vending machine with USB drives, pens, Post-it Notes, blank CDs, and other office products.
* Easy to read map of the library.
* More books and journals, fewer "tech" solutions to "pen-and-paper" problems.
Please read and respond to these messages, or add suggestions of your own!
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Site Visits
The VTF had an intense two day site visit and tours of the following libraries and museums on May 21st and 22nd:
San Jose StateUniversity and Public Libary (http://www.sjlibrary.org/)
The Technology Museum of Innovation (http://www.thetech.org/)
Sonoma State University Library (http://library.sonoma.edu/)
The Charles Schultz Museum and Research Center (http://www.schulzmuseum.org/)
Our purpose was to learn about what worked and what didn't when planning their buildings, what trends do they see in libraries and museums, and what mistakes should we avoid in our building. We learned so much and brought back so much information! Our brains are spinning from all of the new ideas and trends that we learned about. I have asked each member of the VTF to post some of the most interesting features or services that they learned from our visit.
San Jose StateUniversity and Public Libary (http://www.sjlibrary.org/)
The Technology Museum of Innovation (http://www.thetech.org/)
Sonoma State University Library (http://library.sonoma.edu/)
The Charles Schultz Museum and Research Center (http://www.schulzmuseum.org/)
Our purpose was to learn about what worked and what didn't when planning their buildings, what trends do they see in libraries and museums, and what mistakes should we avoid in our building. We learned so much and brought back so much information! Our brains are spinning from all of the new ideas and trends that we learned about. I have asked each member of the VTF to post some of the most interesting features or services that they learned from our visit.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
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