Maroon Opinions

Interim Hours

I noticed today that the Crerar library changed its hours for the rest of the summer.  These weeks are crucial for graduate students writing dissertations. There were a lot of students in the first floor and all of us were wondering why you changed the hours at the end of the summer. There is no other space in the University with extended hours so I would really request that Crerar keep its normal summer hours.

Traditionally both Crerar and Regenstein have closed earlier in the evenings during interims/breaks. (Generally, 8pm for Regenstein and 10pm for Crerar.)

While we understand this inconveniences people who enjoy studying late into the night, having shortened hours during interim allows us to save some money. Further, this year we have a security guard doing walk-throughs of Crerar and Regenstein at closing, and this has required us to keep the closing times of both buildings within a few hours of each other.

Even with our reduced building hours, Crerar is still open over 90 hours each week. The building will also be open Labor Day, a University holiday, for 14 hours (8am-10pm).

 

Where did the call numbers go?

I'd like to comment on what appears to be a new feature in the Library Catalog (not LENS). When search results appear, it is no longer possible to see the call numbers for various items without clicking into the record. This seems to me to be an inefficient change to the catalog, and makes searching for items more difficult, frustrating, and time consuming. This does not seem to be an improvement, but rather somewhat of a step backward, and I hope that this is something that might be considered and changed.

Our apologies -- a few days ago we noticed that (keyword) search results were occasionally dropping their call numbers. Our crack Library IT staff is on the case.

Problems with the 3rd floor restrooms

Two times in the last week I have walked into the women's restroom in the 3rd floor Regenstein reading room to find the toilet seat in the left-most stall smeared with feces. This is obviously a problem that I think you would want to fix.

Eeew, said everyone in the Suggestions Office (male and female). We're checking this restroom a little more frequently to identify and clean up any mess, but so far haven't caught anyone in the act.

Leaks on the 3rd Floor

the leak on the 3rd floor is rather bad - when will they fix it? It has been going on for awhile. It fills a garbage can within 10 minutes in a bad rain.

The bay windows on the north side of the 3rd floor reading room (facing Max P) have indeed been leaky for a while. Every time we get a hard rain, water comes pouring in.

The good news: there is an ongoing project to repair the roof in Regenstein -- you may have noticed some orange construction fencing on the top of the building -- and we're hopeful that bay windows will be repaired as part of this project. However, due to other work that has to take place first, it's unlikely the windows will be repaired until next summer, meaning that we will have to endure the leaks for a little while longer.