… and it’s OK!
Did you know that the Consortium Library lends out laptops?
There are 6 MacBooks and 10 Dells that can be borrowed. You must have a current library account and your UAA or APU student, faculty, or staff ID. You may check out a laptop for 8 hours, and you are no longer required to use the laptop in the building.
Fines for late returns accrue at $1.00 per hour, up to a maximum of $20.00. If the item is not returned, you will be charged for the full replacement value.
The Consortium Library has free scanners for your use. Library users can scan books, articles, papers, photographs … really anything that can be placed flat on a desktop surface at the three Bookeye scanners. That’s not all. We also have a microform scanner, capable of digitizing microfilm and microfiche.
Users can save scans to a USB drive or email from the scanner. We have two Bookeye scanners in the Copy Room on Level One, and a third scanner on Level Two, near the ARLIS atrium.
Look for the Microform Scanner in the Copy Room on Level One.
Have you ever found yourself at school and discovered your phone or your laptop needed a charge? You scoured the library looking for an outlet, but you didn’t want to put your phone on the floor while you sat somewhere else?
The Charging Bar on Level Two of the Consortium Library has you covered. You can plug in your device (to an electrical outlet or USB connection) while you’re working, and stop worrying that the next person who walks by will step on it by mistake.
We’ve heard from students that you need more electrical outlets, and we have increased the overall number of outlets on Level Two. Whether you’re at the Charging Bar or near the Government Documents collection, you’ll find more places to recharge than ever before.
A growing body of evidence suggests that too much sitting is bad for your health. Studies show that on average, people who sit too much shave a few years off their lives, and they are at increased risk for obesity, diabetes, and other ailments. On the other hand, workers with standing or sit-stand desks have been found to be more productive, experience less body discomfort, and show greater satisfaction and engagement in their work.
The Consortium Library responded to user requests and recently added three stand up stations to our public research computers. With two PCs and a Mac, there’s something for everyone. And speaking of something for everyone, in case you don’t feel like standing, we added high stools.
Be sure and look for the computers tucked around the corner from our Foucault Pendulum!
The Library Assessment Team has analyzed comments submitted on the 2014 LibQUAL survey. We have distributed comments to the appropriate library departments, who will have the opportunity to incorporate user feedback into their future plans.
We thought you might be interested in a numerical analysis of the nature of comments: positive, negative, or neutral. While conventional wisdom may indicate that respondents are more likely to submit negative comments than positive, we found that the majority of comments from our users are positive.
To understand the two spreadsheets that follow, look at the pairs of columns by color. For example, 92 of the comments submitted by UAA users about Circulation were positive, 53 were negative, and one was neutral.
To put these figures in context, UAA users completed 2133 surveys, and left a total of 775 comments. APU users completed 186 surveys, and left a total of 58 comments.
Thanks for reading!