Can someone please control the noise in the café? It gets so loud and rowdy and it’s impossible to study!

Thanks for your question. At this time, we are unable to make the Bookmark Café a quiet study space. The Café was designed with group study in mind, thus the booth seating, bold colors, and food service. However, we have created a new quiet study space in the glassed-in room in the Lower Level. That area has been revamped to feature study carrels. Having said that, if you have a specific concern at any time (about the Bookmark Café or the quiet room in the Lower Level), feel free to see the staff at the Circulation Desk. Thanks for your understanding.

Please provide an easy-to-find link on the front page on how the Library of Congress shelving system works. Also, please get more bike racks.

Thank you for your suggestions. We have a lot of information here at the libraries that we try to communicate on the library homepage. Unfortunately, we can’t communicate everything! But we do have a helpful website explaining Library of Congress and call numbers: http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tutorials/usingcallnumbers.html. Here is some additional Library of Congress Classification information: http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/.

Regarding the bike racks, we are aware that there is a shortage of bike racks at the front of the building. We have ordered new bike racks, and they should be installed sometime during the spring term. We’d appreciate your patience for just a little longer. Thanks!

Can you put Mike’s Bikes on your computer systems?

Thanks for your suggestion. We are checking with Systems to see if it is possible to add this software. In the meantime, the Rocereto Computer Lab (located on the first floor of Matheson Hall) has Mike’s Bikes installed on all their computers. Please note that the Rocereto Computer Lab is made available only to students currently enrolled in LeBow College of Business.

Good facilities maintenance! Toilet paper, paper towels, clean, soap—all facilities are well kept.

We’re glad to hear the library facility has been clean and well-maintained, even in the midst of being open 24-7 for exams. We’ll make sure to congratulate Facilities for their hard work!

More outlets everywhere. A lot don’t work as well. Also DVD: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Seasons 1-5!

Thanks for letting us know that many outlets aren’t working. We are planning to purchase power strips and we will make them available for checkout at the Circ Desk. That way, you will be able to access electricity throughout the building. We will let you know when the power strips are available. Also, I’ve added Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the list of recommended DVDs.

Can you folks get new furniture for the study rooms? The old ones are breaking down.

Thanks for your suggestion. We will talk with the architects to see if new furniture for the study rooms is part of the renovation plans. Stay tuned for more details…

Can you please enact harsher punishments on people who don’t turn in DVDs on time if at all? A chopped off hand should suffice. It’s really annoying to have to wait forever for someone to decide to return in-demand DVDs when they get good and ready. Oh—and could you guys start burning DVDs so that way if they don’t come back at all there’s an extra copy for rental? Thanks.

Thank you for your suggestion. While we agree that it is frustrating waiting for DVDs to return, we do think our fines are harsh enough. We charge $1 for every day a DVD is overdue. Realizing that our patrons are often financially strapped, we don’t want to enforce harsher policies. Most importantly, we hope that our patrons will take the responsibility to return DVDs on time, and we thoroughly appreciate those patrons that do. Unfortunately, we are unable to burn additional copies of DVDs as that would be unlawful reproduction.

Is it possible to have the custodial staff keep their voices down while they clean in the morning as there are students studying and it is very difficult to concentrate when they are chronically talking while they are cleaning? It is very distracting. Just a suggestion…it would be a big help considering we are going into finals week.

Thanks for your suggestion. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. We will remind the Library staff and Facilities that we are now open 24/7 for exams and that conversation should be kept on the quiet side.

We need extension power plugs. There are only a few power suppliers but students have laptops that require power. Thanks.

Thanks for your suggestion. We agree that additional power strips would be a benefit to the students. We’ll talk with Systems and Facilities to see if it’s possible to add them.

Has anyone noticed the colors in the library are blue and gray? They are kind of mopey. Why doesn’t someone, while we’re renovating, change the color scheme to something a little more emotionally upbeat.

Thanks for your suggestion. We have talked with the architects, and a new color scheme is definitely in the works. We certainly don’t want to be a depressing library!