Please consider placing a reshelving cart near the printer/copier machine on the bottom floor of the library. Library users leave their papers, unwanted books, and bound journals on the table next to the printer/copier, leaving little room for people who need to stack their items to be copies on the table.

Thanks for your suggestion. We’d be happy to place a reshelving cart next to the printer/copier in the lower level. Expect to see it there shortly!

The study tables and computers meant for the law library are hardly fully occupied while regular Drexel students could benefit a lot from these facilities. Until the time more computers and study tables and rooms are available, doesn’t it make sense for us to use the law library’s facilities?

Thanks for your question. It has certainly been a challenge to work out an equitable way to share space between Hagerty Library and the Legal Research Center. Library administration have agreed that non-law students can use the LRC, except for the few study tables located near the reference desk and the 10 computers. There are many more tables scattered around the third floor that non-law students can use, and we recommend checking out a laptop at the Circulation Desk on the first floor and then using it on the third floor. We hope this helps.

Are you on Twitter?

Great question! We aren’t currently on Twitter, although we’d certainly consider creating a feed if students would find that useful. For now, you can keep up-to-date on library happenings at the Library Log.

Have rentable microwaves or mini fridges so that commuters can bring bagged lunches to school.

Thanks for your suggestion. There is a microwave in the Bookmark Café that all students are allowed to use, but we are unable to provide access to a refrigerator. Since you are a commuter, I recommend you contact Commuter Services to see if they can add a refrigerator to the Commuter Lounge.

I would appreciate more vending machine options, like maybe healthier choices.

Thanks for your suggestion. We will talk with our vending machine vendors to see if this is a possibility.

Why is there no informative type of television (i.e. CNN or MSNBC) in the Bookmark Café for students to watch with closed captioning? This would be a great way to keep students engaged!

Thanks for your suggestion. We actually have something very similar to this already installed. There is a monitor near the security desk in the Bookmark Café that provides a feed of Drexel news and events. But across the bottom of the screen is a list of Reuter’ headlines. We hope you enjoy this feature!

I believe you used to have A Midnight Clear by William Wharton in the library, but I looked it up again and could not find it! It’s a brilliant WWII novel, and I would love to read it again. Thanks!

Thanks for your suggestion. This does look like an interesting book! I looked into our records, and we have no record of ever having this book. My recommendation is that you obtain this book through E-Z Borrow (which links from the library’s homepage at “Borrow from Other Libraries” in the purple box). A book ordered through E-Z Borrow takes about 3-5 business days to arrive—you will be notified via email when it is ready to pick up at the Circulation Desk. We hope you enjoy reading this book!

Fix the electrical outlets please. Only 50% of them work!

Thanks for letting us know. Unfortunately, electricians have investigated this problem and are unable to get the outlets functional without some major work. Renovations began in Hagerty during the Fall Term, and part of the renovation work will be providing better access to electricity.

Hagerty was of course built before laptops were around, so the building was not designed with this use in mind. We appreciate your patience while we await the renovations that will make this a better work environment for us all!

What is the deal with the desktop computers on the third floor restricted for law students only??? I can sort of understand the “no-undergrads” during midterms and finals, but now the desktops? This is just a bit ridiculous. Why not completely shut out the undergrads from the third floor all together? Now instead of working in a quiet area on a desktop, I, as a tuition paying student, am forced to the dungeon of a basement where people are talking and it’s overcrowded. Thanks law school.

Thanks for your question. There are only 10 computers on the third floor, and it has been the Legal Research Center’s policy for some time now to restrict those computers to law-student use only. However, the LRC recently installed some software that actually prevents non-law students from logging on. As a remedy, we recommend you check out a laptop at the Circulation Desk on the first floor and then use it on the third floor. We recently added 25 laptops to the circulating collection, so there are now 60 laptops total. We hope this helps.

I have always wondered why libraries never exposed the number of times a certain book has been checked out (political or technological?). For example, some one looking for a book on a topic like “Inferential Statistics” may benefit from what the community has to say about it (indirectly through circulation counts). Presently one has to gather this information by looking outside the library at sources like amazon.com “best-reviewed” or “highly rated” to determine popular books. I have to acknowledge that the circulation counts will be biased by when a certain book was published. Still, I think allowing patrons access to this information may be helpful (sortable tables?).

Thanks for your suggestion. After talking with our systems folk, they are very interested in your idea. We are currently looking at several ways to enhance the records in our catalog, and this is certainly something we will investigate.