There hasn’t been any soap in the men’s room on the first floor of Hagerty since Friday!!  I told someone at the circulation desk on Friday and again yesterday, and (as of 10 minutes ago, when I checked again) it has yet to be replaced.  This seems like a sanitary issue that should be addressed at some point.

Thanks very much for writing, and I’m sorry about the soap situation. We’ve heard from several people about this. In fact, the dispenser is not empty—it’s broken. We’re aware of the problem and have been working with facilities to get the dispenser fixed and filled. In the meantime, there is a working soap dispenser in the handicapped stall of that bathroom. I know it’s not ideal, but please do use it until facilities fixes the main soap dispenser.

Can you please have more bottle and can recycling bind around? I have to walk clear across the library to find one.

Thanks for the good idea. We’ll set up some more recycling bins around Hagerty Library.

Do not disrespect the man the library is named after, a former school president, by putting his statue between the toilets!

Thank you for your suggestion. We are proud to be named after William Walsh Hagerty, and we honor his memory. Renovations here at the library have been constant for many months now, and we have had to move our Hagerty bust several times to keep it safe from the possibility of damage. The bust is currently located in an area that it both safe from renovation and prominent. It is currently visible to all patrons as they walk through the building’s main entrance. We also have a painting of Hagerty, which is in protected storage until renovations are complete.

I’m happy there’s no eating in the library.

Thanks for your comment. Although the food policy may seem inconvenient, there are many like you who prefer the no-meals atmosphere. And of course don’t forget that we do allow small wrapped snacks and covered beverages when they’re not near the computers. Here’s the food policy in detail.

Since Drexel is an educational institution, any time there is not a line for computer use, please extend or eradicate the 20 minute usage rule.

Thanks for making this suggestion. In general, if there is no line, we allow patrons to use the standing computers on Hagerty’s first floor for more than the 20 minute limit. However, these computers are not meant to be used for lengthy projects or in ways that violate the university’s acceptable use policy. If we feel that rules or privileges are being abused, we reserve the right to ask patrons to stop their use of these computers.

Bill at the front desk was extremely knowledgeable and helpful.

Thanks so much for the nice comment. We like to hear what we’re doing well and when—especially when we’re being helpful. Bill gets an extra gold star.

The new computers on the second floor are not secured to the table and look as if they could fall off and hit someone on the first floor.

Thanks for the comment. I’ve alerted our Systems Department, and they are checking the second floor computers to ensure their security.

We’ve had some commentary of late about recent food rule enforcement.

Since you’ve taken away the only place where students can eat in Hagerty due to construction, will there be a temporary location for hungry studious students? Before the café, the basement was designated as the food area. Can we reinstate the basement as a designated food area temporarily? Summer students get hungry while studying too. Plus, we pay tuition.

Please let us eat here. It’s no fair that us summer students always get the short end of the stick. Give us some slack until you reopen the café.

Thanks for the suggestions. We know this is frustrating. Many fondly recall the days when Hagerty library allowed people to eat entire meals wherever they wanted in the library. The direct consequence was a less savory memory: varmints.

As we all know, the only way to detract bugs, mice, and worse, is to not feed them. Facilities like the Bookmark Café and other food-friendly lounges have the staff to clean up what hungry students leave behind. As a library, Hagerty just doesn’t have those resources.

We recognize that summer students are just as important as students in other terms. This is why we want to keep the library clean and safe during summer—the season when leftover food most quickly turns into a stinky jackpot for pests. To combat your hunger, we’ve compiled a list, found at the end of this blog post of places where you can eat your meal on campus. And don’t forget that we are still allowing snacks and covered drinks into the building.

Two DVD requests:

Can you get more Food Network DVDs? Like Alton Brown and Iron Chef. Pretty please?

Can you please get the first and second season of “How I met Your Mother”?

Thanks for these great recommendations. We’ll put them on the list for consideration later in the summer.

I don’t know if these exist, but Bill Nye, the Science Guy DVDs would be really really awesome. And The Shining.

Thanks for the great suggestions! To say that Bill Nye the Science Guy DVDs do exist is probably the understatement of the year. We’ll get some.

And, of course, what DVD collection would be complete without a copy of The Shining? We had one, but it was lost.  Perhaps it was thrown in the Schuylkill River by a creeped-out engineering student. We’ll get another one so the creep fest can continue.