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Question 4: Scheduling Collaboration Rooms

Question

Many of you have requested that we have collaboration rooms (group study rooms) available to schedule — how do you feel about this?

Results

Answers	Responses
I don't think the rooms need to be scheduled	57	12%
A mix of scheduled/unschedule rooms would work best	397	84%
All collaboration rooms should be scheduled	11	2%
No answer	9	2%

Comments

• The big nice rooms on the second floor need scheduling for most effective use by large groups. Right now some rooms seem underutilized by only 2 or 3 people at a time.
• this could be done a day in advance; but should be followed through so that a room doesnt stay empty and unused.
• having someone checking on the rooms to make sure they are not being monopolized by one person would be nice
• More enforcement against group rooms being used by single people would also alleviate some of the usage
• Rooms are always full and I dont know who to talk to to check one out
• 2/3 free rooms and 1/3 scheduled
• Some rooms do need to be scheduled (such as when rooms are only being taken up by one person) but others definitely should not. Especially for last minute meetings.
• I like the collaboration rooms by myself because often the library is too noisy and crowded for me to concentrate.
• Sometimes I walk by and see one person in the room; when there is a group working at a table outside. I don't think that's fair.
• Primarily unscheduled rooms would be best; but a few scheduled rooms are good for students who absolutely need to have opportunity to study together
• I like first come; first serve. otherwise there will be a lot of no-shows and rooms wouldn't be used to max potential
• maybe only scheduled around finals
• Have some only for reserve others first come first serve
• Sometimes it would be nice to know that you can reserve one. Many times; "free for all" just means "don't even try; it's going to be taken anyway."
• I feel that if youor come to the library at the right time; there are plenty of rooms open
• this way if you need to reserve one you can; but there still are rooms available for who ever.
• There are too many flaky people at college; many rooms would go unused and BOOKED
• More unscheduled rooms than scheduled rooms.
• Some people just spend the whole day in their it's pretty annoying.
• It's convenient to be able to schedule a room; but it would be nice to be able to use a room last minute
• Scheduled would help in some cases but I think unscheduled still works fine.
• Just more rooms would be good
• There should also be a minimum of 3-4 members before being able to schedule one. A lot of times I see people hanging out in the rooms with only 2 people and not even collaborative
• I think it's fair to have a scheduling system; but also unscheduled. More scheduled rooms than unscheduled though.
• More available study rooms would help the problem of the search for study rooms
• Most group project meetings are scheduled; so it seems natural that group study rooms should be scheduled; as well
• From what i've seen; there are usually 1-2 collaboration rooms open during a given time period. However; making a couple of them scheduled would help out those students who desperately need the room during peak hours of use.
• half should be scheduled