Dean Gardner acknowledges that all responses are valid, be they anecdotal and circumstantial. Each survey answer informs the library about its users. I wonder if the library understands that these head counts may lead the library to false assumptions about particular library functions popularity. A low use of a particular function does not automatically mean that the aspect is not wanted, as many students do not know the library for all that it has. The library's main mission is curriculum support.
Librarians constantly meet with faculty and attend faculty meetings.
These relationship's are the students responsibility too. Without student input, the librarians only perspective on students' interests are from curriculums framed by the faculty. Students need to communicate with the librarians in order to inform them about what they need for their individual work and research. The faculty has their own objective which sometimes does not coincide with the interests of the student, because student artists gain inspiration from sources outside of academia. Voice your concerns and interests.