At least every 2 years, open forum sessions sponsored by the Council Committee on Libraries and the Library should be held for undergraduate and graduate students on campus. While the Library conducts its own student surveys approximately every 5-6 years, it's important that a group separate from the Library routinely poll students on their use of the system to find out if student needs are being met. Both the Committee and Library staff learned a tremendous amount of information from this year's sessions with the students. Students are most appreciative of the Librarians and library staff. They commented frequently that the staff are great, helpful, resourceful, and knowledgeable.
Students are quite vocal that they want the libraries open more often.
The 4 support segments of the College House System need to be coordinated to work together. At present they appear to work as 4 separate systems rather than complementing each other and sponsoring events together. There must be a more efficient way of sharing such information. In addition, faculty who teach courses to freshman need to be tied into the House Project as well. For example, assignments could be designed that require greater library and computer use, necessitating student's use of information technology and library services.