Library Space by Kate Walker https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf en-us 2018-11-22 16:45:31 UTC 2025-10-06 13:06:59 UTC hello@padlet.com klw https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307073654 Bathrooms: need more women stalls or more bathrooms.
Space for students and staff to use their mobile phones and not disturb others.
Bookable seating throughout the library no matter what time of the year it is.
Offices that have triple pane window so you don’t feel the wind flow through the office.
Better lighting in the offices.
]]> 2018-11-22 16:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307073654 Some bean bags preferably leather for easy cleaning peter_kargbo https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307076132 2018-11-22 16:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307076132 https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307213971 There is not enough space.
Study spaces are at a premium even now and I feel bookable library study desks, only available for booking during the exam period should be made available now.
 
I don’t think that the amount of toilet facilities is adequate for the numbers of people who use the Library. I often see queues of female students outside the ladies toilets and this may be borne out by the recent blockages to toilet facilities around the Library. 
 
The group study rooms are regularly booked to capacity  7 days in advance.
]]> 2018-11-23 09:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307213971 Blue sky thinking...It's time we stop the tinkering and start the raising of funds to build a brand new library befitting a modern Russell Group university. See University of Birmingham. peter_kargbo https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307250145 2018-11-23 12:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307250145 Better signage is needed especially guidance for students on the way in - where are those elusive CLS rooms for example and how do I find the ATS room?! https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307289654 2018-11-23 15:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307289654 Can we have more stand up Library Search kiosks IN the Hartley foyer (not just before the turnstiles). The touchscreen works well but how do students search quickly for specific items when they arrive without having to walk to another floor or ask at the front desk? https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307289965 2018-11-23 15:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307289965 Can we give the L2 foyer more of a wow factor? Large clock projected on back wall, or art work, possibly graffiti style - which welcomes students but has an air of modernity about it. Would Banksy come in and paint something for us perhaps - failing that a WSA student project or commission:)? https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307290564 2018-11-23 15:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307290564 Yes I also think we should have more bookable seating outside of exam times. Can we check the turnstile stats for really busy footfall periods and make seating bookable accordingly? https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307291408 2018-11-23 15:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307291408 I think displays and stands in the Hartley foyer work really well and other departments have seen the value in this due to busy footfall - we need to keep a space for events as really important to promote our services and that of other departments. However we could do this in a different way by having a shared area for this possibly where the bubble is? We could then have seating and booths where we could sit with students if needed. Careers and Enabling, Student Life and SUSU could then use this space too. https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307291791 2018-11-23 15:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307291791 Can we make the Academic Skills Hub more visible by taking the wall down along the corridor and replacing with glass? Or knock the wall down between the Hub and the Arts room and move the Hub along the corridor so that we can be seen from the foyer - rebuild a wall inside - Arts can move along the corridor as they don't have the same front of house focus as the Hub? https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307292388 2018-11-23 15:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307292388 Yes to more toilets - would help avoid queues at busy times and blockages, particularly during 24/7 opening. https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307293096 2018-11-23 15:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307293096 https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307711135 (Probably outside of our remit but) could the CLS rooms be re-named? (So that it is more obvious that they are computer rooms?)

]]> 2018-11-26 11:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/307711135 Restrict access to visitors during exam periods. This can free up to 100+ seats on busy days. https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/308201438 2018-11-27 11:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/308201438 Can we have a large touch screen in the foyer to use for demos for presessional students please? The iPads we use to point to library resources are inadequate for demos for large groups of 10-20 students per group. peter_kargbo https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309187409 2018-11-29 09:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309187409 Clearer signage / zoning area to effectively promotes to students that we have different areas for different types of study. A3 laminated signs are just ignored and annoying. a_e_oake https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309244353 2018-11-29 12:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309244353 Make the computers more visible. Take them out of the workstation rooms and into the area on L2 (bubble / course collection, study space )move the print area there as well. Free up the small print room and the workstation rooms for other potential usage / bookable spaces or activities. There are other CLS spaces on campus that can be booked for teaching at computers. The library PCs are not visible enough where they are and the student experience of using them and the print services in the building are not great because of this. Rooms are too cold or too hot, print queues and cramped location of printers. a_e_oake https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309245040 2018-11-29 12:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/309245040 Boston University video https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/315898226 http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/mugar-library/]]> 2018-12-19 15:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/315898226 It would be lovely to have a well-being space in the library, where people could feel at ease, perhaps something like meditation area and doodling area. Somewhere we can also promote well being materials and perhaps support from enabling services to add to it. It would be really nice to add that to our student experience. n_dekel https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316094587 2018-12-20 08:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316094587 Can we perhaps remove the loans desk counter on level 2 and instead put several standing stands with touchscreens and library search machines so staff can circulate around with students supporting them and offering help rather than stand behind desk which may look intimidating to some visitors or uninviting for nss experience. it will allow us to use the space of the foyer differently. n_dekel https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316095579 2018-12-20 08:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316095579 can we use more artwork displays that will change every so often across the library walls to connect WSA works with us and perhaps even allow staff who does art to exhibit their work and connect stronger between library space and the art and user experience. n_dekel https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316096515 2018-12-20 08:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316096515 Can we have a professional team responsible for all the visual communication in the library- the signage, the maps etc so that across the whole experience the user will see same message and quality and uniformity. for now we have different people doing bits and bobs across different areas so there is no one visual language. n_dekel https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316096766 2018-12-20 08:52:01 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/316096766 Gil_Dekel https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/325001551 test]]> 2019-01-28 16:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/325001551 dont care dkot956 https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/1545845059 i dont give a shit about any thing here]]> 2021-05-20 22:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/klw/1l0lx0ze70cf/wish/1545845059