Natural light - work space should not face the light ***

Ambient noise/ classical music 

Make it a positive space/ avoid making it too blank

Needs to be spacious 

Access everything you need before you start:

Adjustable temperature 

My second interview was with a junior majoring in political science. She visites the library 2-3 times a week to study and to borrow books. She rarely uses the study rooms because she doesn’t like to feel isolated. She prefers to study in large open crowded areas where she put on her headphones. Coffee and music are necessary while studying, for example she believes that rock music stimulates writing. She only prefers study rooms in group projects. She said that borrowing a laptop from the library is the worst experience ever. The main problems in the study rooms are the AC and that there is only one computer. I can tell from the interview that she had a closed body language when discussing. She strongly dislike the facilities and had negative experiences in the library. I felt that she is so pessimist about music. 

My third interview was with a freshman, her intended major is IMC. She visites the library 3 times a week to study, use the computer, to sit with her friends or to relax. She never had used the study rooms before. She is totally unaware about the booking process, borrowing the laptops and printing rooms in the library’s ground floor. She believes that there are enough study spaces and enough devices in the library in general. She prefers to study in large, quite, and calm areas because she feels anxious from the noise. She would like to make the library more comfortable by adding bean bags, couches and coffee machines. In addition to this, she complained about how much noisy and crowded the plaza floor is. she added that she needs assistance with the computers. Throughout the interview I can say that there is a major issue with the awareness with the freshman. She was not really comfortable while talking because she felt that she don’t have enough information about the topic. She had the feeling that the library is fulfilling its purpose.

 

My Second interview was with Omar Atef majoring at Economics. He said that he doesn’t use library or the study rooms much often. He only goes there when having something to finish while being at the university. However, he used to have a look while passing be them. He noticed that many students wait and walk there for some time searching for an empty room. He also was aware that there weren’t enough rooms that could satisfy the demand on it. He told me that university could build more rooms with better facilities to help the students benefit from them. 

My last interview was with a computer engineering student. I got from him that his major really focuses on programming and heavy usage of applications. He also told me that he constantly visits the library to finish up his assignments and work, as he lives far away from the university. He takes the advantage of the availability of Wi-Fi there too. Sometimes he used the study rooms with his group mates when it’s a group project like programming a game for example. He said that, it was annoying how computers there was slow and weren’t occupied with most of the used applications by students. Plus, they faced some difficulties when trying to download the required programs. He also mentioned that it was so hard for them to book a specific time that suits them, as most of the rooms were constantly booked. Another drawback he found, the early time they close at, since sometimes students need to work over-night rather than at the morning.