COMPLIMENTS
1. The research staff in the Crerar Library was
extraordinary!
2. I use both Crerar and Regenstein . Both are wonderful places to
work. I use electronic recourses of Crerar throughout the day and
evening. Unfortunately some of the medical journals do not open. I
like the computer courses I took at Crerar and now periodically
those I take at Regenstein.; They are most useful. I find everyone
I come across curtious and helpful. But I know more about Mrs.
Modschiedler at Crerar and the staff in DML lab. I cannot praise
them enough. They are extremely helpful and nice to deal
with.
3. Reference desk staff is always very helpful at Crerar
4. Crerar librarians have been extremely helpful in teaching me how
to use citation programs and navigating medical literature, often
going well out of their way- what a wonderful experience.
5. Keep up the great work! I think things run very smoothly.
6. Cannot say enough good about the staff in Crerar.
7. Desk staff at Crerar and Reg very helpful and pleasant.
8. Crerar is a great library and they should not change a thing; it
beats H[arvard] M[edical] S[chool] Countway hands down. Reg is OK
though I am disappointed they did away with displaying new
acquisitions on a special bookshelf. Browsing is an important part
of a library's function and this has been taken away at the Reg,
but thank God not at Crerar. It takes too much time for new
acquisitions to be listed online. The Reg is very busy so I don't
go there as often, Crerar has a spacious and subdued atmosphere
that is just right. The staff there are generally excellent.
9. Crerar library is a great resource on-campus to do research and
to study.
10. Otherwise, however, I think the libraries overall, especially
Harper and Crerar, are very well structured, serviced, and
administered.
11. Also, once in Crerar, the electronic resources gateway wasn't
functioning (i.e., the website was down and I couldn't search
journal articles). A library employee (looked like a graduate
student, maybe), spent 10 minutes with me teaching me how to search
for those same journal articles using the web and then utilizing
the library's IP address to link into them via their respective
journal webpages. This was very helpful and it showed me another
way to access the same information, a way that is much easier when
I'm just searching through pubmed or a similar database. The time
that person spent with me was VERY appreciated and really
contributed to my positive opinion of the library system.
COMPLAINTS
12. I was a post-doctoral research associate in Chemistry from Sep
2005 to Nov 2006. Unlike my graduate university (Rochester), which
had excellent library services, the services at Crerar were awful.
Books were never on stacks, were rarely reshelved, and the
permanent staff in the main floor treated me with disrespect and no
interest on a consistent basis. Sorry to tell but this is the
truth.
13. Someone scheduled the (extremely noisy) floor buffing in Crerar
for exams week winter quarter. It would be wonderful if someone
could investigate this so that it can be avoided in the
future.
14. I don't use the library very often, but when I do, there are
often library employees talking loudly when I am trying to study
(particularly on the first floor of Crerar). This is rude and
disruptive.
15. I kept going to the Reg and being told to go to Crear, but when
I was there in the evenings, there didn't seem to be reference
personnel available; we couldn't find good group space to
work.
16. John Crerar library has a SERIOUS lack of wireless and wire
internet connections. There are many areas in the library
especially towards the back of the library where wireless
connectivity is zero. There aren't enough ethernet jacks either. It
is absolutely ridiculous for a student to not be able to connect to
the internet in a library. Additionally bathroom cleanliness is
appalling. They always smell terrible, and are never thoroughly
cleaned. Bathrooms should have air freshners, and should be cleaned
twice a day. Once mid day, and once at night.About the allnight
study space. Crerar is a terrible spot for the all night space. The
lighting is poor, too dark. There aren't enough computers. There is
no printing. Crerar is not close to any spot to get food. The cafe
in the basement is permanently closed. The space is also too
small.
17. Reshelving rates are far too slow in Crear
STAFF
18. In general I only use electronic resources, although I have
found the stacks at Crerar very useful when ejournals are not
available. The student workers can be rude sometimes, but I have
always found the librarians very nice and helpful.
19. Librarians at Crerar are much more friendly and helpful than
librarians at the Reg, as a general rule. I look forward to asking
librarians questions at Crerar, but dread doing so (and avoid doing
so) at the Reg. Many of the students staffing the circ desks at
Crerar and the Reg are sullen at least, and sometimes openly rude.
They often act as if helping patrons is a waste of their valuable
web surfing time.
ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY, TECHNOLOGY
20. The Crerar cluster is as close to an IT best practice as I've
seen - more clusters should mimic its resources and
environment.
21. CrerarUsite is fantastic.
22. The computer lab in the basement of Crerar is great.
23. more group study space in crerar. more computers in the main
lobby of crear. more outlets for laptop use throughout crear.
24. Power outlets at the late-night study Crerar Library.
25. Crerar is a great place to work quietly, though lack of
electrical outlets is sometimes frustrating.
26. Crerar needs more electrical outlets.
27. Need more electrical outlets in Crerar for computers
28. Crerar needs better wireless internet access. My computer
either get no signal or a weak signal in the reading room.
29. The Crerar Library needs more electrical outlets for laptop
computer users. It's a nice library otherwise, and I like the
layout of the tables, but there's only a couple of places you can
plug in your laptop, so I don't work there as much as I'd like to.
This is especially problematic when I want to browse through a
recent medical journal and I'm in the Regenstein Library.
30. Also, it is important for there to be a large quantity of
outlets spread through study areas. This seems to be a major
problem in Crerar where there are only two outlets for
approximately 25 chairs.
31. The science library and Regenstein both need to have more
outlets available for laptop usage. Ideally, they should be
attached to the tables and carols so the cords are not across
aisles.
32. [If] Crear had more electrical outlets for laptops
33. In Crerar there is a lack of electrical outlets.
34. Some areas don't receive adequate wireless internet
connection.
35. Crerar Library. Access to electrical outlets. The wireless
internet access in Crerar is excellent, but there are not enough
power outlets to accommodate all the students who study with a
laptop. Adding more outlets would make the library much more
accessible.
36. Please install more outlets in Crerar. There are large sections
of desks/tables with no outlets nearby.
37. There is a great shortage of outlets for laptops in Crerar. I'd
say that well over half of students in Crerar use laptops, and lack
of outlets creates problems.
38. Lack of outlets discourages me from using the library. It is
IMPOSSIBLE to find an outlet in Crerar, and I am forced to walk
around the Reg looking underneath desks to hopefully find an outlet
to plug in my laptop.
39. The addition of more outlets in Crerar would be helpful, as
would easier browsing and discovery of electronic resources.
40. It would be helpful if the libraries (Crerar & Regeinstein)
have more outlets available for laptops.
41. Please add more power outlets at Crerar. I've had to walk
around for minutes or even leave the library because I could not
find a power outlet to use my laptop computer. The few that are in
the library were all taken.
ALL-NIGHT STUDY SPACE
42. Why take away the all-night study space? There's no damn group
study space at Crerar and it's like a tomb. I'd rather kill myself
than go to Crerar again.
43. I was abroad autumn quarter of this year and returned to find
the all-night study space moved from the Regenstein to Crerar. This
is possibly the most useless and frustrating thing the library
could have done. The Regenstein is used by the majority of
undergraduate students (who are the ones to use the all-night study
space), and it's fairly ridiculous and, more importantly, extremely
unsafe to leave the Reg at 1am to go over to Crerar, which has a
horrible atmosphere completely inconducive to studying.
Furthermore, leaving the all-night study space at Crerar is made
even more unsafe because there are no street lights on Ellis.
44. Please provide food vending services at Crerar Library. Please
make card access mandatory for the Crerar basement area after
hours.
45. I know that there is the Crerar Study space but there are no
vending machines (the drink vending machine does not work) and it
is not convenient for the shuttles.
46. However, I strongly appreciate the 24 hours of operation at the
Crerar library. If the Regenstein were open for longer hours, or
some nights for 24 hours, I would take much more advantage of
it
47. Since closing the A-level for 24-hr study, Crerar has provided
a better study space, yet it does not have all the friendly
resources. Vending machines, better printing options (same price as
the U-site) on the first floor would be better fit, and enclosed
cubicles with dry-erase boards would make the study area
better.
48. You really shouldn't have closed down the 24 hour A level!
Crerar is nice but not the same. I know so many students who are
sad and outraged. Also, Crerar is far away and the path there is
not well-lit. It's dangerous.
49. However, I am so disappointed that the A-level was ruined. 24
hour study there was SO much better than Crerar. Crerar is dark and
depressing and not near any eateries. It is also physically less
safe there in terms of muggings in the nearby area (you have to
wait for the drunk van in dark, isolated places). Before someone
gets mugged, I would recommend moving all night study back to the
Reg. Also, Please reconfigure the A-level for social studying again
and an atmosphere that finally made the u of c cool.
50. There needs to be an all-night group study space. No one
appreciates getting kicked out of Crerar study rooms by having a
security guard call the police--its absurd.
STUDY AND WORK SPACES
51. The Crerar Library is an incredibly inviting place for study
and research. The environment is lovely, and the spaces provided
are incredible. I also appreciate very much that it is now open
overnight, as grad studies tend to creep into the wee hours of the
night more often than not.
52. Devote more space to group study? Crerar and The Reg are
punishingly quiet at times...
53. Better lighting is needed in Crerar Library, especially on the
second and third floors. Also, more quiet study areas are needed
and desktops should be cleaned more periodically.
54. More group study space is needed in general, especially in the
Crerar, but also in the Regenstein.
55. My experiences are limited to Crerar library, but I really wish
there were more private study rooms, because there are so few of
them there. Those rooms are great for group problem solving,
working on projects, and talking with students. But I very rarely
get to use them because they are nearly always occupied (and
sometimes by single individuals who could just as easily sit in the
regular seating). Also, throughout this winter, Crerar has been
freezing! This really isn't conducive to learning.
56. Crerar is fantastic. So much easier to study there than at the
Reg.
57. My main concern with the libraries is that they are quite
disinviting for study. There is nothing comfortable about them. I
find them sterile. And I am referring only to Crerar and The Reg. I
can't speak for the others because I do not use them.
58. Too few places to work as a group (not enough classrooms in
Crerar or in the Reg),
59. I like Crerar because it is extremely quiet and a nice
workspace.
60. Crerar Library could use more efficient study space that
includes more outlets for laptop computers. It would be nice to see
a coffee shop or better vending options.
61. Crerar study space is often too cold.
FACILITIES, ENVIRONMENT AND ATMOSPHERE
62. And the outside of Crerar isn't well lit at night, so it's a
little creepy.
63. Please, oh, please turn up the heat in Crerar! I've been asking
for years, and the people behind the desk say either we're working
on it, or we can't. I have been bringing extra clothes and blankets
to the library for 3years now, and now I just don't want to go
anymore because it's so cold to study there. Regenstein and my home
are now much more preferable.
64. I like how quiet Crerar is and how much light comes in to the
building.
65. Crerar could use more comfortable chairs (like armchairs for
reading in) but maybe this would lead to people treating like the
Regenstein and taking their shoes off and rubbing their feet all
over the furniture.
66. Although I have to go to Regenstein occasionally to get
research materials, I prefer to check them out and actually study
in Crerar because it is such a drastically more pleasant
atmosphere.
67. Regarding Crerar library, some students think it needs a more
comfortable environment because it is 'too sterile.' I would
disagree.
68. Also, Crerar might benefit from brighter colors and a slightly
more cozy area.
69. The bathrooms in Crerar are nearly always filthy. They smell
like an outhouse (literally--I'm not trying to be funny) and the
toilet bowls turn brown from lack of cleaning.
70. I also wanted to express gratitude for replacing the light
bulbs that had burned out in Crerar. The improved lighting makes a
big difference.
71. All of these comments pertain to Crerar: More outlets would be
very helpful. More private study rooms are desired. Better lighting
is MUCH needed. Vending machine for food would be much
appreciated.
72. . . .of coffee shop, to make studying much more comfortable at
Crerar.
73. I definitely think Crerar should have some changes on it, such
as a print policy such as what is available at the Reg Mac
Lab
74. A few of the elevators in Crerar and the Reg seem to be
groaning and making death rattles. Their inspection certs are
pretty out of date. Might be time to call the elevator inspector,
or at least get out the WD-40.
75. Either a microwave or a vending machine in the basement of
Crerar would be nice.
76. The men's bathrooms in Crerar on the 1st and 3rd floor
routinely smell putrid and are not clean. This has been a long
running issue that's never been addressed
77. crerar is too far away from my home, and I even don't feel safe
when i leave the Iibrary. so I gave up using crerar
78. over night study place since winter quarter... but I strongly
desire to study!
79. The charges for photocopying are unnecessarily high in the
Regenstein Library. The price is considerably lower in Crerar, but
we are left with no option when photocopying reference materials
marked Library Use Only in the Regenstein.
SUGGESTION
80. I wish that Crerar had a drop box to return books. I don't feel
comfortable leaving them at the circulation desktop and it hardly
merits calling for assistance. A simple wooden desktop box would
do, just so the staff and I know that the material is being
returned. Thanks.
81. I do wish there was more bike parking for crear
LIBRARY USE
82. Go to Reg building most frequently to study; go to Crerar for
most information/resources.
83. Although I use the Reg the most, Crerar is also meeting my
expectations and so is the Crerar USITE.
84. Since arriving at Chicago in 2005, I have been consistently
impressed and delighted by the service I've received at the
Regenstein (and Harper. Crerar, Eckhart, and Law when I've used
them)
85. I use the Regenstein, Harper, and Crerar libraries. I find all
three excellent under all respects.
86. I use Crerar electronic journal access
87. Disciplines & position bridge across biol & social
sciences - so use Regenstein almost as much as Crerar
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