COMPLIMENTS
1. What I have been extremely satisfied with is the Special
Collections Research Library and ILL. Special Collections has a
vast amount of research material and the librarians have been very
helpful in locating it
2. Library system is wonderful, especially Special
Colletions.
COMPLAINTS/ACCESS
3. I wish that materials at the Chicago Jazz Archive were available
for everyone to use (I think that, as of now, they are not).
4. My only suggestion would be more regulatory transparency at the
Special Collections Research Center. While they allow laptops in
the reading room, I am still not allowed to bring my own
scanner--which would reduce waiting time for me and workload for
SCRC when I need copies of research-related documents
5. More information on rare collections and how to access
them.
6. I would like the university to allow for more interest in rare
collections as well. For example, if there are manuscripts from the
10th century, I would like to be able to have relatively easy
access. This is not the case right now.
MISCONCEPTIONS
7. the hours of Special Collections are entirely inadequate. It
will never approach the use value of Berkeley or Madison's
collections if you don't stay open longer. This especially includes
remaining open for a portion of academic breaks - UC students are
often too busy during quarters to get in there, and visiting
students with the same break can't come to use it. The week
following the end of Autumn quarter but before the holidays
(roughly Dec 10-17) - it is imperative that Spec Collec remain open
these days. Return to TOC