1. 1. What Is Your Department Or Affiliation?
1. 1. What is your department or affiliation?
# / Answer // Response / %
31 / Academic Information Services /
/ 6 / 5%
1 / Art & Design /
/ 2 / 2%
2 / Biology /
/ 5 / 4%
3 / Business /
/ 11 / 9%
4 / Chemistry /
/ 3 / 2%
5 / Clinical Lab Science /
/ 2 / 2%
6 / Communication /
/ 8 / 7%
7 / Criminal Justice /
/ 0 / 0%
8 / Economics /
/ 3 / 2%
9 / Education /
/ 11 / 9%
10 / Engineering Technology /
/ 0 / 0%
11 / English /
/ 12 / 10%
12 / Environmental Science /
/ 0 / 0%
13 / Geography /
/ 0 / 0%
14 / Health, Physical Education, and Recreation /
/ 7 / 6%
15 / History /
/ 4 / 3%
16 / International Studies /
/ 0 / 0%
17 / Mathematics and Computer Science /
/ 4 / 3%
18 / Military Science /
/ 0 / 0%
19 / Modern Languages and Literatures /
/ 4 / 3%
20 / Music /
/ 2 / 2%
21 / Native American Studies /
/ 2 / 2%
22 / Nursing and Practical Nursing /
/ 11 / 9%
23 / Philosophy /
/ 0 / 0%
24 / Physics /
/ 5 / 4%
25 / Political Science /
/ 1 / 1%
26 / Psychology /
/ 5 / 4%
27 / Sociology/Social Work/Anthropology /
/ 4 / 3%
28 / Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences /
/ 2 / 2%
29 / Technology and Occupational Science /
/ 4 / 3%
30 / Anonymous /
/ 4 / 3%
Total / 122 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 15.22
Variance / 88.87
Standard Deviation / 9.43
Total Responses / 122
2. 2. Have you taken this survey previously?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes /
/ 15 / 12%
2 / No /
/ 106 / 88%
Total / 121 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 1.88
Variance / 0.11
Standard Deviation / 0.33
Total Responses / 121
4. 4. If I can use the library any way I like for my academic purposes, I would like to use it (pick as many as apply):
# / Answer // Response / %
2 / For teaching classes, giving public lectures, or conducting meetings /
/ 62 / 52%
3 / For a variety of exhibitions /
/ 22 / 18%
4 / As a scholarly playground containing high tech facilities /
/ 63 / 53%
5 / For individual research, or as a quiet place to study /
/ 107 / 89%
7 / Other /
/ 12 / 10%
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 120
5. 4a. Please elaborate on other ways you would like to use the library for your academic purposes:
Text ResponseThe library or parts of it should be open late into the night to allow both studying, socializing, and a safe place for students to congregate.
1) As a place to show films to classes (an auditorium would be phenomenal!); 2) As a place for students to watch a film or other media presentations they initially missed by being absent from class; 3) As a repository for RARE BOOKS, complete with a bona fide Rare Books Librarian! It's ridiculous that a university with aspirations for doctoral programs does NOT have this resource. I teach 17th-20th-century American literature, and it's imperative for 21st-century students to see, feel, and handle books, periodicals, and other media from the past to begin to understand the cultures of the past and how those cultures continue to influence the present.
I am an extensive user of interlibrary loan which is critical for my research. Michelle does a great job!!!
The library should be a place where people are pulled to; students, faculty, staff, etc. The LRC and the library should have attributes that make people want to come here.
Attending public and private meetings
Accessing reference manterial; using the books for background materials for classes; using older periodicals to study my interests; standard library use
obtaining of research materials I need via inter-library loan
Information portal for students to seek access to historical and contemporary publications, journals in particular. Also as a hub of human resources (faculty/staff) to assist students in this process.
Student study area and reserves.
Not sure what you mean by "use the library" Choices seem to imply "use the physical facilties." Frankly, I very seldom use the physical setting, other than when I am compelled to pick up an interlibrary loan book that can't be emailed to me. I use the library mainly through the on-line system to access electronic articles for writing a textbook, for sources related to research and to find current readings for my students.
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 10
6. 5. If every printed material in the library collection (including books, periodicals and archival materials) becomes digitally available, would you:
# / Answer // Response / %
5 / Still like to have the hardcopies available as well as the library building in which to keep those materials /
/ 58 / 47%
2 / Not need the hardcopies but would still like to keep the library building to be used for different purposes /
/ 30 / 24%
3 / Not need the library at all. The LRC should be contain other academic entities /
/ 6 / 5%
4 / There is no way all resources would ever become digital /
/ 20 / 16%
10 / Other /
/ 9 / 7%
Total / 123 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 4.37
Variance / 4.02
Standard Deviation / 2.01
Total Responses / 123
7. 5a. This is what I would like to see if all library materials become digitally available:
Text ResponseIt could be a information retrieval center with trained librarians to help access information. There would be lots of computer terminals and hard copy information on how to access information.
There is no way all library materials *should* become digital. While I understand the temptation of efficiency in digitalizing the library materials, as a young instructor (i.e. not tradition-bound) I strongly oppose this move for a variety of ethical and physiological reasons including the fact that no comprehensive study has yet been done on the health impacts of VDTs, etc. In addition, not everyone using the LRC has frequent access to highspeed internet. While this is likely a minority, many who live outside the Marquette-area have access only to dial-up - this has a history of making downloads of digital library material difficult and time-consuming to the point of being impossible. If digital materials were all that were available, things could become difficult indeed for those wishing to research off-campus, something that is currently possible simply by checking out print publications and bringing them to the destination of choice.
I would like to have historical documents available in original form. I like to check out books on tape and CDs. I love to turn the pages of a real book, rather than a Kindle, so I would like to see popular novels in paper. I would use the library as a place to read, drink tea, and hold meetings. Having rooms for individual students to lock their books and materials while doing research and attending classes would be nice.
Some materials need to be hard-copy. Some require this as a form of respect for the material (Consider listening to music in MIDI format for example ... the notes are there, but not the emotion or passion.) There are some weaknesses and gaps in currently technological formats. Some full text electronic journal holdings at the Library are difficut to access or confusing for students (try linking to the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise via the Full Text route on thre Library webpage). With that said, on-line access is convenient.
I don't like digital materials in general. I would rather have the hard copy.
If the materials are user friendly (like current online journals through JSTOR or WestLaw) I would not need a print copy and the LRC could be used for other purposes. If they are not user friendly (like many e-books that I have encountered - where you have to download one page at a time) I would still like the hard copy
I would like to see some of the most needed materials still available as hard copies. Some people just are not comfortable using the computer or do not have a computer avaialable to them.
The library should be a place to search, study, and print (if necessary) the digital materials. As for ALL being digital, its probably going to be a few more decades before that happens so a library is still necessary
It would be good to have some books and periodicals available in hard copy. It would also be useful to have the ability to read electronic materials without bringing a laptop to the library. Mostly, however, the physical building would be of little use for reading electronic materials -- these are most useful delivered over the internet to my office or other work areas.
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 9
8. 6. Would you like to see more online publications or more print?
# / Answer // Response / %
5 / More online /
/ 52 / 43%
2 / More print /
/ 9 / 7%
3 / Both: whatever can be made available /
/ 59 / 48%
8 / Other /
/ 2 / 2%
Total / 122 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 3.86
Variance / 1.46
Standard Deviation / 1.21
Total Responses / 122
9. 6a. Regarding more online or more print publications, this is what I would like to see:
Text ResponseOther: The answer is posed as a simple binary, which is deeply problematic for someone in my field. My students need access to both traditional and current research; most traditional research lies within hardcover books, while most current research--particularly within journals--is more readily accessible online through ProjectMuse, JSTOR, and other collections, which often requires the use of online databases, particularly MLA and AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE. Is some entity really going to put ALL the old PMLA online? It's too early to say, but at this point, it seems unlikely that EVERYTHING I'd need students to be able to access would be available in digital form. Second: My field (American and transatlantic literature) requires RARE books for students to grapple with--delicately, of course--through hands-on exposure. That CANNOT be replicated digitally. I need not only hard copy but MORE and OLDER primary-source hard copy to do my job at all reasonably and well.
Neither. We are OK with what we have.
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 2
10. 7. Would you like to have more classroom space adjacent to the library collection?
# / Answer // Response / %
1 / Yes. This would place the instructor and the students closer to the resources /
/ 40 / 33%
2 / No. This is not important /
/ 82 / 67%
Total / 122 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 1.67
Variance / 0.22
Standard Deviation / 0.47
Total Responses / 122
11. 7a. If you wanted to teach in a classroom adjacent to the library, what resources would you like to have?
Text ResponseThe same resources available in a technology equipped classroom - projection system, overhead projector, etc.
Projectors, screens, electronic technology
Proxima projector, internet access
Overhead projector, multimedia projector, screens, speakers, coffee machines and sink.
LRC already has all AV in the rooms. What other resources are there to be had?
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Hard copy resources as well as space/capability for my students to research online in the library environment, with staff to assist them.
Wired classroom, pods of desks for group projects (much like my son's first grade classroom), Vacuuum container system (like at the bank) where I could request last minute supplies which in a perfect world could be pulled from the shelves and sent to my class.
Internet, smart boards, easy access
I'd like to be able to use all of the ancillary reference materials in the library collection, particularly the indexes for microfilm and a microfilm reader - at least until the day when all of the microfilm collections are available digitally!!! :)
The same as what ought to be avaialbe for any general classroom on campus, but adding fully wired desks would be great. Wireless doesn't always work and batteries might be dying--you know how that is. A small lecture hall might be a nice addition to the library.
LCD project, screen, internet access
Enough large desks or seating for 60 students. This is what the nursing courses are running. Plug in tables as the laptops still run out of battery and a good strong wireless and powerpoint projector.
Complete computer and display media connections.
Power point projector, ability for use of DVD or VHS.
The lot of it! It's great not only to have the variety of resources there immediately available, but also the knowledgeable staff to aid my students in research projects.
Videoconferencing equipment.
Have the language lab there. Be able to move my students from the class, to the lab, to the resources especially literature in other languages.
Tables, laptop projectors
Data projectors, WestLaw access, plugs for student access to web, interactive video access
Having a classroom adjacent to the library would help bring people to the location on a regular basis, thereby increasing likelihood of use for a variety of purposes.
Smart board, projector
Not sure what's meant by "resources"--I'd like these classrooms to have the same AV equipment as the other classrooms on campus, but I'd also like them to have the capacity for seminar-style seating.
data projector and smartboards
internet and other technologies for sharing information with students; reference librarians to support project work
Multimedia projector, internet access, desks
Full AV/Internet apps.
Technical support for PowerPoint, video stream.
overhead projection, whiteboard, power access, movable tables & chairs
Internet connection, smart board
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 30
12. 8. Should the LRC be completely renovated inside and out (which may include an additional flooradded tothe building),to house additional academic services and serveas an attractive centerpiece of campus? Or should a completely newlibrary buildingbe constructed with underground/skyway access to all other buildings on campus?
# / Answer // Response / %
3 / Yes. Renovate the LRC: no need to build a new library. /
/ 48 / 40%
10 / Yes. Build a new library and renovate the LRC anyway. /
/ 20 / 17%
8 / No. This is all unecessary. /
/ 31 / 26%
9 / It's more than a simple yes or no (selecting this response will provide a text box) /
/ 22 / 18%
Total / 121 / 100%
Statistic / Value
Mean / 6.53
Variance / 8.67
Standard Deviation / 2.94
Total Responses / 121
13. 8a. Regarding the complete renovationof the LRC or construction of a new library:
Text ResponseYou'd have to justify why you would need a new building, which seems like an unnecessary cost at this point. If renovating and maybe adding space, that might be attractive but again, how are you justifying the expense? What is the real need on campus for additional facilities, and what would those be? How would any of this - concretely, not in the abstract - benefit our students and faculty? (Back to a realistic and grounded needs assessment and evaluation plan.)
I like either option, but something should be done rather than nothing.
The library should be expanded if necessary to accomadate its collecttion. Throwing books away is not acceptable.
Don't have enough information
It depends on what is feasible (both in terms of engineering and of $$$$$) regarding the basic construction of the LRC. I know that at my undergraduate school, Washington University in St. Louis, a complete renovation/reconstruction of the 1950s era library facility has transformed that building into a real hub of educational activity on the campus - and there's a great coffee bar/cafe inside too that serves as a real hub for faculty and staff as well (something that NMU really needs, IMHO). Last spring break, I went for a holiday in Amsterdam, and one of the most interesting and exciting things I saw there was the brand new (2008) public library - an exciting media center/community gathering place/cutlural hub. Something like that would be an incredibly important addition to NMU. (More important than a parking ramp, I would say!!!) Maybe I'm just a library geek. But I strongly feel that libraries CAN and SHOULD be central to University Life, and that the resources invested in the library should be a reflection of the academic priorities of the university.
Yes. Build a new library and renovate the LRC anyway. Rennovating a library (or a building) still in use is a three year-plus root canal. Forget that. I doubt the campus would survive. I just noticed that Cohodas is to be partly rennovated. The occupants are going to love that (and that's a small job considering). Build an entirely new building--an attractive centerpiece--move into it, and then rennovate the LRC. The building infrastructure needs a good fixing (just as Marcus. Archives are below the Men's bathroom. I won't go any further with that one). The HVAC is needing repair. And frankly
If you are planning to house a student center in the existing space, cl;early that will not work. There needs to be a library with a new student center attached, or a new library with a renovated student center building attached.
No idea, depends on the costs, available funds, current usage of facilities, etc., all of which I am completely unqulaified to comment on.
Either option sounds interesting. I would vote for the one the library staff feels is most compatible with the library's needs.
We need to find a way to move faculty to the heart of campus -- IE: out of the Cahodas "administration" building. No students come to office hours. I have taught on campuses of similar schools with offices near classrooms and the students frequently came by; I have also taught at much more "selective" --and expensive -- colleges with offices distant from classrooms, and they never came by. It's not difficult math (ok, technically, it's not math). Have a building in the heart of campus for faculty, and building in the heart of campus as a library. Which building is renovated and which is new, I simply don't care.
Balance costs with efficiency. Only if a new building is less headache and less cost in energy to maintain should we build a new building. If we do, put parking underground and charge for parking.
I am ignorant of specific stresses that the library facility is currently experiencing. The downstairs gathering areas (Starbucks lounge and hallway seating/tables) seems crowded at times, but this may not be a critical stress. I would rather see resources allocated to help with the general stress of having too manhy students for existing faculty, particularly in upper division classes. This stress has forced alterations of teaching strategy to provide greater "efficiency" at the expense of optimal teaching. "Efficiency" is not always the "best" strategy which it forces other compromises.
Renovate the LRC adding a new floor. Add classroom space, study space, research rooms with computer hookups, meeting rooms, and keep the stacks for the materials which are not in print yet.
Hard to say--just adding onto the building doesn't remove all the problems in the current building (unpredictable temperatures, inappropriate spaces for the current uses). You'd gain some classroom and office space, but that would be it. A well-designed new building would probably be better.
Whether it be a renovation or new build, the library has to become a more comfortable, inviting place to study and read. I spend most of my time at the Peter White because I find the space, the ambience much more inviting.
A new building would be easier on staff and patrons than a renovation where there is so much disruption. The outside of the current building is very unattractive and uncared for. Skywalks or tunnels to ALL buildings on campus?? Even PEIF and Jacobetti? I doubt there is enough money in bond funds for that sort of extravagence.
It is really a matter of assessing the needs of everyone, so if I am personally fine with renovation, someone else may see the need for an entirely new building, in which case I would support the construction of a new building. In general, with limited resources I would say that to renovate and add more Internet subscriptions to journals and data bases would be better allocation of resources than on construction an entirely new building and leaving the collection unchanged.
I have no opinion on what you do with the phuysical plant. I greatly value the on-line access to electronic sources and the library staff who are very helpful for advising me on obtaining sources and for working with my students. As long as the electronic access improves and I can see the reference staff face to face, you can build a new library or rennovate to your hearts content. A covered walkway would be nice--an enclosed bike path would be better.
Maybe renovating an old building will limit the design needed then it might be better to start anew. If the whole fcampus plan would call for additional parking maybe a parking garage under a new library building might make sense. For me at this time I like the library where it is as I will alway feel that it should be in or near the center of campus. A place for all departments to have space for scholarly endeavers whatever they be: research, group work, public lectures,
If the resources are available, we could probably benefit from a more modern building. However, I don't think this is a high priority from the point of view of my discipline and the very low usage that I make of the library *building*.
Statistic / Value
Total Responses / 20
14. 9. Should additional (or enlarged)food venues and commercial activities (such as an enlarged Starbucks, Fieras,campus bookstore or the bank) be moved to the LRC?