Regarding Study Spaces (Notes created by Amy and Tim)
- Will be reverted back: Hopkins Club, South Side Hutzler, Brody, Hodson**(Exception that if students like it it may be brought back)
- Brody: Drywall between MSE and Brody
- Hopkins Clubs:
- Security Guard at the Entry
- Variety of Seating: Lounge, Tables, Carrels
- 5 set group study rooms
- Library Services Rooms:
- Book Pickup
- Reserve Book Checkout
- Library Staff Spaces
- Consultations
- Preferencing student space over everything else, but library service points will be reserved
Hopkins Club
- Study Spot 8 (next to Parking Lot) needs the most renovation
- In between Areas of Study Spaces (Corridors)
- Cafe type tables/book pickup shelves
- Eisenhower Room: Decorate Rooms with Eisenhower, show things regarding the new building
- NOT ALL OF THE STUDY SPACES ARE ADA-COMPLIANT - Eisenhower Room and Study Space 7
- Eisenhower room has multiple other small corridors hard to get into
- Study Space 7 has a spiral staircase that cannot be reached normally
- Elevator is next to study space 3 and the Book Pickup Shelves
- Two Major Long Rooms: Study Space 3 and Study Space 5
- Study Space 2 has Egress (emergency exits) as needed
- Printing will still be available in Brody, but printing will also be at Hopkins Club
Presentation With Photos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16T1VBxU_6peZbNkP_4f-WNLWZUSH0_XR/view?usp=sharing
Study Space 4: No new carpeting, but leaving the ‘Dark Academia’ vibes (Will remove curtains!) Study Space 5: Other big Archway Rooms - not keeping the furniture (chairs are not enough versus how many library participants there are) Study Space 7: Small Room, has spiral staircase
Hopkins Club: 300 Seats Hodson: 200 Seats (With Graduate Student Space Only in 3rd floor)
Regarding the Billiard Tables: Have to be moved because of ADA compliance (non-ADA compliant rooms cannot have anything extra compared to ADA compliant rooms)
- Billiard tables are being donated to Baltimore Company
- If you want Billiard Tables in Res Halls, contact Student Affairs (Ask sga)
LATEST TIMELINE THINGS: Will not be doing NEW furniture for the NEW library until the Fall STUDENT CENTER: MAY 2025 Spring Fair will have showcase of Student Center
Questions
- Computer Usage: Where are public computers?
- No plans for public computers like before
- Potential thoughts of putting them in other areas (Hodson, Gilman) if students desire (MCAT studying, faster usage)
- Individual Study Space Reservations
- No plan to have individual study space reservations
- General consensus that those should not come back
- Group Study Booking
- Will use same booking software (25me)
- Different Size Tables
- Will indeed have different sized tables
- We can tell that people who don’t know each other will sit apart
- Dispersal of Campus Community
- By being able to concentrate most of library services and needs into the Hopkins Clubs (will definitely expand during exam season), we should be able to maintain sense of community despite it being farther
- It’s not quite the same, but the work that is being done with Hodson/Hopkins Club will be helpful (expected that Hutzler will be different since reference material and more)
- Art History currently have reserved carrols, will be going away with that
- Circulator Route Changes
- New Shuttle Stop at the library for transloc (or whatever)
- Coordinate with Dining for food trucks/study breaks
- Student Advisory Committee for the Library
- Will be set in the fall
- Furniture will be top priority