Over the last year, Rod Library has undergone some serious construction in order to break the clich? of a typical library.
I feel like Rod Library has broken all traditional norms of a library and focused more of its attention to how they could make the space more inviting for a student, said Madiha Ahsan, senior applied physics major.
Tonielle Parizek, senior interior design major, said she likes the open floor plan.
It really makes it easy to collaborate with your group when you have to do group projects, said Parizek.
I think its been really fantastic, said Melissa Gevaert, library assistant. We have seen a huge increase in students using the second floor. We have seen people getting more comfortable with the technology we have, so its really been a positive change.
Amy Jensen, sophomore interior design major, said the newly renovated library is very inviting for a student to go and study there.
However, not all are pleased with the new design.
It looks like its not done yet, said Brittany Nelson, senior interior design major. It looks empty and I would like to see it a bit more homey.
Well one thing is we are working into finding that balance of meeting every students needs, said Gevaert. Right now there are going to be changes coming to (the second) floor, more furniture, more technology. We are even talking about redoing the offices on this floor and a lot of that could change possibly and we are just looking for finding the right balance.
Rod Library is by no means done with their renovations.
We are actually currently in the middle of doing a feasibility study, which will take a look at how our library looks now and what changes we can do over the next 10-20 years to help continue to improve the library, said Gevaert.
