How can libraries best assess and improve user space, even if they are not in a position to undertake new construction or a major renovation? Staff at New Mexico State University used a variety of ethnographic methods to learn how our spaces were being used as well as what our users considered to be ideal library space. Our findings helped us make…

Students in an open study hall system with a student lounge option received lower grades than students without the option. To prevent this, it is suggested that wise use of unstructured time be planned. (AP)