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Friday, 2nd April 2010

From School Paper: "Library Wants Students to Speak Up" at the U. of Portland, OR

A two page article from The Beacon, the school paper at the University of Portland, OR.

From the Article:

For two weeks, the library, with the use of a new online forum, asked students to "Speak UP: 14 days to speak UP about the library."

With over 1,100 students coming and going from the library everyday, the staff and librarians at the library wanted student input on how to make the library better.''

"We have just completed a long range plan and we wanted to get an up-to-date assessment on the library," said Drew Harrington, dean of the library. "We just didn't want to do something boring like a survey."

The forum Speak UP, which was modeled after a similar forum from Western Washington University, has been used by over 85 students during the two-week period.

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"Everyone on the library staff has been reading Speak UP and we are already talking about what we can do," Senior said. "Most of it we were aware of, like students wanting longer hours and more study rooms, but we have been surprised by a few things."

According to [librarian Heidi] Senior, one surprise was that students didn't know what the library has or how the library works.

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