{"id":3598,"date":"2016-04-29T16:24:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2016-05-02T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:16:49","slug":"one-day-in-the-life-of-the-depaul-university-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2016\/04\/29\/one-day-in-the-life-of-the-depaul-university-library\/","title":{"rendered":"One Day in the Life of the DePaul University Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 8, 2016<\/a>, we conducted a \u201cLibrary Snapshot Day<\/a>\u201d in the DePaul University Library to find out more about what happens (and how often it happens) during one day in the life of the library.<\/p>\n

\"Library<\/a>Library Snapshot Day has been conducted across the country<\/a> since the program was launched in New Jersey in 2009. Typically coordinated across all the libraries in a state on a single day, the last state-wide Library Snapshot Day in Illinois<\/a> was conducted in 2011. In academic libraries, Snapshot Day has proven a great opportunity to talk with faculty, staff, and students about library use, to get a sense of the wide range of activities occurring in our libraries on any given day, and to appreciate the ways in which our physical and digital spaces, services, and programs come together to meet the needs of the DePaul community.<\/p>\n

During our 2016 Snapshot Day, conducted the week before winter quarter finals, we found our students busily working to complete their final papers and assignments, both individually and in groups, and making use of print and digital collections from DePaul and other libraries, as well as services provided by our partners in Information Services<\/a> and the Learning Co<\/a>mmons<\/a>. With over 7,000 DePaul community members visiting the libraries in Lincoln Park and the Loop on March 8th<\/sup>, we found steady use of library collections, digital materials, and information technology, as well as for services such as research assistance and group study spaces. We also spoke with several students using the Richardson Library that day, who spoke about how the library \u201chas facilitated a better learning environment for [them] and [their] classmates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the highlights of what we found during one day in the life of DePaul\u2019s libraries:<\/p>\n