PRODUCTIVE SPACES Digital Commons Publishing 2022-23 Library traffic exploded this year, with patron traffic compared to last year increasing over 50% in the fall and 32% in the spring. This continues the strong growth trend since COVID. Growth has been generally consistent across all days of the week and times of the day, though Spring semester growth was most concentrated on weekdays. This growth far outpaces the increase of the size of the student body and doesn’t reflect the addition of any significant new services, spaces, or resources. Use of reservable spaces continues to be strong. This year, the library opened up nine rooms as reservable solo study spaces, in addition to the nine existing group study rooms. This increased the total hours booked to 28,000 for the year (compared to 18,000 the year before). Over 1,900 different students reserved a library study room during with year. Room booking rates for the group rooms remained high (averaging nearly 80%). While reservation rates for the solo study rooms were only 32% in the fall, this increased to 47% in the spring, suggesting that usage rates will grow as the availability of these rooms becomes more widely known. Group Study Room Available Hours Booked Solo Study Rooms Group Study Rooms Day and Time FA 2022 SP 2023 FA 2022 SP 2023 Weekday 8AM—1PM 18.8% 26.9% 52.6% 61.4% Weekday 1PM—6PM 42.8% 64.9% 86.6% 85.4% Weekday 6PM—11PM 32.7% 48.7% 80.8% 79.5% Saturday 26.5% 29.4% 72.0% 66.2% Sunday 30.8% 34.5% 81.2% 75.0%
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