Dear Deans, Chairs, and Faculty Library Liaisons,

Welcome to April! I hope you’re enjoying the April showers we’re having to bring those May flowers. 
 

LibQUAL Survey

Every three years the library has hosted the LibQUAL survey on campus, and we are running it again this year from March 24 – April 20. This online survey is sent to all students, faculty, and staff to seek out information on how we are doing with our spaces, materials, and services. While we are promoting it in various ways across campus, we would love your help reminding students to take the survey. Also, don’t forget to take it yourself!

Additionally, we are gathering more input at the library using white boards on each floor to find out information such as what types of spaces do students enjoy in the library, how much time do they spend in the library outside of class, and what kind of services or equipment would they like to see more of in the Innovation Studio. Since students often study in the same spaces each time they come to the library, the questions are moved around the library each week to gather opinions from different library users. These responses are gathered alongside the LibQUAL survey responses and will help us identify a bigger picture regarding any gaps in our services. We look forward to seeing how we can continue to meet the needs of our campus community. 
 

Popular Leisure Reads

Need a break from the stress of the semester? Did you know we have a leisure reading collection in the library? Library staff select new titles monthly to provide high quality leisure reading materials. The Ruby Canton Collection is named in honor of a librarian who worked here when UCO was Central State Teachers’ College. You can see the last three months of titles purchased in the catalog or in the library next to the Information Desk. You can also see all of the titles selected for this collection and where they are currently located. 
 

Salads and Sweets

If you’ve been following this section of the Chat, you probably know by now that we don’t eat out very much in my family. Our three kids all have birthdays though between January and March. So once again we were eating out for a birthday. My youngest child celebrated their 23rd birthday this last weekend, and the two of us found a newly opened restaurant at May and Memorial in OKC – Doc Greens, a restaurant for salads, wraps, and paninis. We both had the Dr. Caribbean salad, full of romaine, crispy strawberries, pineapple, fresh cooked salmon, and a sesame dressing. They also have fountain Maine Root sodas, and their plates and silverware are compostable – a lovely plus! After that, we headed just down the street to Penn and Memorial to T-Swirl Crepe to celebrate with some sweets where we shared a Banana Chocolate crepe. It was a sweet end to a special day.

Have a great April, and we’ll chat again in May as we wrap up the semester!

Thanks,
Risa Jensen-Jones (she/they)
Director of Research and User Engagement
Max Chambers Library
University of Central Oklahoma

405-974-5311
rjensenjones@uco.edu