re: How many times as a student did you use Middleton?

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How many times as a student did you use Middleton?

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Considering that Middleton has been in piss poor shape for two decades, this isn't surprising.

A better question may be how much do students at other universities use their main libraries, and why? I have very little experience with other universities. What I can say from personal knowledge is that a couple years ago Notre Dame completely renovated its main library (with the touchdown Jesus on the outside wall) and added a quality coffee shop, tech plug ins everywhere and a copier bank, among other things. It is extremely popular now as a study space because it is super well connected and convenient.

Maybe the issue should not be, "Who would hang out in a dump?" and should be, "How can we make this not be a dump?"

I used it when I long breaks between classes. I would also go during finals if I knew I would frick off at home.

Every day

I used it as a study hall mostly. I checked out books once in Grad School.

My material was mostly in online libraries.

Pretty much everyday.

I enjoyed class and reading/studying in the library the older I became.

I think the crux of the issue is *when* did you attend LSU?

For me, it was the mid 90s, aka the Dark Ages when the internet wasnt as ubiquitous as it is now... For those like myself or who attended even earlier, in the 50s, 60s, 70s etc- it was a place that filled a need in terms of researching info for classes.. Also, some in this thread are talking about ‘going home’ when they want a quiet place to study, but there are those such as myself who had roommates in college, or lived in a dorm, etc, where it was impossible to control the volume and activity level.. as we all know, LSU is a party school, which is great until it’s time to hit the books for real.. that’s where Middelton served a good purpose, and i imagine it still does today, even with more information contained in your phone than in the entirety of all the books in the library.

They sold teachers editions of math books in the basement...great cheat code fir physics majors (expected us to know all math, so a pile of reference books was mandatory).

I studied in there pretty often. I knew a guy who checked out all his textbooks. Paying the fine was cheaper than buying them.

Not certain. In my time as a library science student, we had our own library in Coates on the second floor until 1999. They moved that entire library into Middleton so we had to use Middleton to get research done.

I liked our own library in there, it was good for what we needed and usually quiet. I disliked the move to Middleton as it was a dump then, too. Sad situation.

Perish the idea of "everything is now on the internet" it's not. I promise. And even if it is, good luck getting things that are behind subscription/pay-walls. Some things will be cost-prohibitive for decades or longer. Current scientific research is already approaching that point. LSU has discontinued the blanket subscriptions to Elsevier content as they are hitting that point where they are not expensive just because the research is expensive, but are going behind and actually gouging customers.

LSU is only going to by content from them that is absolutely necessary so your research options will get a bit more limited because Elsevier is pricing out customers.