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The Information Ecosystem of Students and Faculty at a Community College: What is a Library?

A Definition

What Our Students and Faculty Think

Student responses to "The Library is a symbol of . . . "

  • educating yourself with books and a lot of information you want to know
  • knowledge and history; it’s a timeline of the entire world
  • study
  • studying
  • resources, peace and quiet
  • peace and quietness; a way to be in peace and have time for homework and research
  • place to meet with friends and hang out before or after class
  • help; it’s there to help students and make their life easier
  • learning
  • peace
  • learning and academic development
  • quiet time, studiousness, quality time, knowledge, books, academic development
  • education
  • peace, quiet
  • knowledge, education
  • peace and learning
  • learning and focus about important things
  • a room full of knowledge
  • support for students studies
  • books; a place where students can go to learn and study/research

Faculty responses to "The Library is a symbol of . . . "

  • information and knowledge
  • reading & research
  • knowledge
  • intellectual possibilities
  • information depository
  • resources
  • power
  • public work
  • health of a community
  • learning
  • overdue fines
  • (organized) information database
  • information
  • order
  • communicating with the world
  • everything