42 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Faculty of Arts PhD students in the Humanities &Social Sciences. This discrete area will support 20 study
carrels, comfortable seating and coffee making facilities for our Graduate students. Space extremely limited in
Arts Building and many PhD students are not provided with offices. Longer term plans will see large areas in
our main branch renovated with lockable cabinets attached to graduate student study carrels, targeting MA
students, not UG.”
“Only individual study carrels are provided to graduate students but most of the other spaces and services are
available to graduate students along with other library patrons.”
“Private self-contained carrels with door locks.”
14. Please indicate the relative proportions of the kinds of physical environments available in the
service space(s). N=29
Percentage of space for quiet study/reflection N=26
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
10% 100% 73.08% 85% 29.61
Percentage of space for louder collaborative work N=19
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 100% 33.37% 30% 29.02
Percentage of space for presentations/performance N=8
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 100% 21.63% 10% 32.16
Percentage of space for classrooms/training/meetings N=9
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 30% 15.22% 10% 8.61
Faculty of Arts PhD students in the Humanities &Social Sciences. This discrete area will support 20 study
carrels, comfortable seating and coffee making facilities for our Graduate students. Space extremely limited in
Arts Building and many PhD students are not provided with offices. Longer term plans will see large areas in
our main branch renovated with lockable cabinets attached to graduate student study carrels, targeting MA
students, not UG.”
“Only individual study carrels are provided to graduate students but most of the other spaces and services are
available to graduate students along with other library patrons.”
“Private self-contained carrels with door locks.”
14. Please indicate the relative proportions of the kinds of physical environments available in the
service space(s). N=29
Percentage of space for quiet study/reflection N=26
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
10% 100% 73.08% 85% 29.61
Percentage of space for louder collaborative work N=19
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 100% 33.37% 30% 29.02
Percentage of space for presentations/performance N=8
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 100% 21.63% 10% 32.16
Percentage of space for classrooms/training/meetings N=9
Minimum Maximum Mean Median Std Dev
5% 30% 15.22% 10% 8.61