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Workshops and advice for graduate students completing their dissertation on formatting requirements and deadlines
Writing
Writing skills (drop-in help) Learning Skills (workshops) Career Services (workshops)
Additional Comment
More drop-in software/media training is forthcoming, along with possibly more makerspace-related instruction the
intellectual property classes marked here are for patents (if that’s applicable).
10. Please indicate whether the primary function of the learning spaces below is formal or informal
instruction, or if the space is not typically used for instruction. For the purposes of this question,
we define formal instruction to include any pre-scheduled classes, specialized workshops, planned
educational series, or course-integrated instruction. Please make one choice per row. Select NA if
your library does not have a particular type of space. N=70
Learning Space Formal Informal Not typically used
for instruction
NA N
Open space with fixed computers and general software 4 30 34 1 69
Open group study space 2 20 46 1 69
Events space 27 12 22 8 69
Classroom with fixed computers and general software 64 1 0 4 69
Reservable group study rooms 1 14 42 11 68
Multimedia lab with multimedia software 13 28 10 16 67
Classroom with tables and chairs but no computers 51 2 3 11 67
Classroom with fixed computers and specialized software 48 5 0 14 67
Reservable presentation rehearsal rooms 2 12 29 23 66
Exhibit space 16 18 27 5 66
Visualization lab 4 3 0 58 65
Undergraduate Commons 3 14 12 36 65
Spaces restricted by discipline 4 1 2 58 65
Makerspace 1 5 1 58 65
Gaming lab 1 2 2 60 65
Faculty Commons 4 2 4 55 65
Hackerspace 1 0 0 63 64
Graduate Student Commons 2 4 14 43 63
Other type of learning space 8 6 5 36 55
Total Responses 70 60 60 64 70
If you selected “Other type of learning space” above, please briefly describe it. N=19
Formal N=6
Collaborativity
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