NEASC Town Meeting, January 29, 2008
Survey Comments for Appraisal Section
Standard 7-Library and Other Information Resources
Strengths
Weaknesses
-Very helpful personnel.
- Physical plant is hideous.
-Creative use of technology, open lots of hours. -Not proactive academic unit/lacks strong
leadership.
-Electronic resources and the staff associated
-Better physical library facilities to promote
with them.
learning and group study, more computers
available to students, more instructors needed
to teach information literacy skills to students
should take technical comp exams.
-Responsiveness to academic needs in terms of -Library in need of physical upgrade.
acquisitions.
-Adequate.
-Needs overhaul, there are limited resources.
-Quality library instruction staff, good amount -Faculty not welcoming.
of electronic library/research sources available.
-Electronic databases and journals provide off
-Poor support of library IT.
campus access to resources
-IT Department is excellent.
-Library’s direct use not emphasized
sufficiently by the faculty or the institution.
-Staff helpful.
-Terrible facility.
-Library is great about responding to requests. -Our use (openness) of technology to impact
They try and get all materials requested. The
students is not supported. (Time to research
staff is knowledgeable and helpful.
and implement new technology is not
supported).
-Excellent access to electronic journals and
-More resources (books and journals)
databases.
-Strong development of online and infarction
-More online full text articles.
resources.
Library needs cleaning up—too small to meet
-I love the library staff!
-Many online journals available.
-Interlibrary loan is very good and the staff is
very helpful.
-Library and IT resources are very good for
this type of institution.
-Supportive staff.
-Online services.
-Chats and librarians.
-Increased budget to improve holdings.
Good digital resources—up to date technology
modern needs
More library resources are needed
Library still does not meet some ACRL standards
Library needs to be upgraded
Budget for books, journals, databases
Need bigger building, more welcoming library
No planning for use of technology in teaching—not
enough attention to information literacy
Terrible, out-of-date building
Not inviting. Not many students study there
While support has increases
Excellent IT staff who are service oriented
Staff—wonderful librarians
Great staff
Strong collections
Good digital resources
ILL and Resource room—great
Generally orders books I request
Number and scope of resources is very good and
certainly sufficient for educational mission
Electronic and full-text resources continue to
expand
Online resources are excellent
Helpful staff
Online resources are getting better all the time
IT support in the School of Engineering and
Technology is flawless. This model should be
adopted by every school
Increasing number of electronic databases
Informational resources—always offering
professional development and instruction when
needed
Students BADLY need renovation
Physical library space inadequate and outdated
Our library building is shabby and in desperate
need of renovation
Physical set up not at all inviting—needs to be
more welcoming and interactive setting
I look forward to a virtual library with resources
available everywhere: office, home, etc.
Aging library building
Library should be used more by community and
partnership should be considered
Standard 8-Physical and Technological Resources
(from December 2007)
Strengths
-Helpful accessible support people
-Good training for full time staff
-Equipment that runs efficiently
-IT/IT support
-More recent construction and renovations
have been done right
-Health and safety upgrades are much
appreciated
Weaknesses
-Banner is not using its full capacity
-No advising screen
-Dated transfer hands
-Not always up to date with course renumberings and cross listed courses
-Now every classroom needs to be smart
-Need more labs available for part –time
scheduling (one or two classes a semester),
especially at night.
-The quality of our physical and Tech
-Space is limited. Several rooms are overused,
resources is good. We appear to stay current as inhibiting the ability to bring our facilities up
possible.
to the next level to offer the most advanced
programs as this “tech age” advances, lack of
space may soon prove to be a determinant to
our students.
-Many public facilities are maintained at
-Some facilities/classrooms/restrooms portray
minimum standards.
image a “another underfunded and neglected
“state agency”
-Technological resources are really available
-Update all classrooms need age appropriate
for students, i.e. micro computer lab, desktops seating for mature students.
in classrooms, etc.
-“Smart” classrooms have outstanding
-Physical resources-there has been an issue
technology.
with having fewer beds/housing facilities
available than needed. There has been an
increased demand each year, yet there hasn’t
been much of a change to meet some of the
demand. Also, there is no housing for graduate
students, international grads, in particular.
-Faculty supplied with excellent computers and -More smart classrooms needed.
software and tech support
-Renovations on student center have improved -Physical condition of Willard and DiLoreto
appearance and increased use of the center
classrooms is inappropriate and embarrassing
for higher ed, especially graduate classes.
-Vance academic center.
-Technical resources are not adequate to
effectively meet institutional goals both
academically and administratively.
-Number of smart classrooms increasing.
-Chairs not comfortable.
-Good IT staff and effective cooperation with
-Diloreto and Willard Halls are an
faculty.
embarrassment.
-Increasingly well equipped classrooms.
-Need full count.
-Grounds are well maintained.
-We have some really great facilities
-Vance Hall!!!
Ambitious infrastructure improvements over
the past year and a well thought out master
facilities plan are real assets to the institution.
-The university provides technological support
to part time faculty and commuter students
(two historically underrepresented groups).
-Wireless campus.
-IT helpdesk always available and helpful.
IT provides strong support to units on campus
By and large, a strength of the university
ITS is, for the most part, professional and generally
prompt in trying to resolve problems
Computer resources are decent
Made some strides in smart classroom
Technology strides have been the greatest
Physical classroom setting
Updated classrooms allow for use of latest
technology
Wide range of resources and services
Delivery of software and internet-based services is
very good
Grounds generally look nice
Recycling program
-Faculty sometimes forced to teach out of
building.
-The buildings for A&S are run down. The
heat is either too high or too low, and you
cannot regulate it. The large lecture halls are in
decrepit conditions. The computers constantly
head servicing. Not enough room for end
offices or lab space.
-Facilities managers are unresponsive to
faculty and departments. Projects take months
and are incomplete.
-Insufficient space for student-faculty
interchanges outside traditional classrooms.
-Willard Hall, need I say more?
-Similar as above, but personnel who work to
implement technology are not supported with
time or compensation.
-We seem to be behind in having “enough”
great facilities.
-Designated academic buildings need
renovation (they are substandard).
-Need more office and research space for
faculty.
-Outdated labs, classrooms and buildings.
-Process scored by the cumbersome political
process.
-Inadequate parking for faculty/staff in
convenient locations.
-More residence halls.
-Major renovations needed to academic
buildings.
-Xeroxing and printing-need to improve access
to and ease printing for faculty.
-To conduct quantitative research faculty
require greater access to computer analysis
support and programs.
Need all classrooms to have appropriate
technology for instruction
Insufficient on-campus housing
Space constraints in Science and Engineering are
the biggest obstacles to faculty development and
student success. Lack of space for courses and
Facilities are kept clean
Excellent ITS support services
Good level of support in technology area
Some buildings and tech resources are state of the
art
Excellent facilities staff who manage multiple
priorities well
Yes—highly satisfied
Campus attractive
especially labs are forcing our students to go back
to community college for math, chemistry, and
physics courses
Not enough space
Faculty need significant improvement in office
space
Lab research space needed
Need more smart classrooms
Need more smart classroom
Still looks like high school in too many classrooms
Lab space is lacking
Physical resources dependant on state funding
Projection: new bonding package and CSU 2012
will help
Technology is missing from the strategic plan
Commitment to deliver quality service is present
but uneven
Not enough office space
Nee more space for exercise and recreation
Few seminar rooms with tables/not desks
Lacks physical resources (i.e.: office space) to
provide adequate support services for students—
does not accommodate expansion of services
Classes offered in compressed time frame
Do we have space for staff, or are we not using
space to its fullest advantage?
Humanities tend to be housed in the worst
buildings with the fewest tech resources
Temperature control (or lack thereof) in the
classrooms
Dorm space
Many buildings need to be updated
Insufficient space for efforts of university
Too few offices
Buildings are run-down