The Dean’s Party

Suggestion/Comment

“If the Dean of the Medical Society wants to throw a party, it probably shouldn’t be in the library … much less the quiet study area during the quiet hours for finals!!!”

“I also believe that the Med School party in the middle of the Library was inappropriate. There are signs, all ones saying that Ebling is quiet study, especially during finals time. I believe this shows a lack of respect for students during the most busy time of the semester.”

Response

We received a couple of complaints about the Dean’s Centennial event on Tuesday the 6th. The party planners were warned that the event was during finals; we were hoping that by limiting it to the late afternoon, early evening-(4:30-6:30) that we would not disrupt your studies too much. We did not appreciate how loud the caterer set up would be, well before 4:30. We were hoping that by warning the student body (all health sciences students) that the party was pending (which we did in an e-mail last week) that it would not be too disruptive. We have held numerous events in the Historical Reading Room before which went smoothly-it was the addition of the caterer and the extended 3rd floor venue that made this event problematic.

In response to your concerns we will make it a policy NOT to have any functions (or caterers) in the Ebling that move beyond the quiet confines of the Historical Reading Room during the two week finals period in the Spring or Winter.

Our profuse apologies. This open landscape building was designed as a multi-purpose, multi-use facility, in order to encourage collegiality, and interchange (as well as studying and quiet). Sometimes those initiatives get confused. We will continue to make every effort, under the constraints of the building’s design and initiatives, to protect your quiet in our future endeavors.

Ebling Library Administration