Do Less:
1) CÁLMATE with the drinks rule.
In case you haven’t noticed, people still drink coffee in there. As one of Yale’s hottest seniors put it, “I either have to risk third degree burns or spill coffee all over my backpack just to stay awake in a library that frustratingly closes at 11pm anyway.”
2) That orange carpet.
It has to go. Its distracting and it’s not “artsy,” or “architecture-y,” it’s just weird.
3) Three card swipes to enter
One swipe seems to do the trick for every other library.
4) The in and out mechanism.
Am I boarding the subway? That low-standing metal bar can’t stop me, it just wastes my very, very precious time.
5) All the books about art and architecture.
We get it, okay? We know you grad students like reading about that stuff. But, there’s nothing in those books you can’t learn from “Picasso Baby” or “Artpop.” Jeff Koons balloons, I just wanna blow up… A+A.
Do More:
1) Bathroom.
One measly stall doesn’t cut it in an age where Bass has 15.
2) Lighting.
Is it just me, or is there always some part of A+A that’s completely dark? Spoiler alert: it’s not just me.
3) Heating.
It’s absolutely freezing in there.
4) The mid-section.
That area behind the bookshelves that connects the two sides is like a fashion runway. Everything you do is on display, and sometimes (though not often) I’m not trying to play that game.
5) Golf pencils at the circulation desk.
Why? If you’re going to offer that service, then spend some money on normal pencils. Or, at least provide a miniature sharpener so that we can use those little guys more than once.