The Trades Technology Campus (TTC) library focuses on nonfiction books more dedicated to facts rather than fiction, leaving TTC students forced to go to the Liberal Arts Campus (LAC) for a variety of media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While these books are related to a lot of the subjects that TTC teaches, LAC provides books that are not strictly dedicated to the subjects being taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When entering the TTC campus library, it is very clear that the building has a much different layout in comparison to the LAC campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the computer lab is organized and helpful in resources, the variety of books on the shelves is extremely limited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many of the shelves in the back remain empty, lacking books or any sort of media that would be expected in a functioning library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The working space is limited, but still decent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s an extremely compact space that seems to always be empty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When going through the books that are present, it’s clear that not much effort was put into the choices of media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students who enjoy reading shouldn\u2019t have to go to the LAC campus for entertaining books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s unfair to the students who do not attend the LAC campus to have such a limited amount of resources in their library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This issue could be fixed if more focus were put on the TTC library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expanding the size of the TTC library would also be beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having a bigger space would encourage having a more functional library and a place to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Filling the empty shelves with a variety of books, rather than just informational literature, would greatly help this library visually, as well as the students who use it to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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