Furniture Question from a Student:

"The condition of the upholstery on the furniture is very poor in the library, especially on the second floor, one of the more high traffic areas of the library. A significant number of the floor chairs are torn from natural use. As a student paying services for my education, I would expect that re-upholstering these chairs would be done for the benefit of students' use and for general respect to those who use this library, which consists of doctors, faculty researchers, guest researchers, and other dignitaries that come visit our campus. The appearance, quite frankly, is appalling; more so, the usability of the upholstery of the chairs is undesirable. I rarely see people sitting in these very comfortable chairs. I am asking for a response [from] the University [regarding] the plan for reupholstering these chairs.

Sincerely, Concerned Student"

Thank you for your concern. Recently the campus approved funding to repair the chairs and I am currently working with the Library Director and fabric vendors to select fabrics to be used to reupholster the chairs. You can look forward to clean new fabric on these chairs within the next few months.

Assistant Director for Business Development & Operations