[FOCUS] Seat Privatization in the Central Library Reading Room
[FOCUS] Seat Privatization in the Central Library Reading Room
  • Park Chan-ju (ST Cub-Reporter)
  • 승인 2015.11.11 19:48
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Finding a place to study is a troubling issue for Soongilians, especially when it comes to midterms and finals. Though there are reading rooms arranged for the Soongsilians, most of them experience difficulty finding an empty seat. ST checks up on this problem..................Ed.
 
The Central Library Reading Room in SSU is crowded with students during the exam period. Checking the seat allocation system will reveal that there are no longer any available seats. Is the reading room really crowded, without any empty seats left?
There are eight reading rooms in the Central Library. Two of these are graduate school reading rooms, and one, a doctoral-course reading room. The undergraduates cannot use these three rooms. Also, the sixth reading room is usually open only during the exam period. The number of reading room seats in the first reading room is 252; in the second reading room, 217; in the third reading room, 324; in the fourth reading room, 346; in the fifth reading room, 184; and in the sixth reading room, 428. All in all, SSU Central Library can accommodate up to 1,751 Soongsilians. This notwithstanding, according to the Soongsilians, one cannot afford to reserve seats in the reading room during periods of the exam.
When Soongsilians enter the reading room, they often see empty seats in many rooms, contrary to what is indicated in the system monitor. This is so partly because there are many cases where the people who reserved those seats do not actually show up. Most Soongsilians know that it is usually difficult to get a seat during the exam period, so some reserve a seat early but eventually decide to study outside. Also, it sometimes happens that a student reserves a seat and upon entering the reading room finds that there is another student occupying that seat. Here, it is the freshmen who are often victimized. Sometimes, it is not the students who are sitting on the chairs but their things (books, pencil cases, bags, etc.). In such situations, the person who reserved the seat should go out and book another seat. Thus, although the monitor of the Reading Room Seat Allocation System indicates that there are no longer any available seats, one may find that there actually still are.
Nowadays, after a student checks out and does not return, his or her seat is automatically returned within an hour. During the exam period, however, there are many students who cannot study in the reading rooms because these are full houses. The Central Library is trying to prevent seat privatization in the reading rooms. They guide the students to return their seats quickly and conveniently before checking out, by installing a “returning seat machine.” Also, to reduce the incidence of seat privatization, they take all objects left behind every 10th and 25th if there is no one in the library.
Even though these efforts are lasting, the situation is not getting better. Many people do not heed the system, a notice of which is posted on the wall in front of the entrance of the building. One reason for this is that the notice is too small to be easily seen. Another is that although the students know that they have to return their seats, some do not do so because they have to rush due to their hectic schedules and because others don’t return their seats anyway.
In this situation, some students just take whatever empty seats there may be in the reading rooms, without reserving seats, despite the inconvenience of taking their chances. When the student who reserved the seat returns, he or she asks the other student to get up from the seat. The latter then gets up and looks for another empty seat. This becomes a vicious circle.
Only the considerate behavior of the Soongsilians could address this problem. Students should return their seats when they check out for the benefit of others. Then the number of extra seats will increase, and the number of students feeling discomfort in the library for want of seats will be reduced. Manners maketh a man.
 
Park Chan-ju (ST Cub Reporter)
yangd01@ssu.ac.kr

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