{"id":154041,"date":"2023-05-02T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=154041"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:07:38","slug":"students-asked-the-library-listened-longer-library-hours-starting-from-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/05\/02\/students-asked-the-library-listened-longer-library-hours-starting-from-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Students asked, the Library listened: longer library hours starting from May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upon receiving feedback from the students, the University Library decided to have longer opening hours for a trial period from the beginning of May until the end of June. The library will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight every day of the week, including weekends and public holidays.<\/p>\n

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From now on, students can use the library until midnight every day of the week.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThe results of a recent poll indicated that people are unhappy about the hours during weekends\u201d, said Ineke van der Kramer, head of the Education Support department. The library was open from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on weekends and public holidays until now. But in May and June, it will be open every day of the week, including weekends and holidays, from 8 a.m. to midnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first driver is always that we actually have people using the library and they really want this\u201d, says Van der Kramer. The new opening hours are a pilot for now. \u201cIf no one is showing up in the evenings after 9 o\u2019clock, it\u2019s a waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Van der Kramer also emphasises the importance of university service facilities during this trial period. \u201cIt\u2019s not only a study spot but you need coffee, you need places to dump your waste, to go to a clean toilet, so our facility services need to be able to keep up that service too.\u201d<\/p>\n

But despite the extra costs, the library will bear in mind feedback from students following the pilot, according to Van der Kramer. \u201cWith thirty-six thousand students and a structural shortage of study spaces, we can help them make a choice that suits them best.\u201d After June, if the pilot succeeds, the library is willing to make longer hours possible for students full time.<\/p>\n\n\t

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