<font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap">The main library at Smith College is under major renovation. It will be under construction for the next two years. Talking to students on campus, this has already disrupted their daily routines from lack of accessibility of walkways to lack to study spaces. More students study in their dorm rooms now since their major study spots have disappeared.</span></font>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-a2659499-e493-43c2-e7dc-df8d255f0b13"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a2659499-e493-43c2-e7dc-df8d255f0b13"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Pop-up Study Spaces:</span></span></span><br/> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-a2659499-e493-43c2-e7dc-df8d255f0b13"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a2659499-e493-43c2-e7dc-df8d255f0b13"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Program Pitch: The Pop-Up Study Space allows students to study outdoors in a place they can make their own amidst the turmoil caused by library construction on campus. Students don’t need to stay in their cramped rooms due to the loss of their favorite study space. Pop-Up Study Spaces will adapt to the needs of its users. The Study Space is created by pushing together two white boards, providing sticky notes, whiteboard markers, tables, and chairs. Students can hold meetings, study with a friend, or cram for a test while enjoying the outdoors! This Study Space would remain in a single location for a single week. At this time, students would crowdsource a new location for the makerspace. We will start with a single pilot Study Space before opening up additional Study Spaces tailored to the specific needs of each major (e.g. computer monitors for Computer Science majors).</span></span></span>