Study spots

 Dear Scarby, I am a first year student here at UTSC and am struggling to find a good spot to study on campus. Can you give me some advice on where the best place to study in the library is?  - Searching for the Sweetest Spot, 1st year

Dear Searching, You've asked the right hedgehog! I personally like to burrow in the silent study room on the upper floor. I feel like it is the easiest place to hide out and it's nice and quiet. On a day when I don't mind some noise, and am not looking for absolute silence, I snuggle into couches in the reading room at the entrance of the library. It's also right near the course reserves and I can run in to snatch up a charging cable. One other super comfortable place is the new 'nook' area past the stairs. Again it has those comfy chairs where I can hang out, but what sets it apart are the stationary reading bicycles. Like, who even invented those? You can quietly work your muscles and your brain at the same time. If I'm with my study buddies, I book a group study room. It really depends on how you like to study.

Yours truly,

Scarby H. Hedgehog

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Most borrowed

Dear Scarby, there are so many great things in the library. I have always wondered, what items in the library are borrowed the most? - Fact Seeker, 4th year

Dear Fact Seeker,

If you’ve ever stepped inside the UTSC library, you’re sure to have noticed that it’s quite a large library. With over 300,000 items in the collection, there is a lot to choose from. Although there are a few items that attract the students’ attention the most. One of these items is season one of Game of Thrones on DVD, which has circulated 56 times. The most popular book is also “A Game of Thrones” which has been borrowed 77 times and seems to prove that “the book was better” indeed. The UTSC Library has more than just books and DVDs. There is also a Tech Lending collection. The most popular items from that collection are the lighting to USB cables; each one of them circulates about 400 times a year. The latest additions to the library’s collection include video games and board games. Although they were only added a couple of months ago, I am sure they will be one of the more popular items among students and library users to enjoy! Heck, I’m going to take out Scrabble right now.

Yours truly,

Scarby H. Hedgehog

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The Three-Thirty Book Club is a free, virtual program that aims to foster a sense of community by providing a space to examine the Doris McCarthy Gallery exhibition Three-Thirty, and its themes, through selected works of literature: Kei Miller’s book-length poem “The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion,” Austin Clarke’s short story collection In This City and Robin Wall Kimmerer’s non-fiction text Braiding Sweetgrass. The book club is presented in partnership with the U of