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Lubna Khan Public-P. Project 11/17/0 __**Healey Library**__ The Healey Library at University of Massachusetts Boston was named in a memory of Joseph P. Healey, a trustee of UMass Trustee for 22 years and chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees. Besides many shelves of books, the Healey Library is also a home to the Arthur Martin Observatory, an entire floor of computer labs, the University -house centers and Institution, and WUMB-FM Radio. Healey Library is like a home to more than 580,000 books and journals and a growing network of electronic resources. This Building is also a house the computer center, the learning center, research centers and institutes. The Highest point on campus is on the 12th floor is the Observatory. There are 12 flavors this is the most important building on the campus because it represents the learning and the knowledge. It’s a kind of message for everyone to see what UMass Boston is all about. As I stepped in to the library the first time I knew it wasn't just a library but a lot more then that. Everything there was different and one of the first thing that grabbed my eyes was the Jazzman Cyber café with a hug line waiting. Muffins behind the glass window and boiling coffee and the hot smell of it which makes you want to have it. On the side there is a small refrigerator kind of things where all the sandwiches are kept, tuna, ham burgers and cheese sandwiches. It’s a place for students to eat anything at anytime. I could see there was a big line of students waiting to get coffee and other things that they wanted. This area was full of coffee smell and a lot of other things mix. The left side of this floor had a Circulation and Reserve desk where students can request to reserve a computer or anything else that they want. This was also one of the areas where students can get text books of any class but for that they have to show their student id. Also one of the thing I really liked was they allow student to borrow laptops for few hours to type their assignments and do other things such as search paper or edit their papers. It really helps some of the students whose computer might have been broken or for some other reason they can’t get their work done on time. So it’s an opportunity for them to finish their work on time. On the right side there were elevators which take me to the upper levels of the Library Building which means even handicapped people uses this building and they have no hard time. Also this Library has certain times when it’s open for students to come to study and a lot more, mostly its open all the time but on weekends and holidays it closes a little earlier then its usual time. On the 4th floor there were 3 different section; the left side of the floor have area for independent studies where I saw table and its made in such a way that every student have their own study zone, where they can only focus on their own work. It looks like as if u cut a big box in the middle and has that half at your face and has a small table attach to it and have a chair near, calls a carrels, there is no distraction. For having to keep this place so quiet, they have sign on the walls, written notes everywhere says, “Quite Study Area" and a picture of a person with his finger on the lips showing to be quite because for students to focus and have their work done.

Around this side of the study area there are big glass window from where you can see a beautiful view outside; Ocean, trees, road, boats and a lot more. Looking down makes a person wants to be there to enjoy the view and the quite and pleasant time. Having to think about going in that boat in a summer time where wind blows on your face and make you forget everything but just enjoy that time. The middle of that floor, there are books and journals kept in an alphabetical order. Then the right side is more like a group work area where more then one person can sit and study or work. There are round tables with lamp kind of looking thing on top of it and then 4 to 6 chairs around. This is one of the important area because it shows what this University is about and what its doing for students. This area is full of student almost everyday, doing different things, some studying, some doing assignments and some helping each other by discussing different things. As I was looking at this place I knew all these people were in path that leads to American dream of having a house, family and a job. When we think about library we think it’s only a study area where you can’t eat, drink or have fun, but Healey Library is different. It’s a place where you can study and have fun at the same time and it can be consider as an American Dream. It’s a path to get you to that goal. This library is a possibility for everyone not just an individual person to come and study. It can be a group of people discussing anything they want and will feel comfortable feeling as if it’s their home.