Sitting on the main floor of the library, people were always walking in and out. Most everyone was either looking for a book or looking to work on a computer. One man walked in who looked about the age of 20 and was there about as long as I was. He was constantly moving around, looking both at a computer and within printed text. He was wearing his coat the entire time and looked like he was in a really big rush. For a while, he had quite a few printing problems (like almost everyone else there) and was noticeably worried. Most likely, he was going to class and didn't really do his homework in time. Right across from me, there was another woman reading through a magazine for a while. She was a little shorter than I was and was wearing jeans and a Hollister shirt. I found it peculiar that she was also watching the man that seemed really nervous. She wasn't observing him as I was, but she still seemed to notice that he was in a rush and kind of chuckled a little bit beneath her breath. She didn't stay long, maybe 20 minutes, but seemed very interested in what she was reading as well.
Looking at everything in a larger scheme, I noticed that the secretaries at the desks were well dressed, mostly women, and when they weren't helping people, seemed like they were very bored. Watching the people that walked in, I saw more women that I did men. I found this quite peculiar and asked myself why. Maybe this will become more clear as I observe further down the road. Also, looking at everyone there, more people seemed to be not be in a rush rather than the ones that were in a rush. Even further, everyone that looked rushed was on a computer and wasn't reading a book. This is most likely because the internet is a very easy access tool and many of the people there seemed to have to print off papers. Overall, people were really quite as well. Some people were listening to music, some people were just sitting down doing nothing.
In the end, I saw many people in the two hours that I was at the library, but most all of them were either doing nothing, or researching in some form or another. Also, as it got later into the evening, more and more people started to show up. I figured that more people were done with classes and needed to do homework for the next few days so they choose the library to use as their study place like many others do.
I would like to plan on going again during the weekend some time to see how the weekend compares to the week days.
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Jacob,
You've got a great start in your observations! I like the way you studied people and guessed at what they were doing or thinking, rushed or not. I'm also curious about why you saw more women than men. I've never noticed that before--of course, I haven't really paid attention like you have! I wonder, where were you sitting in the area? Did you move around? Would walking around that area reveal more?
Keep up these great observations!
K
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