I am currently completing my fourth year in a biology program at York University. And in those 4 years (yes, I have suffered), I have been in every library but not once have I ventured into any room that wasn’t a designated study room. Although I find myself quite familiar with Scott Library, down to the exact location where a student had a bucket of feces dumped on him last semester, I had never heard of the Sound and Moving Image Library, SMIL for short.
In early February, my fourth year biology class took a field trip across campus to visit the SMIL. Given that this school holds infrastructures that seem as old as time, I figured that the movie selection would be as such as well. Boy was I wrong! They had selections that were fresh out of theatres! I found myself wanting to stay as a result of finding movies that I, myself had not yet seen.
There was an abundance of video and audio formats ranging from DVDs, to CDs, to audiocassettes, VHS players, and many more. This library even has a website through which you can discover all that you’d wish to know about their media. One would think this would be a bad idea to flaunt movies in front of overly stressed young adults, who will do anything to procrastinate.
If all of this still doesn’t pique your interest, this library is typically not brimming with students, has many seats, couches, and tables, and can be a great study area during times of stress, such as exam season. So get cracking on those books!
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 