The Friday Finish: Incentivizing Student Success and Building Partnerships.

Abstract

Sunday evenings are busy for academic libraries as students struggle to catch up on a weekend's worth of work and hit midnight assignment deadlines. The Friday Finish was created to encourage students to be productive on Fridays before relaxing for the weekend. To incentivize students to come into the library and stay there, it provides food throughout the day and features additional activities including wellness consults, financial advisors, crafts, chair massages, animal shows, and more. This paper will discuss our successes and challenges.