Napping in the Library—On Purpose; Library Journal, 10/24/12

Meredith Schwartz, Library Journal; Napping in the Library—On Purpose: "They’re designed to provide the perfect environment for a 20 minute nap, from positioning to privacy to white noise and a gentle wake-up call via vibrations and lighting rather than a blaring alarm clock... In 2007, Chowdhury donated an EnergyPod to Carnegie Mellon’s Hunt Library. Gloriana St. Clair, Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon, told LJ the pod is “very heavily used,” particularly around mid-terms and finals. When the pod is in use, Carnegie Mellon’s sleepy library users now have another option. Said St. Clair, “My partner (a champion napper) died last year. Several people gave gifts to the libraries in his honor and I used that money to buy nine recliners for the Sorrells Library… Most of these chairs are used most of the time. It is a very cheap alternative to the napping pod.”"