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I'm sitting here recounting yesterday's activities, one of which was walking around the library listening to a sometimes entertaining but mostly annoying recording of people trying to make the experience of taking a library tour more interesting than it really is. While I did learn that the largest open-access computer lab on campus is in the LRC, the tour on a whole seemed like a waste of a half-hour. I transferred here from another college and (thankfully) did not have to take the tour as a freshman like many other students. Even though I haven't taken the tour I still know my way around the library. I know how to do research and I know how to look up books and find what area of the library they are in. I made it all the way to my senior year without taking the tour, and I honestly felt a little bit ridiculous walking around the entire library with my headphones on and the map in my hand. I'm just glad it’s done and I don't have to do it again.

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I had a very busy day yesterday, and yet I still found time to walk around the library listening to a mildly entertaining but mostly annoying recording of people trying to make the experience of touring the library more interesting than it really is. BYU requires each student to take a library tour sometime during their time here, and my time just happened to be yesterday. While I did learn that the LRC contains the largest open-access computer lab on campus, the tour as a whole seemed like a grand waste of time. As a transfer student, I made it all the way to my senior year before they caught me and made me take the tour, and I don’t feel any more knowledgeable than I was last week. I already knew how to study. I knew how to do research. I knew how to look up books. I even knew how to find the books that I looked up. I felt more than a bit ridiculous walking around the library with my headphones on and the library map in my hand. Everything about me screamed “I’m a freshman!” I didn’t like that, and I’m glad that I don’t have to take that tour ever again.