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In April 2023, the U-M Library opened a newly renovated floor, the Clark Commons, on the 3rd floor of the Shapiro Library. During the first year the Clark Commons was open (April 2023-May 2024), we collected a number of data points to assess whether the design goals for the public spaces on the floor were being met and to try to capture use trends. Throughout this initiative, a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods were used to capture both attitudinal and behavioral data in order to document lessons learned from this renovation that could be applied during future renovations.