The University of Michigan (UM) wants to help its students worn-down from library a study marathon, which is why the school created napping stations.

According to the Michigan Daily, the idea came from UM engineering student Adrian Bazbaz, a junior, who made the proposal to the school's Central Student Government (CSG). Bazbaz noticed many students dozing off in the school's 24-hour libraries anyway, so he reasoned there should be a designated area for sleep breaks.

Last week, UM's Shapiro Undergraduate Library implemented a napping station for students who need some shuteye but live too far away to go home for a catnap. The station has multiple cots set up for students to take naps no longer than 30 minutes. The CSG said the cots are not what they originally intended for, but they wanted something in place in the midst of final exams.

"The purpose for all of this is first to offer people who are tired a space where they can actually go and rest, and the second part is to really raise awareness of how sleep deprivation has such a negative impact on health overall," Bazbaz told the Michigan Daily.

Stephen Griffes, University Library information resources senior supervisor, told the newspaper the CSG's track record of successful ideas led to the napping station's approval.

"So far, some days we see a lot of use, other times we don't see a lot of use," he said. "It's really too early to tell because it hasn't even been a full week yet, but so far the nappers who are napping there seem to be pretty content."

Like UM, the University of California, Davis and University of Colorado, Boulder both try to help their students catch some ZZZs while studying in public areas. Five years ago, the Daily Camera detailed a room in Colorado's student center where the school provided weary students with ear plugs, sleep masks and an array of mats, couches and bean bags to doze off.

According to the Huffington Post, UC Davis last year published a digital map of the best spots to nap on campus. Even Harvard is considering designated napping areas, the Boston Globe reported last year.

The napping stations at UM are also addressing a serious issue on college campuses that often gets dismissed as a joke. Students are sleeping less and less when under pressure to perform well on tests, especially at academically prestigious schools.

"We joke around here like, 'How many hours of sleep did you get last night?' and when it's like four hours, that's normal," UM sophomore Irene Suh told the Michigan Daily. "It's just really strange how that's the norm around here, that we only get four to six hours of sleep every night, if not less."