Creating Library Spaces

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Creating Library Spaces

• Learning Spaces

An
Webinar
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1200 noon to 115PM
Presenter Linda Demmers xlibris_at_earthlink.net
Infopeople webinars are supported by the U.S.
Institute of Museum and Library Services under
the provisions of the Library Services and
Technology Act, administered in California by the
State Librarian.
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Learning Spaces Agenda

• Basics
• Alternatives
• Focused environments
• Facility as curriculum
• Partnerships

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How do we learn?

• Instruction
• Observation
• Collaboration
• Data gathering and analysis
• Exploration
• Repetition
• Trial and error

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Borrowing Ideas

• Preschools and Head Start programs
• Elementary schools
• Colleges and universities
• Adult education programs
• Boys and Girls clubs
• Museums and Discovery Zones

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Multipurpose Room

• Lecture
• Workshops
• Physical education
• Gallery and exhibition
• Homework

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Multipurpose Room Basics

• Infrastructure
• Location
• HVAC
• Acoustics
• Lighting and light control

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Multipurpose Room Design

• Dimensions 32 (Depth to Width)
• Ceiling height
• Screen height (16 distance to front)
• Space required per person
• 10 - 12 square feet (chairs only)
• 25 - 35 square feet (at tables)
• Convenient ample storage

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Multipurpose Room Equipment

• Projection and sound
• Programmable control panel
• Lightweight stacking furniture
• Podium
• Easels rolling white boards
• Telephone
• Assistive listening technology

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Multipurpose Room Alternatives

• Stacks on casters
• Moveable furniture

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Classrooms

• Continuing education
• Satellite campuses
• Distance learning
• Training workshops
• Rental space

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Classroom Basics

• Learner instructors stations
• Storage
• 15 to 25 square feet per learner
• Display space
• Long term project space
• Distance learning technology

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Classroom Alternatives

• Multipurpose room
• Staff conference room
• Furniture on wheels
• Quiet reading area

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Lounge Classroom
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Training Room

• Library sponsored workshops
• Infopeople training lab
• Homework center
• Drop in lab
• For fee workshops
• Rental opportunity

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Training Room Basics

• Multipurpose room basics
• Printer and storage
• Security
• 30 to 40 square feet per learner station
• Telephone

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Training Room Alternatives

• Laptop lab
• Multipurpose room
• Conference room
• Moveable furniture
• Virtual

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Homework Center Basics

• Learner stations
• Basic reference and texts
• Printers scanners
• Proctor desk
• Oversized workstations
• Learning commons

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Collaborative Learning

• Non-competitive learning
• Team building
• Shared problem solving
• Professional models

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Collaborative Learning Spaces

• Place to talk and listen
• Place to write ideas
• Access to data
• Acoustics
• Enthusiasm

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Group Study Spaces
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Collaborative Learning Spaces Alternatives
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Inexpensive Group Study Rooms
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One-on-One Learning
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How Children Learn

• Gross motor skills
• Small manipulatives
• Repetition
• Dramatic play
• Me in the Universe
• Joyful playful atmosphere

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Learning Environments for Children

• Colorful and playful
• Touchable
• Wiggle room
• Exploration and discovery
• Excitement
• Messy

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Please Touch
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Play and Learning
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InvolvementTell me and I forget. Show me and
I remember. Involve me and I understand.
Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom begins in wonder
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Home Schoolers

• Resources for various age groups
• Places for messy projects
• Space for parent involvement
• Curriculum resource collections
• Long term storage

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Learning Opportunities for Seniors

• Intergenerational play and training
• Generations Online computer literacy
• Senior Fridays
• College Emeritus
• Art and writing exhibition

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Senior Spaces

• Living room
• The Bookshop
• The Front Porch
• Listening Area
• Special Needs Area

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The Right Chair
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Lounge Classroom
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Learning Environments for Teens

• Flexible
• Colorful
• Stimulating
• Multiple input sources
• Personalize

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Learning Commons

• Gathering place
• Pervasive technology
• Collaboration spaces
• Comfortable and inviting
• Flexible
• Food friendly
• 24/7

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Neighborhoods

• Presentation areas
• Multimedia pods
• Collaborative corners
• Independent stations
• Specialized tech
• Instruction rooms

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Seating Variations
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Information Commons

• Lounge seating
• Technology stations
• Help desk
• Production center
• Flexibility

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Reading Room Transformed
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Teaching Learning Spaces

• Presentation areas
• Lounge classrooms
• Hands on
• Informal learning spaces

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Gallery Spaces

• Events
• Art exhibition
• Media
• Instruction
• Performances
• Socializing

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Flexible Spaces

• Moveable furniture
• Portable partitions
• Power sources
• Screens
• Flexible lighting

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Library Facility

• three dimensional encyclopedia of learning
  tools
• By exhibition
• By demonstration
• By interaction

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Possible Learning Topics

• Environmental issues
• Local history
• Art
• Architecture
• Culture

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Learning by Demonstration
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Learning by Exhibition
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Teaching History
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Teaching by Example
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Learning styles Old Model

• Quiet
• Assignment uniformity
• Conforming results
• Discipline isolation

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Learning Centers Old Model

• Empty boxes filled with school furniture
• Chairs in straight rows facing front
• Textbooks
• Computers down the hall

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Learning Centers of the Future

• Systematic participatory planning
• Light moveable partitions furniture
• Museum quality interactive exhibits
• Display surfaces
• Private corners

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What better place for this than a library?
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Thank you!

• Next in the Series
• Creating Library Spaces for the Very Young
• Wednesday, March 25 at 12 noon
• Creating Inviting Low Cost Teen Spaces
• Wednesday, April 29 at 12 noon

Presenter Linda Demmers xlibris_at_earthlink.net