Title: The Library as an Asset in Community Building. Library ..
1The Library as an Asset in Community Building
- Library Facilities and Organizations
- In the Information Age
Sarah E. Thomas Cornell University May 15, 2003
2The Deserted Library
PHOTO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
3Nineteenth Century Monumental Libraries
The New York Public Library
The Library of Congress
4The Last Monumental Libraries?
At the End of the Twentieth Century
521st Century Libraries High density storage in
a remote location
Library of Congress Ft. Meade (Maryland) and
Culpeper (Virginia) Facilities
6New Approaches to Learning
- Collaborative learning
- Undergraduate research
- Technology Assisted
- Interdisciplinary
7What Users Want
- One-stop shopping
- 24/7/360 degrees
- Self-reliance
- Technology
- Amenities
- Quiet zones
- Social interaction
- Blurring of home and office environments
8Trends in Library Facilities
- Technology-enriched
- Group studies
- 24-hour access
- Off-site collections
- Off-site staff
- On-site partners
- Cafes
- Reading rooms
- Electronic classrooms
- Comfortable seating
- Flexible design
9Overcrowding Leads to Library Expansion
SCENE IN THE OLD CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY,
WASHINGTON, D.C. SHOWING PRESENT CONGESTED
CONDITION. DRAWING BY W.
BINGOUGH
10Compact shelving permits browsing and immediate
access
UC Irvine
11The University of Minnesota created an
underground cavern beneath its Andersen Library
ARCHITECT STAGEBERG BEYER SACHS, INC.
12High-density Storage
- Lesser-used materials
- Shared storage
- Preservation tool
- Security asset
- Industrial document delivery
Duke University
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14Five College Depository
15 Yale-Gilman Music Library
Yale
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott
16Space constraints
ARCHITECT EINHORN YAFFEE PRESCOTT ARCHITECTURE
ENGINEERING, P.C.
17A fresh-air intake and parking lot becomes an
elegant public space.
New York Public Library
ARCHITECT DAVIS BRODY BOND, LLP
18Restore Grand Reading Room
19Yale University Sterling Library
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott
20Ohio State University
21Changing Library Services
The Card Catalog was the starting point.
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22Technical Services (before) Widener Library,
Harvard University
23Widener Librarys treasure room Taken over by
cataloging Returned as a periodicals reading room
24Cornells Periodicals Room was hardly used by
2001.
25Jane Goodall
Ken McClain
E.J. Josey
26University of Iowa Libraries Food for Thought
Browsers Coffee Shop at the University of
Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Free Speech Movement Café, Donated by Library
Vendor
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28Rochester Institute of Technology Idea Factory
29UNCs House Undergraduate Library, Prior to
Renovation
30Group Study Rooms Support Collaborative Learning
31Group Study Room University of Illinois, Grainger
Engineering Library
Bowdoin College Library
32UNC House Library New Books Reading Room
33MIT Hayden Library
Secure, 24-hour study zones are in demand
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35Carrels in Cornells new addition to Mann
Library have power, data connections, and locked
doors.
36UNCs Film Screening Room,House Library,
Pre-Renovation
37Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis Auditorium is wired and wheelchair
accessible.
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39Electronic Classrooms
40UNC Instruction Lab
41Consolidation of Service Points Regenstein
Library,University of Chicago Customer Service
Station
42Dartmouths Baker Berry Library
PhotoJ. Mehling
43Princeton Science Library
ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY
44The University of Torontos Learning Centre
The University of Michigans Media Union
45NCSU Learning and Research Center for the Digital
Age
46Northwestern Universitys 2 East building
emphasizes one-stop shopping services of
Collection Management, Digital Media Services,
and Academic Technologies.
It includes a SONY lab, a library training
facility, a reference classroom, and digitization
services.
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48The University of GeorgiaStudent Learning Center
A collaborative effort of the University
Libraries, University Computing and Networking
Services, and the Office of Instructional Support
and Development
49- Electronic teaching library (200,000 square feet)
- 500 networked workstations
- 2200 seats
- 96 group study rooms
- Coffee house
- Soft seating
- A traditional reading room
- 26 Electronic classrooms
50The Boston Public Library
51The Young Library University of Kentucky