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Setting the stage for academic engagementRe-engineering the Georgia Tech Library

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives Annual meeting, Atlanta, January 2007Crit Stuart, Associate Director for Public Services

Setting the stage for academic engagement• Georgia Tech

• Library

• Drastic change

required

• West Commons

West CommonsPrior to renovation

West CommonsGeneral productivity & multimedia studio

West CommonsGeneral productivity

West CommonsGeneral productivity

West CommonsMultimedia Studio

West Commons

Multimedia Studio

Implementing change

• What did we learn from West Commons?

• Why consider creating an East Commons?

• What process was used?

Focus on the customerLibrary student advisory counsel

Capturing & distilling customer expectationsAffinity focus groups

Focus on the customerAffinity focus group findings March 2005

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

East CommonsPrior to renovation

Responding to inputEast Commons

Feeding the bodyEast Commons: Café

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

Feeding the bodyEast Commons: Café

Listening and learningEast Commons: Instant Theater

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

Listening and learningEast Commons: Instant Theater

Using technologyEast Commons: Customized by the individual

Using technologyEast Commons: group computing

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

Using technologyEast Commons: group computing

Using technologyEast Commons: group computing

Studying and relaxingEast Commons: study areas

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

Studying and relaxingEast Commons: study areas

Studying and relaxingEast Commons: study areas

Studying and relaxingEast Commons: study areas

CirculationEast Commons: circulation

• Books

• Productivity tools

• Assistance

• East Commons

coordination

Changing focusEast Commons: transition zones

• Aesthetics

• Space delineation

• Productivity tools

• Celebration

• Relaxation

• Distraction

• Connectedness

• Flexibility

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Changing focusEast Commons: transition zones

Changing focusEast Commons: transition zones

Space delineationEast Commons: restaging walls

Space delineationEast Commons: restaging walls

Space delineationEast Commons: restaging walls

FlexibilityEast Commons: From study space to Instant Theater

FlexibilityEast Commons: From study space to Instant Theater

FlexibilityEast Commons: From study space to Instant Theater

FlexibilityEast Commons: From study space to Instant Theater

• Changing pedagogy• Replication / viral dissemination of our good spaces elsewhere on campus• What it takes to be a learning destination or dwelling space

The new GT reality

• Assessment• Surveys• Blogs and other forms of commentary• Ongoing research with other GT departments to evolve our spaces

Feedback and assessment

Our “bold librarians” are encouraged to comment from the sidelines. For a sense of how a young critic views our work, see various entries in Brian Mathews’ blog space.

http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com

Enhancing librarians’ rolesThe ubiquitous librarian

Flexibility

The Library Commons are an important collaboration between the Library and the Office of Information Technology to define the vision and the design of the Undergraduate Learning Center. The Library Commons is composed of the West Commons, the East Commons, and the Resource Center. This memo of understanding outlines the essential service, funding, leadership and governance elements that sustain the endeavor, mitigate confusion and conflict, and clarify responsibilities of the parties to assure uninterrupted success.

UnderstandingLibrary Commons memo of understanding

Focus on the customerWhat’s next?

For more information related to Georgia Tech Library’s learning spaces, contact Crit Stuart at crit.stuart@library.gatech.edu

Beginning March 1, 2007, check the Georgia Tech Library’s home page at library.gatech.edu for a series of documents and other materials related to the transformations of the past 5 years.

For more information . . .