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Today’s students need (and deserve) a university library that shatters traditional boundaries by envisioning its primary purpose as enabling the creation of new knowledge. A library with a focus on knowledge creation will continue to provide information resources, tools and expertise but it will prioritize innovation and collaboration. And that changes everything in subtle and profound ways. A library with the “construction of new knowledge” as its primary purpose will have non-traditional outcomes and assessment measures. It will communicate and collaborate and innovate differently. It is fundamentally different than libraries organized around resources or services or even clients. Using the DeLaMare Engineering and Science Library at the University of Nevada, Reno as a case study, this presentation will discuss how the libraries, under the leadership of new director Tod Colegrove, applied theoretical models of learning and innovation in a real world setting. DeLaMare Library needed to be reinvented from the ground up and it needed to become a place that generated innovative and collaborative thinking across disciplines. This required enormous change – organizationally, culturally, and physically – with minimal resources. Over the past three years of this experiment, there have been many challenges but it is clear that DeLaMare Library has been transformed from a dusty little-used backwater into a lively incubator for collaboration, innovation and knowledge creation. (One piece of evidence: use of the facility has risen 600%). Positioning DeLaMare as a library that facilitates knowledge creation has been a game changer. Now offering 3D printing, DeLaMare illustrates the power of harnessing technology to meet strategic goals. Students are highly motivated to learn new skills on their own in order to take advantage of this new technology. They experiment and problem-solve and can quickly iterate to perfect their designs. Even better, students from engineering are now rubbing elbows with people from biology, computer science, geology, chemistry and even art. There is still work to do but through this ongoing endeavor to transform the library, we have learned many lessons about the importance of organizational readiness, staff development, community outreach and smart use of emerging technologies. Here's what we’ve learned.
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Knowledge Creation and the Expanding Role of the 21st Century Library: a case studyKathlin L. RayUniversity of Nevada, Reno
SLA-SD Fall SeminarOct. 4, 2013
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
“A pioneering information environment designed to nurture creativity and stimulate
intellectual inquiry.”
“Vision
“New knowledge, applied to existing tasks, results in increased productivity.
New knowledge applied to new challenges and tasks
is fundamental to innovation.”
“Vision contd.
“Recognizing this critical interplay between knowledge and innovation,
the University of Nevada, Reno has established one of the
first centers in the nation built specifically to embrace these dynamics
of the 21st century.”
DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library
DeLaMare Library, Spring 2010
DeLaMare Library, Spring 2010
DeLaMare Library, Spring 2010
Enter: Tod Colegrove, change agent
Flash-forward 3 years,a tour of the library 2013…
Typical day on the top floor
DeLaMare photo credits, Nick Crowl and Tod Colegrove
Across the 2nd floor
DeLaMare photo credits, Nick Crowl and Tod Colegrove
Ground or 1st floor
DeLaMare photo credits, Nick Crowl and Tod Colegrove
Lego Mindstorms, Arduinos, etc
DeLaMare photo credits, Nick Crowl and Tod Colegrove
And on the Lower Level (basement)
Collaboration, discussion, engagement
DeLaMare photo credits, Nick Crowl and Tod Colegrove
Dormant → Dynamic Lethargic → Energetic Drowsy → Vigorous
DeLaMare Library moved from
in less than 3 years
How?
•Space redesign•Cultural shift •Radical collaboration
Space redesign
• Free up 18,000 square feet for study/collaboration space by • Moving journal back-runs into ASRS• Collapse remaining collection into existing
compact shelving
• Relocate circulation desk • Staff in public areas •Offices = group study rooms
Culture shift
Extraordinary people required
Radical collaboration
•Spaces, furnishings, tools•Service models•Faculty/student engagement•Community outreach•Wow factor
Wow factors: a Burning Man art car
Print services: paper or plastic?
Ben King, Chemistry faculty
“one of the very hard things about teaching chemistry is explaining that molecules have shape. This basically removes that obstacle ... so it will change how we teach chemistry and how we look at molecules on a daily basis. It's also just plain fun."
Photo by Tod Colegrove: Photo of King by Jason Hildago from Engadget:http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/reshaping-universities-through-3d-printing/
“Bridgewire” collaboration
Photo by Nick Crowl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dstl_unr/
DeLaMare Library
•Active zone for collaboration, creation and discovery •STE(A)M •Campus and community partnerships
Questions?
Kathlin L. Ray | Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center | University of Nevada, Reno kray@unr.edu
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