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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 [email protected]
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 . . .
