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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Current UK Library

Design Projects & Issues

Karen Latimer

Queen’s University Belfast

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

www.designinglibraries.org

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

Co-location: The Hive

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

The Library of Birmingham

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Co-location: Clapham Library

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

McClay Exterior

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Sustainability features

• Sustainability Action Plan

• Construction: ISO 14001 max 6 BREEAM

• Design: energy-efficient, daylight/automatic

controls/ light sensors, natural ventilation, heat

recovery/ground source heat pumps, extensive

acoustic modelling/zoning.

• Sustainable procurement (materials/furniture)

• RICS Sustainability Award

• Green Impact Scheme

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

Newcastle Central Library

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

University of Aberdeen

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Learning Space Toolkit (IS, Media,Estates)

JISC Designing spaces for effective learning

Glasgow Caledonian

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Oxford Brookes

Laidlaw Library Leeds

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

University of Leicester

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Meeting the brief: David Wilson

• Combine welcoming ambience with gravitas

• Specific requirement for postgraduate space

• Pleasure to be in for long periods

• Zoning: silent – social

• Vistas to nooks & crannies

• Encourage positive behaviours

• Coherent easy to use layout

• Maximum natural light

• Sustainable

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Post-occupancy evaluation

• Review buildings using IFLA POE

questionnaire

• Map user behaviour

• Surveys

• Focus groups (users and library staff)

• Check against brief – consultant?

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

IFLA Post-occupancy

evaluation questionnaireGeneral Building Services Conclusion

Facts and

figures

Location

Accessibility

Sustainability

Safety and

Security

Flexibility

Entrance area

Materials

Flooring

Ceilings

Acoustics

Openings

Lighting

Furniture

Heating,

Ventilation

and Air-

conditioning

Installations fed

through a wiring

system

Data

Sanitary areas

Service Areas

Shelving

User areas

Children’s Area

Young Adults

Staff Areas

Automation

Maintenance

Three wishes

Anything that

should be

changed

Anything

particularly

successful

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

POE challenges

• The time and the will – fear of failure

• Librarians like measuring – loans,

acquisitions, ILLs, members but …

• Now need to measure outcomes –

service quality, learning assessment,

ambience, user satisfaction

• Need to show better space enables

better learning, better experience

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

Outline

• Co-location

• Sustainability

• Consultation

• Refurbishment

• Collections to connections

• Learning spaces

• Postgraduate space

• Post-occupancy evaluation

• Art

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Karen Latimer

Library Services & Research Support

What next? All buildings are predictions, all

predictions are wrong (Brand)

• Technology continues to impact on but not

eliminate library space

• Decline in physical resources

• Shared services

• Student population – changing profile CL

• Teaching to learning changes

• Blended learning – lab, lecture room, library

• Changes to staff spaces

• ?????????