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DC Information Commons – Project Update to Library Staff
Anne FullertonChair, DCIC Planning Team
July 17, 2003
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Planning is
a series of approximations to a moving target.
Library Planning AssociatesBuilding Program Update.
Cambridge [Mass] Public Library
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Work Completed
Needs analysis undergrad users (Systems Design Engineering 348 project)
Model 1 layout 4 images for fundraising brochure (entrance, service desk, teaching lab, seating)
Cost estimatesStaging
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Undergrad Needs (SDE 348 surveys)
More natural light & reliable carrel lightWell defined noisy & quiet study areasLarger carrelsMore seating options and capacityBookable spaceCoffee shop; 24/7 area…….
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Computer Hub
Carrels – q
uiet stu
dy
Glass enter/ exit
Info & Circ desks side by
side
Express workstations
Stacks rotated, pcs in stacks
Teaching Lab
Staff offices
Group study tables and rooms
Copiers
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Entrance/Exit
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User Services/Info Desks
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Seating Options
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Teaching Lab
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Costs (examples)
Library entrance $172K10 group study rooms $175KLaptop lending $195KTeaching Lab $370K
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Work In Progress
Tasks in detail – who, what, whenModel 1 feedback - Library staff & UsersProject architectDiscuss issues/implications of consolidating public service points laptop lending student staffing – computer hub
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Funding to Date: $1million
• Computing hub (furniture)
• Express terminals (furniture)
• Service desk (furniture)
• Stacks rearrangement• Compact shelving
(lower floor)• Architect's fees• Carpeting• Staffing
Public Announcement – October 28, 2003
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Questions, Comments?
Email us:[email protected]
Website:
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/staff/infocommons/
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A Teaching & Learning Library has:
Extensive power & data gridsE-classroom Wired study spacesAppropriate ambient illuminationErgonomic computer furnitureGroup study optionsInformation commons
Bazillion & Braun. Academic Libraries as High-Tech Gateways
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What’s an Information Commons?
Full service computersHuman help Access to all formats of the collectionDefined space
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What they said about DC in 1988
Conspicuous symbol of the future & the advance of technologyInterior suggests a controlled celebration of technologyColour is a metaphor for the visual world of the computer monitor