Designing Libraries for the 21st Century Conference
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Librarians, architects, planners, designers, technologists and educators across North America discuss issues, challenges and achievements in designing libraries and learning spaces.
Topics include:
- Implementing new technologies and spaces for active learning and contemporary research modes
- Creating spaces for innovation and community engagement
- Aligning the library organization with facility transformations
- Collaborating with other campus units, new staff roles, digital research platforms
- Fostering experimentation while ensuring value for our institutions
This collection contains proceedings from:
- 1st Annual Conference at University of Calgary, May 16-18, 2012
- 5th Annual Conference at University of Calgary, September 19-20, 2016
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Item Open Access Showcasing New Library Spaces(2016-09-19) Mischo, William; Schlembach, Mary; Cabada, ElisandroShowcasing New Library Spaces II: The IDEA Lab at the Grainger Engineering Library Information CenterItem Open Access Pre-Conferences Morning Session(2016-09-18) Waters, TimothyTechnology Supporting Teaching and Learning TransformationItem Open Access PRECONFERENCE 2: Digital Displays for Visualization, Engagement, and Learning(2016-09-18) Nutt, MikeThis preconference takes place in the new Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning and includes a tour of the building. Participants will learn about the vision for the building, its architecture, design, and technology implementation. Sessions will include how the building, along with its technologies and the pedagogies employed by the teaching faculty, support the vision to enhance teaching and learning; and how librarians are partnering with others engaged with the program. Additional sessions will describe how other institutions are innovating in new types of projects involving teaching, learning, and libraries.Item Open Access Rethinking the Organization as you Redesign Space(2016-09-20) Mavrinac, Mary AnnRethinking the Organization As You Redesign SpaceItem Open Access Item Open Access Pre-Conferences Morning Session(2016-09-18) Taylor, LynnThe Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning: Building a VisionItem Open Access Pre-Conferences Afternoon Session(2016-09-18) Danneker, JohnBuilding On -- and For -- CollaborationItem Open Access Showcasing New Library Spaces(2016-09-19) Lucia, Joe; McRae, NathanThe Arc of Inspiration: Place, Metaphor & Function in the New Temple University LibraryItem Open Access Plenary Session: Looking Strategically at the Big Picture(2016-09-19) Lippincott, JoanLibraries, Teaching & LearningItem Open Access Innovations in Architecture in the Academic and Cultural Sphere(2016-09-19) Verspyck, Johan (Jay)Innovations in Architecture in the Academic and Cultural SphereItem Open Access Pre-Conferences Afternoon Session(2016-09-18) Mullins, JamesPurdue University Wilmeth Active Learning Center – A New Concept for an Academic LibraryItem Open Access Item Open Access Item Open Access 5th Annual Designing Libraries Conference Program(2016-09)Designing Libraries brings together leading experts from a variety of disciplines who share the common vision of creating innovative environments that meet the current and future needs of students and researchers. This year’s conference covers a broad range of topics, from visualization, virtual reality and maker spaces to innovation in design and architecture. In attendance are librarians, educators, architects and technology innovators from across North America and around the world. Much work has been done here at the University of Calgary to envision nextgeneration libraries. Our library is currently leading a North American study, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to explore the role of academic libraries in enhancing multi-disciplinary research. Scholars from a variety of specializations have contributed.Item Open Access Joe and Rika Mansueto Library: A Year Later – Lessons Learned(2012-05-17) Vaughan, JimJim Vaughan will describe the vision behind the Helmut Jahn-designed Joe and Rika Mansueto Library and then talk about what we have learned since the opening of the facility on May 16, 2011. In addition to the beauty and functionality of Mansueto, its genius lies in its enabling features. He will highlight much that Mansueto has made (and is making) possible throughout the Library system.Item Open Access Designing Specialized Spaces in Libraries(2012-05-17) Vaughan, JimJim Vaughan will discuss the renovation of the Special Collections Research Center’s public spaces, a project undertaken thanks to the economic and logistical benefits of synchronizing the renovation with the construction of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. The new, state-of-the-art Exhibition Gallery and renovated research and teaching spaces are located on the pathway between the Joseph Regenstein Library and the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, thus creating greater visibility for the Special Collections Research Center. The new and renovated spaces provide flexible, technology-equipped facilities for the presentation, interpretation, and consultation of primary sources by individuals, groups, and classes.Item Open Access 21st Century Benchmarks for Library Technologies(2012-05-18) Sadler, ShawnaFrom multi-surface computing walls and touch tables to visualization walls and “magic” globes, new technologies are offering bold ways of accessing and creating information, changing library practices, and energizing a new generation of learners. This panel represents the leading edge of technologists as they push the boundaries of their resources and imagination.Item Open Access A Year or Two Later: The UW Libraries Research Commons(2012-05-18) Ray, LaurenLauren Ray will describe what she’s learned in her experience overseeing the development of a new and experimental library space at the University of Washington. She’ll describe how the Research Commons has benefitted from the development of campus partnerships, and takeaways from the user assessments conducted in the first two years. She will also talk about expectations for the space prior to opening, as well as the challenges and opportunities that exist with an evolving space. She will share work done to link the Research Commons space itself to “library” content through the development of interdisciplinary events.Item Open Access Interior Design Perspective(2012-05-17) Lippincott, Joan K.Picking out furniture is but one aspect of interior design of new and renovated library facilities, but it usually receives all of the attention. In addition, clients should talk with their designers about the use of color, incorporating cultural and institutional representations, displays and signage that promote content and services, and separation of collaborative and quiet spaces.Item Open Access Designing Specialized Spaces in Libraries(2012-05-17) Hemmasi, HarrietteHarriette Hemmasi will relate the evolution of the Digital Scholarship Lab, outlining the journey and vision for this innovative space at Brown University. The Digital Scholarship Lab is a collaborative, interactive, student-focused learning environment designed to pioneer research, development and deployment of scholarly applications which leverage the potential of a large video wall and touch-enabled devices that can display specially designed high resolution content along with all forms of multimedia content from the web and other external sources. The installment will complement Brown’s high performance computing and will serve many of the unique teaching, learning, and research needs of Brown faculty and students across the disciplines.