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Evaluation, Mary O'Kelly, Joe Fennewald, Marianne Ryan

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The panelists represent three libraries that have created new and exciting spaces for students to study, learn, and create: the Knowledge Commons at Penn State, the Knowledge Market at Grand Valley, and the 1South Collaborative Commons at Northwestern. Each panelist has used various methods to collect data about the space’s use and effectiveness, including field observations, interviews, Google analytics, perceptual data from student evaluations, and the participatory design approach. The presentation will focus on the development of these spaces and what was learned about student behavior from these evaluation methodologies.

Innovative Technology, Krista Graham, Nate Hill

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Panelists will discuss the creation of two innovative technology spaces. CURVE at Georgia State University is a technology-rich discovery space designed to support the research and digital scholarship of students, faculty, and staff; while the 4th Floor at Chattanooga Public Library is an experimental civic laboratory and makerspace with a focus on information, design, technology, and the applied arts. This panel will discuss the planning process and design thinking that went into building these unique spaces, as well as the technology and services provided to patrons.

Gps – Gateway Personalized Service – Connecting Students With The Resources They Need, Denise M. Fritsch, Ann Schultz

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How do I print my transcripts? Where do I get a FAFSFA form? How do I drop a class? I need help with math, who can tutor me? Can I get a student ID? Librarians get all kinds of questions that don’t necessarily have anything to do with traditional “library services,” like database and collection inquiries. This summer, Gateway Community and Technical College is embarking on an Information Commons like none other. It’s tearing down barriers to ensure seamless transactions for students, more engagement with staff and faculty and encouraging teamwork to provide superior customer service. Individual departments including the …

From Closed Stacks To Data Visualization: The Renovation Of A 1970s Library To Incorporate Digital Literacy, Jean Ferguson

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Undergraduate researchers at the University of California, Berkeley undertake a rigorous curriculum involving the need for deep knowledge of their chosen discipline, as well as skills in research methods, digital literacy, communication, and more frequently, the ability to work with data. Programming for two renovated floors of the Moffitt Library, the undergraduate library at UC Berkeley, has involved taking into consideration how to provide spaces for students to learn and practice new skills, while remaining connected to the core mission of the library in providing research-based learning.

The James K. Moffitt Undergraduate Library at UC Berkeley opened in fall 1970. …

Undergraduate Learning In Libraries: Space Design For Academic Course Transformation And Re-Thinking Campus Culture, Ilana Stonebraker, Tomalee Doan

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At Purdue University, the Libraries participate in a provost-initiated, campus-wide course redesign program for student success called Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT). As part of the campus strategic plan, this program aims to bring active-learning to foundational courses traditionally taught through lectures. Purdue librarians recognized the IMPACT program as one way to enter the conversations burgeoning on campus about the nature of learning, curriculum design, and how space design impacts potential learning. Purdue identified a need for active learning spaces on campus where redesigned classes could be held.

This presentation will cover the renovation of three prototype classrooms …

Student Curators And Exhibit "Labs" In Libraries, Beatriz B. Hardy, Jennie A. Davy

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Our presentation focuses on creating and using exhibit spaces in academic libraries as laboratories for students. It is based on our experiences developing a student-curated exhibit program at the College of William and Mary (W&M) using existing spaces and designing exhibit “lab” space for the new library at Salisbury University. The presenters formerly worked together at W&M’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), Bea Hardy as director and Jennie Davy as exhibits curator. Hardy is now dean of libraries at Salisbury University.

W&M’s emphasis on undergraduate research and a desire to create authentic assessments for humanities students inspired the SCRC staff …

Creating Accessible Electronic Course Materials, Nicole Stevens Edge

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As part of Michigan State University’s goal to provide universally accessible web content, the library’s Course Materials Program has been focusing on ways to make electronic course packs more accessible. This lightning round will address our approach and workflow in creating accessible electronic documents, which in turn create a better user experience for all students.

We will demonstrate how each step in the creation of these materials contributes to meaningful accessibility, and how we’ve adapted several technologies to streamline the labor component while enhancing quality. From the initial stages of scanning materials and ensuring accurate Optical Character Recognition, to structuring …

Transfabing: Taking The Library From A Place Of Consumption To Creation, Peace Ossom Williamson, Katie Musick Peery

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The presenters will discuss the conceptualization and creation of the University of Texas at Arlington FabLab in the Central Library. A fab lab, or a fabrication laboratory, is a space providing software and equipment to be used in digital fabrication. These spaces provide users the opportunity to work with other creative and inventive individuals and provide them with open access to technology. The UTA FabLab is a teaching facility focused on the application of cutting-edge technology in the development of professional skills, including teamwork and iterative design knowledge as well as specific technical knowledge.

The University of Texas at Arlington …

Where You And I Are Going To Spend The Rest Of Our Lives:” What A Future Library Looks Like When There Is No There...There, Corey Seeman

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In the notably bad 1959 film, Plan 9 from Outer Space, filmmaker Ed Wood, Jr. opened with Criswell making the prophetic statement: “We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.” For many of us, including Criswell, the future is far off towards the distant horizon. We’ve talked in library circles about things such as Google glass, drones, self-driving cars, 3D printers, etc, but our core work has not really changed …

Building Fundraising Momentum: Message, Relationship, And Alliance Essentials, Mary M. Somerville

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To raise $33M for facility renovation, Auraria Library leaders used user-centered principles and practices to catalyze constituency engagement, create shared vision, and build stakeholder partnerships. In particular, participatory design outcomes informed and energized essential fund development activities: to create messages, further relationships, and forge alliances. These fund raising essentials distinguish the Auraria Library signature approach to fundraising.

Message building: In 2009, library staff learned to apply mixed methods to generate user-generated research results. They exercised these new proficiencies in an investigation, over several months, of student learning needs. ‘Paper and pencil’ surveys, focus group sessions, and participant observation logs generated …

Escaping Gravity: One Library’S Journey From Idea To Understanding, Lee Van Orsdel

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GVSU’s new library was designed to evoke new behaviors, perceptions and experiences among students using the space. The presenters will describe the ideas that drove the design of the Mary Idema Pew Library and share the preliminary findings of a year-long research project that measured how students are actually perceiving and using the space.

Gvsu Library Research Share, Lennie Scott-Webber

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GVSU’s new library was designed to evoke new behaviors, perceptions and experiences among students using the space. The presenters will describe the ideas that drove the design of the Mary Idema Pew Library and share the preliminary findings of a year-long research project that measured how students are actually perceiving and using the space.

This information is based on research sponsored by Steelcase Education.