The Library as an Asset in Community Building. Library ..

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The Library as an Asset in Community Building

• Library Facilities and Organizations
• In the Information Age

Sarah E. Thomas Cornell University May 15, 2003
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The Deserted Library
PHOTO CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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Nineteenth Century Monumental Libraries
The New York Public Library
The Library of Congress
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The Last Monumental Libraries?
At the End of the Twentieth Century
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21st Century Libraries High density storage in
a remote location
Library of Congress Ft. Meade (Maryland) and
Culpeper (Virginia) Facilities
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New Approaches to Learning

• Collaborative learning
• Undergraduate research
• Technology Assisted
• Interdisciplinary

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What Users Want

• One-stop shopping
• 24/7/360 degrees
• Self-reliance
• Technology
• Amenities
• Quiet zones
• Social interaction
• Blurring of home and office environments

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Trends in Library Facilities

• Technology-enriched
• Group studies
• 24-hour access
• Off-site collections
• Off-site staff
• On-site partners

• Cafes
• Reading rooms
• Electronic classrooms
• Comfortable seating
• Flexible design

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Overcrowding Leads to Library Expansion
SCENE IN THE OLD CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY,
WASHINGTON, D.C. SHOWING PRESENT CONGESTED
CONDITION. DRAWING BY W.
BINGOUGH
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Compact shelving permits browsing and immediate
access
UC Irvine
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The University of Minnesota created an
underground cavern beneath its Andersen Library
ARCHITECT STAGEBERG BEYER SACHS, INC.
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High-density Storage

• Lesser-used materials
• Shared storage
• Preservation tool
• Security asset
• Industrial document delivery

Duke University
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Five College Depository
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Yale-Gilman Music Library
Yale
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott
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Space constraints
ARCHITECT EINHORN YAFFEE PRESCOTT ARCHITECTURE
ENGINEERING, P.C.
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A fresh-air intake and parking lot becomes an
elegant public space.
New York Public Library
ARCHITECT DAVIS BRODY BOND, LLP
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Restore Grand Reading Room
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Yale University Sterling Library
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson Abbott
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Ohio State University
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Changing Library Services
The Card Catalog was the starting point.
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Technical Services (before) Widener Library,
Harvard University
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Widener Librarys treasure room Taken over by
cataloging Returned as a periodicals reading room
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Cornells Periodicals Room was hardly used by
2001.
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Jane Goodall
Ken McClain
E.J. Josey
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University of Iowa Libraries Food for Thought
Browsers Coffee Shop at the University of
Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Free Speech Movement Café, Donated by Library
Vendor
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Rochester Institute of Technology Idea Factory
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UNCs House Undergraduate Library, Prior to
Renovation
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Group Study Rooms Support Collaborative Learning
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Group Study Room University of Illinois, Grainger
Engineering Library
Bowdoin College Library
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UNC House Library New Books Reading Room
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MIT Hayden Library
Secure, 24-hour study zones are in demand
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Carrels in Cornells new addition to Mann
Library have power, data connections, and locked
doors.
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UNCs Film Screening Room,House Library,
Pre-Renovation
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Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis Auditorium is wired and wheelchair
accessible.
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Electronic Classrooms
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UNC Instruction Lab
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Consolidation of Service Points Regenstein
Library,University of Chicago Customer Service
Station
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Dartmouths Baker Berry Library

PhotoJ. Mehling
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Princeton Science Library
ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY
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The University of Torontos Learning Centre
The University of Michigans Media Union
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NCSU Learning and Research Center for the Digital
Age
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Northwestern Universitys 2 East building
emphasizes one-stop shopping services of
Collection Management, Digital Media Services,
and Academic Technologies.
It includes a SONY lab, a library training
facility, a reference classroom, and digitization
services.
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The University of GeorgiaStudent Learning Center
A collaborative effort of the University
Libraries, University Computing and Networking
Services, and the Office of Instructional Support
and Development
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• Electronic teaching library (200,000 square feet)
  
• 500 networked workstations
• 2200 seats
• 96 group study rooms
• Coffee house
• Soft seating
• A traditional reading room  
• 26 Electronic classrooms

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The Boston Public Library
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The Young Library University of Kentucky