Creating Learning Spaces through Collaboration: How One Library Refined Its Approach

Autor/inn/en	Fox, Robert; Stuart, Crit
Titel	Creating Learning Spaces through Collaboration: How One Library Refined Its Approach
Quelle	In: EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 32 (2009) 1, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5324
Schlagwörter	Educational Facilities Improvement; Space Utilization; Design Preferences; Library Development; Library Facilities; College Libraries; Partnerships in Education; Cooperative Planning; User Needs (Information); Student Participation; Library Services; Interior Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Raumnutzung; Design requirements; Gestaltungsmittel; Bibliotheksplanung; College; Library; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Bibliothek; Universitätsbibliothek; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Benutzerbedürfnis; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Bibliotheksarbeit; Raumgestaltung
Abstract	Georgia Tech Library has undergone two learning space renovations in the past six years, with a third in 2009. This work is grounded in techniques that elicit user input. Library staff hope one day to completely renovate the entire 220,000-square-foot main library facility. Until that day arrives, library staff are making incremental improvements through renovations that test assumptions about learning spaces. Students are delighted with the results, and the library has garnered national attention in the process. In this article, the authors review how the three renovation projects were planned, executed, and assessed, with particular emphasis on the following techniques: (1) Engage users in all aspects of learning space creation; (2) Incorporate flexibilities into the built spaces to foster experimentation; (3) Avoid mimicking others' space solutions without first incorporating your own user-centered findings; and (4) Build in a continuous assessment program to inform upgrades and future projects. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10