Current UK Library Design Projects & Issues Karen latimer
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Karen Latimer, Medical and Healthcare Librarian, Queens University Belfast presented at the Maynooth University Library and IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section Seminar: "Key issues for library space: international perspectives" March 3, 2016 Maynooth University Library, Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/library/events/key-issues-library-space-international-perspectives-maynooth-university-and-ifla-library-buildings
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- 1. 1 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Current UK Library Design Projects & Issues Karen Latimer Queen’s University Belfast
- 2. 2 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 7. 7 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 9. 9 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support The Library of Birmingham
- 10. 10 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Co-location: Clapham Library
- 11. 11 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 12. McClay Exterior
- 13. 13 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Sustainability features • Sustainability Action Plan • Construction: ISO 14001 max 6 BREEAM • Design: energy-efficient, daylight/automatic controls/ light sensors, natural ventilation, heat recovery/ground source heat pumps, extensive acoustic modelling/zoning. • Sustainable procurement (materials/furniture) • RICS Sustainability Award • Green Impact Scheme
- 14. 14 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 16. 16 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 20. 20 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 21. 21 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support
- 24. 24 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 25. 25 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Learning Space Toolkit (IS, Media,Estates) JISC Designing spaces for effective learning
- 28. 28 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Oxford Brookes
- 30. 30 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 31. 31 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support University of Leicester
- 32. 32 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Meeting the brief: David Wilson • Combine welcoming ambience with gravitas • Specific requirement for postgraduate space • Pleasure to be in for long periods • Zoning: silent – social • Vistas to nooks & crannies • Encourage positive behaviours • Coherent easy to use layout • Maximum natural light • Sustainable
- 34. 34 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 35. 35 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Post-occupancy evaluation • Review buildings using IFLA POE questionnaire • Map user behaviour • Surveys • Focus groups (users and library staff) • Check against brief – consultant?
- 36. 36 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support IFLA Post-occupancy evaluation questionnaire General Building Services Conclusion Facts and figures Location Accessibility Sustainability Safety and Security Flexibility Entrance area Materials Flooring Ceilings Acoustics Openings Lighting Furniture Heating, Ventilation and Air- conditioning Installations fed through a wiring system Data Sanitary areas Service Areas Shelving User areas Children’s Area Young Adults Staff Areas Automation Maintenance Three wishes Anything that should be changed Anything particularly successful
- 37. 37 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support POE challenges • The time and the will – fear of failure • Librarians like measuring – loans, acquisitions, ILLs, members but … • Now need to measure outcomes – service quality, learning assessment, ambience, user satisfaction • Need to show better space enables better learning, better experience
- 38. 38 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support Outline • Co-location • Sustainability • Consultation • Refurbishment • Collections to connections • Learning spaces • Postgraduate space • Post-occupancy evaluation • Art
- 40. 40 Karen Latimer Library Services & Research Support What next? All buildings are predictions, all predictions are wrong (Brand) • Technology continues to impact on but not eliminate library space • Decline in physical resources • Shared services • Student population – changing profile CL • Teaching to learning changes • Blended learning – lab, lecture room, library • Changes to staff spaces • ?????????
Editor's Notes
- All photographs of Clapham Library are copyrighted to Gareth Gardner
- University of Leicester Library Architects: Associate Architects Major extension and re-modelling