The RCSI Library underwent a transformation to become more learner-centric and integrated within the new education building. The library reasserted its core value as a "service" through its redesign which supports a variety of learning needs on the ground floor, first floor, and second floor. Student feedback informed the transformation of both the library space and service model to create a new experience for students.

1. RCSI Library
SCONUL Library Design
Awards 2019
November 26, 2019
Kate Kelly, Director of Library Services
Peter McGovern, Director Henry J Lyons Architects

2. VISION

6. • New education building housing: Library,
Auditorium; Sports Hall and Gym; Clinical &
Surgical Training
• Library
o Part of the student learning ecosystem
o Design to support a variety of learning
needs and styles
o Reassert the core value of the library as a
‘service’
o Opportunity to re-design service model
o Ensure we get the basics right
Design Brief

7. TRANSFORMATION

8. Peripheral, stand alone,
barriers, invisible
Learner centric
Space as “service”
Central, integrated,
no barriers, visible
One size fits all
Space for study

9. Ground Floor
•Learning Commons
•Expo Stage
•Print/Copy/Scan
Level 1
•Info Point & self-service
•Reading room
•Group study rooms
•Computer room
Level 2
•Collaborative Study Zone
•Silent Study
•Group study rooms
•Amphitheatre
•Postgraduate Suite
TransformedSpace

10. Transformed Service, Transformed Experience
Information Point Expo Stage

11. StudentFeedback

12. New:
Teams
Service Delivery
Users
Relationships
Opportunities
Understandings
Design Facilitated