The College of the Rockies is undertaking an initiative to enhance the student experience through the creation of a “learning commons” consisting of engaging and supportive space(s), services, partnerships and technologies that will facilitate progressive learning, teaching and campus connections and experiences for all students, employees and the larger regional community.
To start the process, the Library is hosting a series of community engagement sessions to gather stakeholder input to understand users’ needs, requirements and preferences to improve library operations, user experiences and future partnership and expansion requirements.
The goal of the stakeholder sessions is to begin the conversation with the College of the Rockies community about how the existing library is, or is not, meeting your needs (for spaces, services, resources, technologies, etc.) and how you would like to see it evolve.
The input gathered at these sessions will drive the design decisions to determine how best to move the Library forward and enhance the student learning experience at the College of the Rockies.
During the first community engagement session, we will provide a bit of information on the project background and existing library conditions. We will talk about how the existing library is, or is not, meeting your needs (for spaces, services, resources, technologies, etc.) and how you would like to see it evolve. We will also talk about the important design principles to consider through all of the community engagement sessions. All of this information will help us dive into the main discussion; how does the library move forward into a new one-stop shop “learning commons” that will merge key student success and support services within a 21st Century learning community?
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Community Engagement Session #1
1. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Session #1 will begin at 4:00pm
Next Sessions:
1. January 21 – Session #2
Topic: Reorganize/Rebalance + Reconfigure
2. January 28 – Session #3
Topic: Remove + Reveal
3. February 4 – Session #4
Topic: Retain + Furniture Solutions
4. February 11 – Session #5
Topic: Community Engagement Summary
2. Learning Commons +
Library Design
• Project Background
• Existing Conditions
• How does the move forward into a new one-
stop shop “learning commons” that will merge
key student success and support services
within a 21st Century learning community?
Cranbrook, British Columbia
College of the Rockies
January 14, 2021
3.
4. Our goals for the community
engagement sessions are to
start the conversation with
the College of the Rockies
community about how the
existing library is, or is not,
meeting your needs and how
you would like to see it
evolve.
5. • The College of the Rockies
wants to improve the
operations and efficiencies of
their current library
S1
7. • The library has a traditional
layout, consisting of 2 floors of
book stacks
• There are four study rooms
available for students to use
• Administration office space is
provided in the library
8. • Writing labs and audio-visual
support are available for
students
• 4 quiet group work rooms are
dispersed throughout the
library
• Barrier-Free accessibility
9. Economic + Policy
Physical Architecture
is the design of the built environment,
including building envelop, interiors, and
landscape architecture
Social Architecture
is the conscious design of services and
programs to support interactions across
generations, cultures and socio-economic
groups
are the regulations and financial
structures affecting the facility
10. How does the library move forward
into a new one-stop shop “learning
commons” that will merge key
student success and support
services within a 21st Century
learning community?
Retain +
Furniture
17. Reorganize /
Rebalance
Reorganizing and
rebalancing the space
to be structured around
a central gathering area
helps to focus the
spatial configuration on
the people rather than
the collections, allowing
the library to reinforce a
sense of community
with engaging gathering
spaces that promote
interaction.
Reconfigure
Reconfiguring the space
allows the library to
embrace change and
continue to find
innovative ways to
deliver service that
supports the shifting
needs of the
community.
Remove
Removing barriers in
the space between
people, knowledge, and
resources allows the
library to support
inclusive spaces that
accommodate learning
opportunities for people
of all backgrounds.
Reveal
Revealing the space to
the community allows
the library to become
an equitable
environment that
promotes access to
resources for growth
and learning, and that
recognizes the historic
and ongoing
connections to the
Ktunaxa and Kinbasket
Peoples.
Retain
Retaining the historic
character of the existing
library and surrounding
buildings preserves a
story of the city,
neighbourhoods and
school across
generations, and
acknowledges the
relationship of the
College and the Ktunaxa
Peoples upon whose
unceded ancestral lands
we learn and thrive on.
18. Questions?
Please join us for our next
community engagement session
on January 21.
This session will be uploaded to
the project website within 24
hours.
Thank you for joining us!
+ HospiceRetain +
Furniture
