1. Library Visit
GVSU
Mary Idema Pew
Library
and
Alvah N. Belding
Memorial Library
Kerry Fountain 6010
March, 2014

2. Mary Idema Pew Library Learning
and Information Commons

3. GVSU Mary Idema Pew Library
• Primary patrons: Students,
Staff
• Staff: 90 total staff- about
50/50 of professionals vs non-professionals
• Different work spaces- quiet
areas, collaboration areas,
small rooms that can be
reserved for group work or for
working on a speech.

4. GVSU Mary Idema Pew Library
• Utilizes automated storage
and retrieval areas.
• Some books are out on the
floor but most are in the
automated area.
• If the library did not have the
automated storage and
retrieval area, the library itself
would need to be 11 stories
to hold all the material.

5. GVSU Automated Retrieval and
Storage System

6. Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library
• Small town library
• Library is run by a Board of
Directors and a Director of
the Library.
• Five additional staff
• Historic section built in 1917
and new section build after
2005

7. Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library
Lots of built
in shelves
and
creative
storage are
part of the
old section.

8. Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library
There is a large children’s section- lots of room for work and play

9. Special thanks to:
Kristin Meyer, Library Experience User
Manager at GVSU’s Mary Idema Pew
Library
And
Deborah Jones, Director at the
Alvah N. Belding Memorial Library