A review of Harvard-Westlake library services and spaces, 2011, in anticipation of a major renovation in 2011-2012. To compare with this 'Before' portrait, check out the slideshow about that renovation.

1. Services and Spaces in March 2011:
an assessment prior to major renovations
The Seeley G. Mudd Library
Prepping for Change

2. Our Prime Directive
 Support Harvard-Westlake’s Academic Curriculum
 Prepare our Students for Productive Lives in College
& Beyond

3. What We Do

4. Provide
Information Literacy
Curriculum

5. Teach one-on-one, one-by-one

6. Support the Academic
Curriculum

7. Provide Faculty with Continuing
Education such as
Copyright Compliance

8. We are an Academic Work
Space…

11. A Social Gathering Space…

13. Academic & Personal
Exploration

14. Tech Center/Language Lab

15. Extended Time & Make-up
Tests

16. Fostering a
Lifelong Love of Reading

17. Varieties of Library Services

18. 15 iPods Each Loaded With
Over 40 Audiobooks

19. 20 Circulating Laptops,
Battery Management

20. Laptop Setup & Management :
English Classes, Others

21. Classes Meet in the Library

22. 8 Desktop Computers for
Speedy Networked Access

23. Over 1100 DVDs,
Complete Arkangel
Shakespeare Full Cast
Recordings

24. Bibliographic Resources
20,000 + Print Books
2800 + Ebooks (first collected in
2003)
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Personal
Reading
86 Print Periodicals
3 Daily Newspapers
23 Databases available from campus
or home

25. Fiction, Quick Picks

26. Newspapers & Magazines

27. Textbooks, Yearbooks,
College Catalogs

28. Exchange
Standardized Test Prep Books

29. Headphones

30. Tech Tools
Printers:
Networked Color, B&W
Non-Networked for Personal
Laptops
Copiers, Scanners

31. Student-Created Spaces

36. Prelude to the 21st Century
Library
60’s Audio-Visual Revolution :
film strips, slide carousels
70’s Television Revolution :
classroom broadcasts, closed-
circuit programming
90’s Digital Revolution :
‘Multimedia’
CDs/VCRs/DVDs/databases/eb

37. The Ebook Universe:
Dynamic & Fluid
 Practicalities: renting/licensing vs owning
 Salem vs ACLS vs Facts on File models
 Great variety of quality and access with ebooks:
different vendors provide different levels & quality
of access
 Specificity of edition often lacking: what’s ‘good
enough’ for many is not good enough for Harvard-
Westlake. Frankenstein editions 1818 vs 1831: a
crucial difference but not often noted.
 Advantages of Collection Development managed
by Librarians in close communication with Faculty

38. Our Current Challenge
 Seeley G. Mudd Library built in 1977
 Seeley G. Mudd Library first space on
campus to go wireless in 2007
 Vital attributes of 21st Century Library:
Multipurpose
Flexible
Modular
Ubiquitous Electrical Access

39. Steady Increase in Library Use

40. Up Up Up
 Overall circulation increased 12% since
2006 (not including laptop numbers)
 Laptop circulation has increased 66%
since 2007 (first year in operation)
 Fiction circulation has increased 88%
since 2006

41. Space: the Final Frontier
 Currently 150 chairs
 Monday March 6, activities period: 191
students
 Some space will be freed up as we
reconfigure stacks in a more efficient
manner, new classrooms available for
English Classes will re-open space on
our floor
 Must retain flexible seating and student
created spaces; additional short stools

42. Lesson Learned:
Keep the best of each
technological advance
while always looking to
the future, actively
exploring new
technologies and new

43. There is no one kind of library that works for every school, college
or corporation. There is no “Library of the 21st Century” model that
would work for all.
Harvard-Westlake is a unique school; our library is carefully
crafted to support this unique academic environment. Diligent pursuit
of the newest in technological advances has kept us well positioned to
make use of the best of what the 21st Century can offer.
We will continue to work to ensure that we meet the 21st
Century needs of our students as they prepare for their college careers
and lives ahead.