Building a better un bunker
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Presentation highlighting the way in which new buildings, changing practices and a need to respond to changing user needs requires an ongoing commitment to innovation and more radical thinking
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- 1. Building a better un-bunker i2c2, 6/7 march. Hugh Murphy @hughtweet
- 3. New Library Extension • On the agenda for 14 year + • Significant development from 4,000 – 10,000 sqm • Enormous challenge to meet the needs of a wide variety of stakeholders at every stage • Research vital • Expert-led (?) • Amazing opportunity for success OR…..
- 4. €20 million or €20... Principles are the same Lessons we learned can be applied for anyone in almost any context..
- 5. "Mr. Ness, everybody knows where the booze is.The problem isn't finding it, the problem is who wants to cross Capone."
- 6. What do we know?
- 7. • Collections • Prepare for death of print? • Prepare staff for death of print?! • Prominence to special collections • Ensure access to electronic • Technology • Facilitate Electronic • Wi-Fi • Mobile ‘Hard’
- 8. ‘Soft’ Research & Pedagogy • Dedicated areas • Training rooms • Flexibility • Groups • Use space to help teach and inform
- 9. Everybody knows what libraries need, the problem is getting it done?
- 10. Flexible spaces Design Principles Bingo Different learning styles Environmental Choice of seating Flexible space Easy circulation Noise zones
- 12. Students’ needs From this: To this:
- 13. We want our library to be.. • Alive! • Used & Useful • Popular • Intuitive • Suitable • Flexible • Innovate • Learning centred • Research conducive • Centre of the campus
- 14. We want our library to.. • Address issues with existing (1984) building • Reflect development in libraries in the intervening 25 years • Deliver a building representative of our values (student-centred, flexible and innovative) • Address needs of students, staff (internal and external) and wider stakeholders • Use the building as a catalyst for wider change (internal and external)
- 15. Lessons • Do not compromise • Remember what you’re doing (and why) • Take a risk • Staff and students inform design • Don't forget the staff!
- 16. You can always • Communicate • Review • Risk take Can’t you?
- 17. Communicate Users StakeholdersStaff Social Media Traditional Channels Formal Committees Librarian Updates Regular updates Regular meetings Consistent message
- 18. Library website
- 19. Review • Entry statistics • Usage – physical and electronic • Enquiries – roving down, desk up • Project planned to tie together book borrowing, PC usage, library entries and consider how these impact on student experience • Feedback • Can we trust our feedback?
- 20. More study spaces, less printed books?
- 23. Group Study
- 25. ...Old school has its place...
- 27. Follow your (collective) vision
- 28. You might be right!
- 30. Let go
- 31. Left to do • Signage • Libqual 2 (“the revenge”) • Normalise? • Stand back
- 32. Conclusions • Change is hard, but worth it • Good space + good staff = good job! • Use evidence • Use instinct too • Use what you learn elsewhere – it’s applicable
- 33. “never stop fighting till the fight is done”