A presentation by Gregory Raschke, interim vice-provost and director of libraries, North Carolina State University.

1. Leadership conference 2018

2. Experiential Libraries: The
Transformed Library’s Impact on
Teaching & Learning
Greg Raschke
NCSU Libraries
July 2018

3. Broader Context

4. Opportunity - Moved from content to
content + creativity
“The most important factor to the
design of the Hunt Library at NCSU is
the new relationship between the
library and the faculty member.” –
Michael Young, Computer Science, NC
State.

5. Opportunities
❑ Re-connect faculty and
students with library spaces –
chain of engagement and
creativity
❑ Incubate emerging
technologies
❑ Enhanced hands-on learning
and engagement
❑ Creative pedagogy
❑ Showcase for student and
faculty work
❑ Provide platform for programs
and workshops

6. Most Significant Opportunity
Create experiential library for experiential learning.
As delivery of core curriculum and foundational learning increasingly moves online and
asynchronous – library becomes a platform for deeper learning and a distinguishing
part of the educational experience for the university.

7. Examples –
Types of Learning + Spaces + Projects

8. Immersive Pedagogy: Virtual Paul’s Cross

9. Immersive Pedagogy: Video Walls

10. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Immersive Pedagogy: vMLK

11. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Immersive Pedagogy: VR/AR

12. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Hands-On Making: Classroom Genetic Models

13. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Hands-On Making: Creative Projects

14. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Hands-On Making: Creative Projects

15. Hands-On Making: Senior Design

16. Hands-On Making: Interdisciplinary

17. Interactive Media: Code+Art:
lib.ncsu.edu/codeart

18. Code+Art: Interdisciplinary Connections

19. New Models of Content Creation
and Scholarship in Spaces
Interactive Media: Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse Interactive Dissertation

20. Challenges
❑ Initial lack of
awareness
❑ Increased demand
❑ Staffing expertise and
capacity
❑ Build expectation back
into classroom

21. Environment + Technology + Expertise
+ Programming/Workshops
Leveraging the Opportunities

22. Workshops: Visualization @ NCSU
Libraries

23. Workshops: Visualization @ NCSU
Libraries

24. Shortened Links
go.ncsu.edu/
Workshops

25. Workshops: Summary Table

26. Programs: Coffee + Viz

27. Programs: Undergraduate Research

28. Programs: Experiencing King

29. Programs: State of Sciences

30. Programs: Visiting Scholar: A Happening

31. Expertise: Growing Capacity

32. Expertise: Community of Practice

33. “Students teach students in the Peer Scholars Program”

34. Think about Integration
Constantly
Do Not Waste
the Opportunity
Acknowledge
the Transition –
From and To
“Lessons”
Be Bold and
Aspirational
Opening is Just
the Mid-Point

35. Realizing the Opportunity and Aiming
for More
"The Libraries has been more than a
service provider, even more than a
collaborator, they have expanded my idea
of the possible." - Paul Fyfe, Associate
Professor.

36. Gregory Raschke,
North Carolina State University
Thankyou
Jacky.macbeath@ed.ac.uk
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