top library building trends

TOP LIBRARY BUILDING TRENDS

LLAMA BESLibrary Building Awards

Committee


SPEAKERS• Barbara Norland

• Kimberly Bolan Cullin• Richard Sweeney

• Jeffrey Scherer• Joan Frye-Williams


Barbara Norland

Senior Librarian Building Projects

District of Columbia Public Library

Top Library Building TrendsLibrary Planning for Meeting Customer Needs – Creative Steps Used in Planning New Facilities

Barbara NorlandSenior Librarian, Building ProjectsDistrict of Columbia Public Library901 G Street, NWWashington, DC 20001202-727-2936

DCPL Current Capital Projects

• $200 M Capital Program• 14 Major Projects• Some Completed/Some in Progress (Design to Construction)• Completed Takoma Park Neighborhood Library MAKEOVER• Carnegie Library in 2009

Top Library Building Trends

DCPL Current Capital Projects


Designing 21st Century Libraries

• Impact on Our Planet• Flexibility• Inviting & Friendly Places


Impact on the Planet

• DCPL is Expecting to Receive a Minimum of LEED Silver on All of the Buildings – Both New and Historical Buildings


Flexibility – Open Space

• Open Space – Few Walls – While Maintaining Some Places that Are Quiet


Flexibility – Raised Floors

• Raised Floor – Allows DCPL to Remove/Move Stacks and Have Access to Power/Data Everywhere in the Future


Flexibility – Multi-Purpose Space

• Create Spaces that Are Used for Multiple Purposes• No Dedicated Space for Children’s Story Rooms



• Create Spaces that Are Used for Multiple Purposes• No Dedicated Space for Conference Rooms or Quiet Study Rooms



• Create Spaces that Are Used for Multiple Purposes• No Dedicated Space for Computer Labs


Flexibility – Technology

• Tables with Grommets Instead of Tables Designed for a Particular Piece of Equipment, Etc.


Flexibility – Security Gates

• Technology: Security Gates for EM & RFID


Flexibility - Interchangeability

• Shelving: Same Brand, Same Neutral Color Everywhere – Each Looks Unique Because of End Panels



• Same Thing with Some Furnishings – Meeting Room Chairs, Book Trucks, Kick Stools, Etc.




• Standardization – Signage, Shelving, Book Bins, Book Trucks, Etc.

Inviting & Friendly Spaces – Transparent Space


Inviting & Friendly Spaces – “Room with a View”


Inviting & Friendly Places - Signage

• Consistency in Signage to Brand DCPL and Make It Easily Recognizable• Site ID



• Consistency in Signage to Brand DCPL and Make It Easily Recognizable• Entry Doors



• Consistency in Signage to Brand DCPL and Make It Easily Recognizable• Stack Ends



• Consistency in Signage to Brand DCPL and Make It Easily Recognizable• Stack End Templates


Inviting & Friendly Places - Spaces

• Different Types of Spaces for Different User Needs• Places for Social Interaction, Quiet Places to Read & Think


Summary

• Impact on Planet• Flexibility• Inviting & Friendly Places

Challenge: The Need to Plan for a Future We Do Not Know by:

Remembering that People Want and Libraries Deliver the Same Services They always Delivered; They Just Do It Differently



Kimberly Bolan CullinLibrary Consultant

Providence Associates LLC

Hi. I’m Kim Bolan Cullin.

A stunningly

realistic drawing, isn’t it?

It’s time to talk about…

SPACE

Uh…wrongspace.

How about…

LibrarySpace

BUMMER

Episode X

Libraries: A New Hope

A long time ago….

There were libraries designed with books and tables. There was a librarian behind a desk to direct people where to go. Now we live in a new world and it is time to change the face of libraries one building at a time…

Great library space is more than architecture & furniture.

Space is a launch pad… for a

lean, mean, service

machine!

Hell, yeah!

Libraries…THE FINAL FRONTIER.

And a

space

where

people

want to be!

It’s time to rethink “traditional” library service!!!!

And that means we need to talk about

the…

4F

S

A.K.A

.FUNCTIONFLEXIBILITYFORMFEEDBACK

Let’s put theFUN

in Function

Put your personal biases & expectations aside and ask yourself,

“What do your users need & want most?”Rebels

!

Browseable collections put materialswithinarmsreach.

Power tools need hooks and pegs, not shelves & book ends.

Uncommon collections deserve uncommonly great

spaces!

Now Circulating: Hand and Power Tools – Globe Public Library (AZ)Fishing Equipment – Wood Library (NY)

As your community “grows up” the spaces they use should grow

too.

Build Multi-functional,ZonedChildren’s Spaces

And they will come!

Pre-school Ages 0 - 4

Young School Aged Ages 5 - 8

Pre-teen Ages 9 - 12

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13860496@N04/3206374947/

Move beyond the “one space fits all ages” concept.

Build a library that works with ages 0 - 18 and fosters youth development at all stages!

Separate, Interactive Teen Spaces

Think…

variety in size & function,

flexibility,

capability.

FLEX Meeting Spaces

This space has it all!

Orange County (FL) Library System

Big service desks be

gone!

Smaller kiosks

encourage interaction!

RIP Big Desk!

Supported Self-Service…

Provides fast & convenient access for checkout, holds pick-up, and more!

Drive up services add convenience.

Can I get fries with that fiction?

Digital Creativity

Spaces

let usersexplore technology in new ways.

And…it doesn’t have to take

place “in a room.”

http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=7755&g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Let’s talk aboutSPACE & SIGNS.I’m a

Pisces!

Not that sign.

Excellent, clear signage Excellent, clear signage guides patrons to where guides patrons to where they’d like to be.they’d like to be.

Eliminating jargon lets customers understand the

library.

Digital Signagespreads messagesquickly.

Flexibilityenhances

functionality

Flexible spaces grow, move, and change on a

daily basis to fit your ever changing needs.

Casters let space move to accommodate different arrangements, events, etc.

Flexibles spaces don’t just look cool…

They can also be adapted today, tomorrow, and

even after 5 years without significant $$$$

investment!Like a librarian high roller!

FormAdds

Appeal

Furniture, color & lighting

are essential

.Ooooo..

.PRETTY

.

New seating

Color

+ Lighting

Transformed Space

Simple changes can have a huge impact.

Make your library a place where people want to be.

Feedbackenables users to

shape space

The 4Fs work together…

And user feedback movesthem all forward!

Get user input

& show them

the possibilities

Online discussion forums & surveys enable even your busiest users to provide input.

Eye-catching, informative (and humorous) presentations grab your patrons’ attention & educate them.Aliens get

attention!

Need Help or Want More Ideas?

kim@libraryexperience.comwww.libraryexperience.comindielibrarian.blogspot.com

Contact me!


Richard SweeneyUniversity LibrarianVan Houten Library

8 Minutes on Academic Library Building Trends 8 Minutes on Academic Library Building Trends Richard Sweeney Richard Sweeney PowerPoint: http://library1.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeneyPowerPoint: http://library1.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeney/

Grim and Parker Architects http://www.grimmandparker.com/project_157_

Academic Library Buildings (Trends):Academic Library Buildings (Trends):

1. have more mixed use, more hybidization and less traditional spaces.

2. are greener, more frugal, and more sustainable.3. support more teaching, learning and technology roles:

e.g. group study spaces, printing, scanning, media.4. support more information literacy hands-on instruction &

assessment. 5. support Millennial student behaviors giving many more

options; mobility; group work; more media; gaming, and interactive.

6. bring fewer researchers into the library.7. have fewer & smaller physical collections; scholarly

communication moves out.

PowerPoint at: http://library1.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeneyPowerPoint at: http://library1.njit.edu/staff-folders/sweeney/




1. have more mixed use, more hybidization and less have more mixed use, more hybidization and less traditional spaces.traditional spaces.








Musiatowicz, Martin. Hybrid Vigour and the Art of Mixing. Independent Magazine of Architecture + Technology. Spring 2008 Issue 31

In recent times an interest in In recent times an interest in hybrid techniqueshybrid techniques has resurfaced, facilitated largely by a number of has resurfaced, facilitated largely by a number of economic and political factors.economic and political factors. p. 11


“Fenton argues that there was a distinct difference Fenton argues that there was a distinct difference between the between the hybridhybrid building and mixed-use, in that the building and mixed-use, in that the individual programs relate to one another and begin to individual programs relate to one another and begin to share intensities.share intensities.

The concept of The concept of hybridisationhybridisation originates from genetics and originates from genetics and refers to cross breeding of different species.”refers to cross breeding of different species.” p. 7

Musiatowicz, Martin. Hybrid Vigour and the Art of Mixing. Independent Magazine of Architecture + Technology. Spring 2008 Issue 31


Academic Library Building Trends In 8 MinutesAcademic Library Building Trends In 8 [email protected] Richard Sweeney [email protected] Richard Sweeney 973-596-3208

Is It A Library?Is It A Library?

Carson, Scott. Is It a Library? A Student Center? The Athenaeum Opens at Goucher College. Chronicle of Higher Education. Sep 24 2009


"It struck me as an important concept," Mr. Ungar says. "You don't diminish the importance of the library by putting other things in it."

Sanford J. Ungar, President of Goucher College

Any new (academic) library building will have hissing espresso machines, padded chairs, and noisy study areas. But what does one make of a library with an art gallery, a restaurant, and open forum space that can seat at least 700 people? How about treadmills, exercise bikes, and rowing machines as well?



“Today's academic-library buildings, more than any other Today's academic-library buildings, more than any other campus structures, campus structures, have to be all things to all people—have to be all things to all people—placesplaces where social and intellectual pursuits collide, where social and intellectual pursuits collide, places that serve the community and the individual places that serve the community and the individual simultaneously. Dig into a book. Get a latte. Collaborate simultaneously. Dig into a book. Get a latte. Collaborate on a project. Nap during a study session. College libraries on a project. Nap during a study session. College libraries are a destination for those activities and moreare a destination for those activities and more.”



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Goucher Goucher College College AthenaeumAthenaeum

Is it aIs it aLibrary?Library?


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• A mixed-use library or a hybrid academic building?A mixed-use library or a hybrid academic building?• Sep 17, 2009 Sep 17, 2009 • Goucher College in Maryland has a new library. Sort of. Goucher College in Maryland has a new library. Sort of.

Yes, there are stacks and study carrels and a circulation desk Yes, there are stacks and study carrels and a circulation desk and so forth, but . . . the following functions and spaces are also and so forth, but . . . the following functions and spaces are also located in what is called the Athenaeum.located in what is called the Athenaeum.

• • an art galleryan art gallery• a restaurant that serves sandwiches and other light fare• a restaurant that serves sandwiches and other light fare• an open forum space that can seat at least 700 people• an open forum space that can seat at least 700 people• treadmills, exercise bikes and rowing machines• treadmills, exercise bikes and rowing machines• studios for the campus radio station• studios for the campus radio station• classrooms• classrooms• a commuter lounge with a full kitchen• a commuter lounge with a full kitchen• a unisex bathroom with a shower• a unisex bathroom with a shower

http://www.ilibrarynews.com/?p=381


John Spoor Broome LibraryJohn Spoor Broome LibraryCalifornia State University,California State University,Cannel IslandsCannel Islands

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/aug/28/new-art-exhibit-at-csu-channel-islands-portraits/

Many thanks to Dean of Many thanks to Dean of the Library, Amy Wallace the Library, Amy Wallace who answered my who answered my inquiries about their new inquiries about their new

library via email.library via email.

John Spoor Broome LibraryJohn Spoor Broome LibraryCalifornia State University,California State University,Channel IslandsChannel IslandsArchitect: Sir Norman FosterArchitect: Sir Norman Foster


John Spoor Broome LibraryCalifornia State University, Channel Islands

Occupants & Partners: • University Writing Center • Learning Resource Center • Information Technology • Disability Resource Programs

http://www.library.csuci.edu/indexes/JSBConstruction.pdf


Camarillo, Calif., Aug. 27 The Art Program at CSU Channel Islands has announced their latest art exhibit at the John Spoor Broome Library entitled, 'Photographic Portraits by Donna Granata: The Art of Building Community.' These works are part of Ms. Granata's Focus on the Masters (FOTM) Portrait Series.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/aug/28/new-art-exhibit-at-csu-channel-islands-portraits/

Dean Amy Wallace: Dean Amy Wallace: ..art tracks to hang art ..art tracks to hang art everywhere. everywhere. Art GalleryArt Gallery, custom , custom made exhibit cases that are made exhibit cases that are portable and portable and custom exhibit cases custom exhibit cases built into our shelvesbuilt into our shelves.”.”


Dean Amy Wallace: Dean Amy Wallace: We have no carrels.We have no carrels.We have no separate viewing or listening stations.We have no separate viewing or listening stations.We check out flip cams, dvd recorder, laptops, etc. We check out flip cams, dvd recorder, laptops, etc.

So we designed big cabinets in circulation to So we designed big cabinets in circulation to check out such. check out such.


The main Learning Commons area offers five service desks: Reference and Research Assistance, Learning Commons & Technical Support, Academic Advising & Career Services, the Writing Center, and the Assistive Technologies Center. The Reference Desk and the Learning Commons support desks are stationed at either end of the the large public computer area; Academic Advising is centrally located amidst the student login workstations; Assistive Technologies and the Writing Center are located on the periphery of the Commons area.

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2. are greener, more frugal, and more sustainable.are greener, more frugal, and more sustainable.3. support more teaching, learning and technology roles:







RMJM architects completed a new athenaeum for Goucher college's Baltimore campus. The 103,000 square foot, sustainable building consists of two greenroofs, a rain garden, high performance glass, recycled materials and innovative mechanicalsystems of optimal efficiency.

Greener - More EfficientGreener - More Efficient

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8348/rmjm-architects-athenaeum-at-goucher-college-baltimore.html


Dean Amy Wallace: Dean Amy Wallace: ““We have won several building We have won several building awards related to greenness…no awards related to greenness…no flush urinals, lights, energy use, flush urinals, lights, energy use, etc.”etc.”



http://services.pcl.com/projects/Active/5200190/index.aspx

Project was initially bid at 25% over budget by others. PCL and its design partner, Gruen Associates, rescoped and redesigned the project to meet the owner's absolute $44 million budget cap.. `





2. are greener, more frugal, and more sustainable.3. support more teaching, learning and technology roles: support more teaching, learning and technology roles:

e.g. e.g. group study spaces, printing, scanning, media.group study spaces, printing, scanning, media.4. support more information literacy hands-on instruction &






“I think that's not a very accurate depiction of what I see happening at research libraries,” said Deborah Jakubs, vice provost for library affairs at Duke University. “I see the exact opposite happening, that libraries are taking on libraries are taking on new rolesnew roles — [such as] working with faculty in introducing technology into teaching... there's a lot more intersection with libraries and faculty than he (Greenstein) would lead you to believe.”

Kolowich, Steve. Libraries of the Future. INSIDE HIGHER ED. Sep 24 2009http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/24/libraries


“As new paradigms for learning and teaching take hold in higher education, architecture has a great role to play to catalyze and support new trends in pedagogy support new trends in pedagogy - and shepherd in new advances for learning- and shepherd in new advances for learning.”




“Are academic libraries taking on new rolestaking on new roles?”





“OR are OR are new hybrid entitiesnew hybrid entities incorporating academic incorporating academic librarieslibraries?






e.g. group study spaces, printing, scanning, media.4. support more information literacy hands-on instruction & support more information literacy hands-on instruction &

assessment.assessment. 5. support Millennial student behaviors giving many more





The Thomas G. Barnet Library Instruction Classroom has computers for hands on instruction as well as a multimedia teaching workstation.Spartanburg Community College (SC)

http://library.sccsc.edu/libtour/newdefault.htmlibrary.sccsc.edu/libtour/newdefault.htm

Hands-On Hands-On LearningLearning







assessment. 5. support Millennial student behaviors giving many more support Millennial student behaviors giving many more

options; mobility; group work; more media; options; mobility; group work; more media; gaming, gaming, and interactive.and interactive.




Soft seating. Spartanburg Community College (SC)

http://library.sccsc.edu/libtour/library.sccsc.edu/libtour/newdefault.htmnewdefault.htm

More User OptionsMore User Options

University of Texas San Antonio John Peace Library

http://libtmp.lib.utsa.edu/blogs/index.php/2009/11/16/more-group-study-rooms?blog=3


http://libtmp.lib.utsa.edu/blogs/index.php/2009/11/16/more-group-study-rooms?blog=3


University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business www.businessweek.com/.../01/a_new_building.html

University of Northern Colorado

http://www.businessweek.com/.../01/a_new_building.html

http://www.businessweek.com/.../01/a_new_building.html


Georgia State University www.library.gsu.edu/roomres/how/


http://www.library.gsu.edu/roomres/how/


"Harrington Learning CommonsSanta Clara University"









6. bring fewer researchers into the library.bring fewer researchers into the library.7. have fewer & smaller physical collections; scholarly



“Starting point for research identified by faculty in 2003, 2006, and 2009.”

The library building less used by researchers.

Schonfeld, Roger & Ross Housewright. Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries, Publishers, and Societies. Ithicka S+R. 2010.http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/faculty-surveys-2000-2009/Faculty%20Study%202009.pdf










6. bring fewer researchers into the library.7. have fewer & smaller physical collections; scholarly have fewer & smaller physical collections; scholarly

communication moves out.communication moves out.


“The university library of the future will be sparsely The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of consisting of little more than special collections and study little more than special collections and study areasareas.”.”

That’s what That’s what Daniel GreensteinDaniel Greenstein, vice provost for academic , vice provost for academic planning and programs at the University of California planning and programs at the University of California System, told a room full of university librarians System, told a room full of university librarians Wednesday at Baruch College of the City University of Wednesday at Baruch College of the City University of New York, where the higher education technology group New York, where the higher education technology group Ithaka held a meeting to discuss “sustainable Ithaka held a meeting to discuss “sustainable scholarshipscholarship”.

Kolowich, Steve. Libraries of the Future. INSIDE HIGHER ED. Sep 24 2009


“As archives and services at individual libraries shrink, so would their staffs—and so would their operating costs.”

Daniel GreensteinDaniel Greenstein, vice provost for academic planning and programs at the University of California System



“Within the decade, he (Daniel GreensteinDaniel Greenstein) said, groups of universities will have shared print and digital repositoriesshared print and digital repositories where they store books they no longer care to manage. “There are national discussions about how and to what extent we can begin to collaborate institutionally to share the cost of storing and managing books,” he said. “That trend should keeping continuing as capital funding is scarce, as space constraints are severe, especially on urban campuses — and, frankly, as funding needs to flow into other aspects of the academic program.”



“The analog counterpart to the DRS is the Harvard Depository (HD) located in the countryside about 45 minutes from Boston. A low, modular building with loading dock bays, it resembles a wharhouse more than anything else…. Just two Just two librarians oversee 7.5 million bookslibrarians oversee 7.5 million books held in an energy-efficient, climate-controlled environment—more than twice as many as Widener, which is three times as large.” p. 41

Shaw, Jonathan. Gutenberg 2.0. Havard Magazine. May-June 2010http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/05/gutenberg-2-0


Jeffrey Scherer Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle,

Ltd. Architects

Library Building Trends

What’s Next

Jeffrey A. Scherer, FAIAMeyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd.

Choices

Headaches

Embedded in Nature

Clear Paths

Maximum for Minimum

Home away from Home

Concierge + Automation

Choice : Introverts + Extroverts

Quiet as a Mouse

Clean. Smart. Plug-n-Play

Wonderment

Portals

Spirit and Happiness

Different Strokes

Baby stays in the Bath Water

Curiosity Kills No One


Joan Frye Williams Library Consultant

& Futurist


Joan Frye Williams

ALA Conference – Washington, DC

June 28, 2010

Civilian focus

Hospitality

Exteriors that invite exploration

Augmented reality

Absolutely clear service desks

Situational signs

Portability

Shelves on wheels

People on wheels

Point of need vending

Creativity

Open, communal lab/studio

space

Extreme daylighting

General lighting friendly to screens that face UP

joan @jfwilliams.comhttp://www.georgeandjoan.com

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