Tuesday, July 15, 2008

User-Centered Library Spaces

This is a topic that I have been interested in for a while. The library I work in (Lied Library at UNLV) opened in 2001, and we have come to see a need for more flexible spaces. In Spring 2007 I compiled a list of library web sites and Flickr images that might be helpful as we consider our needs for new furnishings, new walls, etc. Our Director of Public Services (now Director of User Services) used many of my links & images in a presentation to all library staff in July 2007. I will post the links later, and ask if I can post her PPT slides as well.

For my University of North Texas course SLIS 5630, I will be profiling the recent and ongoing changes at the Robert E Kennedy Library at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.