Brutalist Libraries – You Gotta Love Em

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Office Hours

As we contemplate our upcoming relocation and remodel, we are attempting to find spaces around campus for our faculty and staff. One obvious solution has been that the subject liaisons could have offices in the building where their faculty and student constituents are located. I was interested to read this post on the ACRLog about [...]

Library Remodel – Latest

Hi Everyone,
We are making some progress in planning our remodel. As we move through the process, we will be sharing all the information we have with you via our website: http://library.colostate-pueblo.edu
Incidentally, our website itself will be changing in early July. You can check out the beta site at http://staging.colostate-pueblo.edu/devLibrary/index.asp. Look in the top right hand [...]

We’re Renovating

Believe it or not, it’s a reality. Over a year of hard work and campaigning has paid off. The Governor has authorized our request of approximately $22,000,000 to renovate and expand our library! To see the concept drawings and read the program plan, check our website: http://library.colostate-pueblo.edu/foundation.asp
As we go through the process, i will let [...]

Commons 2.0 – Where’s the Writing Room?

The latest edition of EDUCAUSE QUARTERLY (Number 4, 2007) includes an article called Commons 2.0: Library Spaces Designed for Collaborative Learning. The article is valuable because it reinforces for the higher ed community what librarians have been saying for a decade now about space planning for the library.  It talks about human-centered design and the [...]

Library Information Commons is Up and Running

Happy Labor Day Weekend. Here is a picture of the almost finished product. We are still going to order signs and are still waiting on new desk chairs, but you get the picture. So far, the LIC has been met with positive response!
In addition to the physical changes, we are working to make administrative changes [...]

Picture of Study Carrel

For everyone who expressed interest in seeing pictures of the tables and study carrels, here is a photo of the study carrel. Unfortunately, the 3 x 5 tables are already gone to someone on our campus. I’m sorry, I know those were really in demand!
The carrels are single sided with an upright back that can [...]

Library Information Commons is Almost Here

For those of you who have seen our library before, here’s a picture of what we’ve been doing lately. (And one of the reasons I’ve been quiet on the blogging front.)

The new Library Information Commons will include group presentation rooms, laptop study tables, group and individual study areas, the reference collection and library [...]

A Commons By Any Other Name …

Earlier this week on the ACRLog, StevenB posted a question about the difference between the Information Commons and the Learning Commons. He says he used to understand the difference, which he describes below. But now he is not so sure. My understanding of the difference is exactly as he describes below, so I’m not sure [...]

I’m Back

Hi Everyone,
I came to work this morning and realized I hadn’t posted in quite a while. That doesn’t make for a very exciting Blog! Frankly, I just haven’t been making time lately to keep up with reading my daily blogroll postings. That’s usually where I get ideas on what to post. I’ve had a [...]