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 [...]

Scrapping Dewey

In his blog, The Travelin’ Librarian, today Michael Sauers wrote about a library in Arizona that is doing away with classification numbers altogether, opting instead to shelves books by topic. I think I got that right! As one person commented, don’t they know the Dewey Decimal System arranges books by topic? Hellooooo? Sorry for lapsing [...]

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 [...]

I Agree With Barbara Fister of ACRLog Re: Room of their Own

In a blog posting day (ACRLog » Blog Archive » Room of their Own), responding to a story in this week’s Chronicle about the library renovation at Cal-Poly, Barbara Fister says:
“But to my mind, we can’t all save everything. Storing print runs of JSTOR titles just in case seems to me to be a poor [...]

Coffee Doesn’t Matter After All?

StevenB just posted today on an article in the Chronicle that discussed what makes new library buildings “work” for students. It’s interesting to me because some of the trends we have been looking at with our architects were mentioned as NOT being the factors that make the most difference. Read the post from ACRLog called [...]

Library as Information Center

I have just spent the last two days meeting with the architects that are helping us to prepare a program plan to turn in to the state for funding for a library revitalization. These guys ask really good questions! They have been encouraging the campus to think about the library of the future as the [...]