Library User Experience, SPEC Kit 322 (July 2011)

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Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL
http://library.case.edu/KSL/whoweare/firstfloorredesign.html
Kelvin Smith Library: Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor
http://library.case.edu/KSL/whoweare/firstfloorredesign.html[5/27/11 12:24:17 PM]
Statement of Intent to Submit a Proposal: January 21, 2011 (no later than noon)
Library staff available for group interview sessions: January 21, 2011 (noon)
Final written submission: March 14, 2011 (5:00 pm)
Team Presentations to Evaluation Panel [open university forum]: TBD (March 21 – 31)
Awards announced: April 11, 2011
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SPEC Kit 322: Library User Experience · 123
Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL
http://library.case.edu/KSL/whoweare/firstfloorredesign.html
Kelvin Smith Library: Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor
http://library.case.edu/KSL/whoweare/firstfloorredesign.html[5/27/11 12:24:17 PM]
Statement of Intent to Submit a Proposal: January 21, 2011 (no later than noon)
Library staff available for group interview sessions: January 21, 2011 (noon)
Final written submission: March 14, 2011 (5:00 pm)
Team Presentations to Evaluation Panel [open university forum]: TBD (March 21 – 31)
Awards announced: April 11, 2011
Kelvin Smith Library |11055 Euclid Avenue |Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 |216-368-3506
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Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL
http://library.case.edu/KSL/whoweare/firstfloorredesign.html
Kelvin Smith Library: Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor
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Request For Proposals (156KB) First Floor Architecture Drawing (238KB)
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Overview
Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) is sponsoring a competition for student teams to redesign the entire first floor in an effort
to transform the KSL into a vibrant intellectual community center for campus learning and research. Students are
invited to create teams that will: (1) study the needs of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty, (2) develop
a basis of design and program plan, and (3) present the proposed plan to an expert panel for review.
Proposals will be evaluated by the Evaluation
Panel based upon the creativity, cost-
effectiveness, practicality, and sustainability of
the proposals. The number of prizes awarded
may vary depending upon the total number of
submissions. First prize will be $2,500 to the
team.
Teams should consider which services,
functions, or features should be added,
redesigned, moved to other floors, or eliminated
entirely. Proposed designs should complement
and enhance the aesthetics of the building, and
ensure that KSL is a warm and inviting
environment that has a logical layout of
features. Teams may choose to change,
augment or maintain the current color palette,
add artwork or display spaces, add dynamic
visual display panels, and change or improve signage. The team also should recommend changes to the furniture.
The only parameters for the redesign are: (1) the space for the new library cafe is assigned but the area can be
proposed for redesign (b) any proposed changes to the compact shelving must be accompanied by an alternative
onsite location for an equivalent number of volumes and (3) no relocation can occur to load bearing walls, elevators
or restrooms.
Proposal Contents
Research findings concerning library-related learning and research needs of undergraduate and graduate
students and of faculty, including best practices and team survey or focus groups results.
Strategic program outline, including the major organizational, functional, economic, and aesthetic goals
for the redesign, environmental sustainability opportunities, accessibility for persons with disabilities, the
flexibility of the design for future modification, expected capacity and traffic flow, and the potential for
implementing the design in phases.
Detailed program plan and design, including a written report, diagrams of the floor with adjacencies of the
different functions, the preferred footprint for each of the major functions, major site requirements, and
known constraints or obstacles.
Process
Timeframe and Deadlines. [Note: the following dates are tentative and subject to change]
Pre-proposal informational meetings: December 2, 2010 at 10:00 am January 12, 2011 at 10:00 am
January 20, 2011 at 2:00 pm
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124 · Representative Documents: Facility Design
Case Western Reserve University
Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of KSL. Request for Proposals
http://library.case.edu/media/firstfloorrfp.pdf
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Student Competition: Redesign the First Floor of Kelvin Smith Library
Request for Proposals (RFP) – Issue Date: 16 November 2010
OVERVIEW
Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) is sponsoring a competition for student teams to redesign the entire first floor
in an effort to transform the KSL into a vibrant intellectual community center for campus learning and
research. Students are invited to create teams that will: (1) study the needs of undergraduate and
graduate students and faculty, (2) develop a basis of design and program plan, and (3) present the
proposed plan to an expert panel for review. Proposals will be evaluated by the Evaluation Panel based
upon the creativity, cost‐effectiveness, practicality, and sustainability of the proposals. The number of
prizes awarded may vary depending upon the total number of submissions. First prize will be $2,500 to
the team.
Teams should consider which services, functions, or features should be added, redesigned, moved to
other floors, or eliminated entirely. Proposed designs should complement and enhance the aesthetics
of the building, and ensure that KSL is a warm and inviting environment that has a logical layout of
services and features. Particular attention should be paid to the following:
 Functions. Within the limitations outlined below, the entire floor is eligible for redesign. Teams
should consider which services, functions, or features should be added to the floor, which current
service points should be redesigned, and which functions or services should be eliminated entirely
or shifted or moved to other floors.
 Aesthetics. The design should complement and enhance the aesthetics of the building, while also
enhancing the environment to ensure that KSL is a warm and inviting place to be with a logical
arrangement of functions. To accomplish this, the teams may choose to recommend changes to the
current color palette, add artwork, create new community spaces (such as artwork), add visual
signage or display panels, change or improve signage, etc.
 Furnishings. The team should recommend appropriate furniture to accomplish the functions that
will be housed on the first floor. For any new furnishings, design ideas using commercially‐available
furniture should be included in the proposal as examples. [See Appendix for examples of some
potential providers of furnishings.]
 Parameters.
o Over the next few months KSL will undertaking some pilot projects that will result in temporary
changes to the first floor and that will open up the space. Teams may choose to incorporate or
ignore these changes.
o Space is reserved for a new library café that will open soon. While adequate space to
accommodate this café must be included in the design plan, the team is invited to recommend
design changes that would complement or enhance the community area created by the café.
o It is desirable, but not required, that the compact shelving currently on the first floor should
remain in position. Proposals to reduce or eliminate this shelving must identify a suitable
alternative to provide onsite access to an equivalent number of volumes.
o The team cannot recommend relocation of load bearing walls, elevators or restrooms.

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Page 91User Experience Planning and Organization click to expand contents

Page 97User Experience Projects click to expand contents

Page 103Recruiting Volunteers click to expand contents

Page 111Web Usability click to expand contents

Page 121Facility Design click to expand contents

Page 135Outreach click to expand contents

Page 143User Feedback click to expand contents

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