SPEC Kit 342: Next-Gen Learning Spaces · 171
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Space Requirements for Mann Library (excerpts)
3. Inspire students with great
learning spaces &services
Integrate technology into study spaces
and classrooms that make
collaboration easier and more effective
Work to create complementary
physical and online learning
environments/experiences
Re-­‐imagine collections and information
services to support our users’ evolving
information needs
Build and mold a nimble, creative,
sustainable, &efficient staff that
supports continuing transformative
change
Create spaces that allow for
thought provoking discussions
between faculty and students
and peers
Configure spaces within the
building for specific needs of
students such as individual and
group study areas, open informal
work areas, online learning, quiet
study, etc.
Maximize the flexibility of these
spaces to accommodate various
functions, needs, and group sizes
Spaces need to be comfortable,
make it easy to collaborate,
flexible for a variety of learning
environments, and inspiring
Establish facilities that enable
users to incorporate media
segments into assignments, e-­‐
portfolios, and research projects
Labrary space idea from Harvard
and others where spaces in the
library can be devoted to testing
out new furniture, layouts, and
software
Provide spaces that
accommodate new patterns of
learning i.e., scale-­‐up classrooms
4. Visibility of student and
faculty research
Develop partnerships with faculty to
allow the library to be a showcase for
faculty and student work
Library as a neutral zone for feedback
and expression on research
Develop avenues for research explored
and expounded on by students in a
virtual environment
Provide new spaces for informal
instruction and interaction
Interaction zones where users
have access to both low and high
technology
computing/visualization tools
Encourage student and faculty
“ownership” of the library by
establishing spaces within the
library for creation and display of
their work
Establish areas for display of
research and figure out a way for
this to be self-­‐service mode
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