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system for some of the workstations. Providing the variety allows for a wide range of student learning behavior and
creates a space with which a greater number of students will connect.
Our Collaboratory is open, informal, and conversation friendly. (Located in the Undergraduate Commons, we call it
Learning Commons.)
Our Electronic Scholarship Center (ESC) was reconfigured into an instruction and collaborative learning room with the
addition of multiple screens and laptop/mobile device access.
Our Library East Commons has developed a study space into a learning space there are plans for a tactile learning
space coming. In 2006, was constructed as collaborative computing, academic social space, and presentation space.
Now hosts collaboration with two outside academic units to create a classroom-style active learning space and
curriculum-defined computing resources. Space is available for all when classes are not in session.
Our next-gen learning spaces include campus and community collaboration on services, programming, and instruction.
One example of this is the use of our space by various tutoring centers (Writing Center, Statistics Tutoring Lab, etc.)
across campus.
Our student multimedia studio is evolving into a mini-makerspace. We have added 3D scanning, 3D printing, and
3D pen creation. These new technologies have challenged us to rethink the layout of this lab, and also to bring the
technology out of the lab into other spaces.
Over several years, the classroom for instruction with no technology has been renovated to computer-equipped
classroom and then a smart classroom.
Physical collection is decreasing. More collaborative study space with new technology.
Piloting multimedia pods in the Learning Commons led to the development of the Digital Media Lab, where full-scale
media production is a possibility for the general student population.
Provision made for collaborative spaces.
Recent changes include a refurbished meeting room with new furniture that can easily be reconfigured and more power
outlets have been added to the room.
Recently constructed a Center for Digital Scholarship with a high-tech classroom, specialized software, and specialized
equipment, such as a 3D printer, and specialized services, such as data management planning consultations, GIS
instruction, instruction on advanced statistical software.
Some reference collection shelving replaced with Steelcase media:scapes.
Some spaces include campus partners in services and programming development and delivery.
Steelcase LearnLab
Team rooms with technology, SMART Boards in classrooms, tech desk for support/loans
The library rearranged space in its computer classroom to allow for more seating and also to provide a more interactive
experience, with electronic white boards and other related technology.
The Scholars’ Collaborative offers faculty and graduate students the space, expertise, and project management
assistance they need to develop innovative projects using digital tools. Located on the 4th Floor of the library, the
Scholars’ Collaborative serves as a hub for the emerging digital scholarship community at the university.
The Science &Engineering Library’s first floor was converted from a focus on housing a sizable collection of print
reference books, indexes, and current journals, to emphasizing collaborative study.
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