SPEC Kit 327: Reconfiguring Service Delivery · 147
Texas A&M University
Recommendations of the Information Commons Task Force
10
Additional Considerations
There are many improvements that can be
made quickly based on our findings.
Movable white boards should be purchased
immediately and dispersed throughout the
library.
Many students voiced a need for more
electrical outlets. Students indicated that
they require more places to plug-in their
laptops so they can work longer hours in the
library. Any redesign must find a way to
provide more power for the devices our
students need.
Attached to these recommendations are
additional space planning solutions brought
forward by task force member Pixey
Mosley, who also serves on the space
planning committee for the libraries. See
Addendum.
Although not central to our service concept,
plasma-type e-boards, such as those used at
NSCU libraries, would be a creative way to
emphasize library information and services.
Reference staff must become more
proficient with technology. Georgia Tech
has managed to increase their proficiency
with reference staff in the last few years as
they created their information commons, and
we could look to them as a model for how to
manage this concern during a period of
transition.
Depending on the future ownership of
library public computers, we envision a role
for CIS support staff within the library,
preferably based out of the 1st floor Help
Desk.
Texas A&M University
Recommendations of the Information Commons Task Force
10
Additional Considerations
There are many improvements that can be
made quickly based on our findings.
Movable white boards should be purchased
immediately and dispersed throughout the
library.
Many students voiced a need for more
electrical outlets. Students indicated that
they require more places to plug-in their
laptops so they can work longer hours in the
library. Any redesign must find a way to
provide more power for the devices our
students need.
Attached to these recommendations are
additional space planning solutions brought
forward by task force member Pixey
Mosley, who also serves on the space
planning committee for the libraries. See
Addendum.
Although not central to our service concept,
plasma-type e-boards, such as those used at
NSCU libraries, would be a creative way to
emphasize library information and services.
Reference staff must become more
proficient with technology. Georgia Tech
has managed to increase their proficiency
with reference staff in the last few years as
they created their information commons, and
we could look to them as a model for how to
manage this concern during a period of
transition.
Depending on the future ownership of
library public computers, we envision a role
for CIS support staff within the library,
preferably based out of the 1st floor Help
Desk.
