Ideas!

Sara: Interview rooms - #?, open group study areas, individual & group rooms (I'd love to add what we're losing in terms of these rooms from the 4th floor to the 3rd floor), reservable spaces - what should be on it and how many?, testing space for new technology/furniture, flex classroom, TA space, faculty/grad space?, A/V Production Room - change expectations; possibly shift to another floor, more whiteboards, variety of seating & tables, supply vending machines, food vending machines, more presentation practice space, counter height seating, quick print/email areas

Here's an outline for spaces on all the floors:

Basement

• classrooms
• nook spaces - low-tech
• netprint

Lobby

• hang out space
• loud group study area
• collaboration lab

1st Floor

• combined circ & info desk
• reference consultation area
• research pc's
• low-tech nook areas for groups
• casual seating for conversations - maybe start to get faculty/students/grads in one area where conversations can take place; the lobby is too noisy
• study tables
• TA space
• research display space
• new shelving for reference material
• CISER help desk
• GIS/Data consultation area
• netprint

2nd Floor

• collaborative space
• open group study areas
• writing center
• interview rooms
• presentation rooms - at least 2
• plotting and specialized equipment
• netprint 
• scanning stations
• slide scanning station
• testing space for furniture, equipment, and design
• multimedia stations/AV room - need to reconfigure but this should live on the 2nd floor
• multimedia software consulation
• individual rooms
• group study room - may be able to remove these if we add enough open group study and presentation rooms

3rd Floor

• quiet study space
• individual rooms - i think the ones that we lose from the 4th floor should go on the this floor
• graduate study area
• Ellis collection - can we use this space better? Could we extend the grad study are into this space?  Could we build up the balcony area with clear walls so that the sounds doesn't travel as much?

Camille:

Gabe:

Shane:

Matt:

Nick:

Howard:

• Reuse content from MALT Report; MALT Findings Report; and Space Task Force Report
• Refer to Steelcase Planning Document; NC State Toolkit; online research; Van Tienhoven Trip; Communication, DEA and other departments' faculty and students; strategic plans

Important points to consider:

• Assessment and ongoing assessment-how will we accomplish that? Traditional ways such as surveys, focus groups, interviews, student advisory groups.  Also experimental spaces; put something out there and observe use. Ways to allow hands-on student involvement in ongoing design of library through curriculum? Allow greater involvement from student workers? Get continuous feedback in lightweight way?
• Emerging partnerships with academic partners---CTE, CIT, Cornell Tradition, etc.
• Where do we see the future going? Think holistically about impacts-- mobile technology, cloud, desktop computing impacts
• What is the role of technology? Somewhat related to the above bullet point but we can also look at technology in terms of how the library uses it to market itself and assist students - do we want touch screens for resource finding, group or study session meet-up info, computer availability, etc.  The #1 piece of equipment that students have wanted at all locations, including Mann, is a whiteboard. 
• How do today's students work collaboratively?  Refer to MALT studies, research, other institutions, etc.
• Multimedia's role; multimedia studios?  Can we get a good sense of the multi-media projects that faculty are requiring? 
• Role of scale up classrooms; large mobile spaces for use of graduate students
• Display space for projects - important for providing ownership of space
• Providing student social space where students can "happen upon another conversation" and join in
• Fluid/dynamic environment--things will change; any plan needs to be flexible and forgiving; ok to fail
• Vision Possibilities: Idea of library as learning lab and integral partner in whole lifecycle of scholarship (place to generate ideas, study, teach, research, collaborate, create & communicate your work). Role of library in making visible scholarly conversation.
• New funding and planning model - how to design process for long term and continual renewal, not "set it and forget it"

Report Outline

• Background--re-purpose content from Space Planning report and other research
• How Do Students Work Collaboratively/issues identified/types of spaces needed to excel--reference MALT studies, other research etc.
• How Do We Meet Student, Faculty, and Staff Collaboration/teaching needs - now and in the future: Vision and Guiding Principles

Joy:

Jim: