Why Do Students Want to Be in the Library If They Aren’t Using the Books? Susan Gibbons Vice Provost & Andrew H. & Janet Dayton Neilly Dean River Campus.

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Why Do Students Want to Be in the Library If They Aren’t Using the Books? Susan Gibbons Vice Provost & Andrew H. & Janet Dayton Neilly Dean River Campus Libraries University of Rochester April 6, 2011

Focus on our Local Users User studies with anthropological & ethnographic methods – 2003/04: Faculty – 2004/06: Undergraduate students – 2006/08: Graduate students – 2007/09: How people search – 2008/09: Science libraries in digital age

Process QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange Library Services Library Spaces Library Digital Tools

Research Question How can we explain student preference for using “library” space over others? What do students need to make the most of academic opportunities? What can libraries do to better meet student needs in time of rapid change? QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Case Study: Gleason Library $5M donation to renovate library and create a “student-centered space” What types of library spaces do our students need? QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Design Workshop Walk-in participation ($5 & Free Food!) “Imagine the library has a big, new, empty space and they asked You to design it…It is exactly the way you wanted it to be and you love it and want to go there a lot. Show us what it looks like.” QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Composite Collaborative Flexibility Comfort – Sitting, slouching, lying down all supported; food & drink Technology and tools are well integrated – From plasma screens to staplers Staff support – Very generic, all-purpose QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Outcomes Collaborative Flexibility Comfort Technology and tools are well integrated Staff support QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Outcomes Collaborative Flexibility Comfort Technology and tools are well integrated Staff support

Outcomes Collaborative Flexibility Comfort Technology and tools are well integrated Staff support

Outcomes Collaborative Flexibility Comfort Technology and tools are well integrated Staff support

Outcomes Collaborative Flexibility Comfort Technology and tools are well integrated Staff support

Staff Support No service desks in space Library staff drop into space as needed

Why Coming to the Library? Collaboration is not well supported elsewhere – Buddy system Hours Dorms too distracting Designed to support technology Designed to support learning styles

Case Study: Carlson Library How heavily is the space being used? Who is here? What are students doing in the space? QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Methods Design workshops Reply cards Observations Walk-though interviews QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Reply Cards 100 cards collected – What are you doing here in this seat right now? – How long have you been here? – Why are you here and not someplace else? – If we made you move this minute, where would you go? – When is the very last time you were in this seat? Slide 18

Reply Cards 63 quality of space 14 convenience 9 habit 4 books/materials only available here 4 to be alone 4 to be with friends 1 to use computers 3 to study Slide 19 QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Observations WedThFriSatSunMonTu Slide 20 DayWThFSaSuMTu Hr # QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Proportion of Observed Students Doing Academic Work vs. Recreation 85% academic work 15% recreation Slide 21 QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Physics/Optics/Astronomy Library Closure proposed

Roll of POA Library “Having physics books proximal to physics studies is important---those stacks are used when people study, do homework, and browse to expand their minds.” “The POA provides an environment for our students to get support from their peers, to work together on difficult assignments, to discover what resources are available to help them write scientific papers and lab reports, to access materials that support their classes, to meet their classmates and faculty in a less formal setting than the classroom, etc.”

Why in the Library? Students want to be in a place of scholarly gravitas Provides setting, props, and people to adopt the habitus Facilitation of transition from student to scientist or engineer QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

Unique spaces designed for the disciplines Conversion of collection into people spaces Flexible spaces to host teaching, workshop & speaking events QuestionMethods Data Gathering FindingsChange

QUESTIONS?