Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries An Overview of Strategies, Facilities, and Services

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Collaborative Spaces require: A distinct physical space Participation by two or more campus units Staff members dedicated to collaborative work

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Collaborative Spaces can be: Information Commons Digital Library Centers Centers for Instructional or Faculty Development Centers or Classrooms for Instructional Delivery Facilities for Multi-Media Production Facilities for Multi-Media Delivery Centers for Distance Education

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Large and Small Institutions are Creating Collaborative Spaces Research Universities Liberal Arts Colleges Community Colleges

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Research Universities: U. of Arizonas Integrated Learning Center includes classrooms, a freshman center, digital media resource center, and auditoriums.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Liberal Arts Colleges: Vassars Media Cloisters can be used for digital video, digital imaging, 3D rendering and animation, complex 2D animation, dynamic and database driven web development.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Liberal Arts Colleges: Santa Clara Universitys Library for the 21st Century (2006)

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Community Colleges: Brookdale (NJ) Community Colleges Information Commons includes individual work stations, classrooms, and a media authoring station.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Planning Strategies: Diverse Visions Shared goals of all collaborative spaces: Deliver content and services related to digital technology (networking) Institute collaboration among various units or professional groups in planning and staffing

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Diverse Visions: U. of Tennessees Digital Media Service The Office of Research and Information Technology (ORIT) and the UT Libraries have joined to create the Digital Media Service (DMS). The goal of DMS is to become the "one-stop shop" for digital media needs on campus. The primary role of DMS is digitization, storage, and delivery of audio, video, images, and text. DMS also assists customers in securing copyright permissions and offers referrals to related media production and technology services.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Diverse Visions: Vassars Media Cloisters The Cloisters serves as the "public sphere" for networked interaction, the gathering place for students, professors, and librarians engaged in planning, evaluating, and reviewing the efforts of research and study utilizing the whole range of technologies of literacy. In this way, the Cloisters channels flows of research, learning and teaching between the increasingly networked world of the library and the intimacy and engagementof our classrooms and other campus spaces. In the Cloisters, course development, class-based projects, and research necessarily become communal, interactive processes, engaging colleagues, students, information specialists, and a networked world of like-minded scholars, artists and media practitioners in active "programming" and explorations.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Diverse Visions: U. Torontos Information Commons Vision Statement: The Information Commons enables and facilitates access to information resources through technology to strengthen teaching, learning and research at the University of Toronto.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Sizing Up the Space Collaborative spaces can be: Large-scale suites providing a variety of services Smaller spaces focusing on one or two services

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Large Facilities: Dartmouths Baker Berry Library

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Large Facilities: Dartmouths Baker Berry Library

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Large Facilities: U. Georgias Student Learning Center (scheduled to open Summer 2003)

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Large Facilities: U.Torontos Information Commons New Media Suites Digital Studio Public Access Facility

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Smaller Facilities: Dickinson Colleges Waidner-Spaher Library Features a collaborative classroom for up to 24 students (below left) and a commons area with 16 individual work stations (below right)

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Smaller Facilities: Wellesley Colleges Knapp Media & Technology Center

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Goals of Collaborative Spaces: Deliver content and services related to digital technology (networking) Institute collaboration among various units or professional groups in planning and staffing

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Individual Work Stations University of Washington Libraries Media Center and Digital Audio Workstation

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Individual Work Stations University of Oregons Knight Library Information Technology Center and Science Library Information Technology Center

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Facilities for Students and Faculty with Disabilities Oregon State Universitys Information Commons

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Spaces to Facilitate Student Collaboration University of Washingtons Collaboration Pods

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Spaces to Facilitate Student Collaboration University of Chicagos USITE Crerar Center Collaboration Booths and Floor Plan

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Spaces to Facilitate Student Collaboration University of Georgias Student Learning Center

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Centers for Instructional and Faculty Development University of Arizona Learning Technologies Center Assessment Planning Creative Imaging Conference Planning Grant Support Instructional Design Technical Troubleshooting

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Centers for Instructional and Faculty Development University of Oregons Faculty Center for Instructional Innovation

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Centers for Instructional and Faculty Development Northwestern Universitys 2East

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Centers for Instructional and Faculty Development Southern Illinois University Carbondale Distance Learning Instructional Development and Design Video Production Web Course Development and more

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Classrooms to Enhance Student-Faculty interaction Oregon State Universitys Autzen Electronic Classroom

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Classroom Spaces Dickinson Colleges Librarians use the electronic classroom to introduce visiting high school students to new resources.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Delivering Content and Services: Classroom Spaces University of Arizonas Integrated Learning Center

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Goals of Collaborative Spaces: Institute collaboration among various units or professional groups in planning and staffing Deliver content and services related to digital technology (networking)

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Staff Collaboration University of Southern Illinois Instructional Support Services

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Staff Collaboration Northwestern University Academic Technologies: Facilitating Faculty Projects

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Staff Collaboration Vassars Media Cloisters Projects are communal efforts, involving students, faculty, information technologists, artists, and a range of scholars.

CNI/ACRL Preconference June 20, 2003 Collaborative Facilities Web Site: A project of CNI and Dartmouth College