4-5 July 2002 AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference.1 Library Building Design: Lessons from Canada Janine Schmidt, University Librarian, University of Queensland With enormous gratitude to Grace Saw, Executive Manager, Physical Sciences and Engineering Library Service, University of Queensland

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 2 Library building design  Collection vs user focus  Flexibility  Variety of seating  House information technology, computers for different purposes  Provide desks etc for staff  Open plan  Match processing needs for materials eg receipt, dispatch

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 3 Library building design  Accommodate assistance to users  Guide users to collections and services  Cost effectiveness, functionality  Support exhibitions  Provide for self-service  Reflect retail/bookshop approaches eg lower floors constitute prime real estate and accommodate most heavily used services  Provide attractive space conducive to learning

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 4 Library building design  Provide for coffee/food  Support networks, wireless  Computers – plug in lap-tops  House different materials efficiently and effectively eg rare books, multimedia, microforms (preservation needs)  Information Commons, Learning Centres, Information Arcades

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 5 Welcome to CARL Bienvenue à l'ABRC Canadian Association of Research Libraries Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada Lessons from Canada

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 6 Simon Fraser University

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 7 University of British Columbia

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 8 University of Calgary

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 9 University of Alberta

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 10 University of Alberta

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 11 University of Toronto

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 12 University of Toronto

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 13 University of Toronto

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 14 University of Waterloo

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 15 Universite de Laval

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 16 CISTI

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 17 Carlton University

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4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 19 National Library of Canada

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 20 Gatineau Preservation Facility

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 21 University Librarians at Work

4-5 July 2002AVCC Staff Development and Training Program. Library Conference. 22 Lessons Learned?  Information Commons well established, particularly in Western provinces  Successfully sought central funding  Traditional in most other respects