1. DC Information Commons – Project Update to Library Staff Anne Fullerton Chair, DCIC Planning Team July 17, 2003

2. Planning is a series of approximations to a moving target. Library Planning Associates Building Program Update. Cambridge [Mass] Public Library

3. Work Completed Needs analysis undergrad users (Systems Design Engineering 348 project) Model 1 layout 4 images for fundraising brochure ( entrance, service desk, teaching lab, seating ) Cost estimates Staging

4. Undergrad Needs (SDE 348 surveys) More natural light & reliable carrel light Well defined noisy & quiet study areas Larger carrels More seating options and capacity Bookable space Coffee shop; 24/7 area…….

5. Computer Hub Carrels – quiet study Glass enter/ exit Info & Circ desks side by side Express workstations Stacks rotated, pcs in stacks Teaching Lab Staff offices Group study tables and rooms Copiers

6. Entrance/Exit

7. User Services/Info Desks

8. Seating Options

9. Teaching Lab

10. Costs (examples) Library entrance $172K 10 group study rooms $175K Laptop lending $195K Teaching Lab $370K

11. Work In Progress Tasks in detail – who, what, when Model 1 feedback - Library staff & Users Project architect Discuss issues/implications of consolidating public service points laptop lending student staffing – computer hub

12. Funding to Date: $1million Computing hub (furniture) Express terminals (furniture) Service desk (furniture) Stacks rearrangement Compact shelving (lower floor) Architect's fees Carpeting Staffing Public Announcement – October 28, 2003

13. Questions, Comments? Email us: libDInfoCom@library.uwaterloo.ca Website: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/staff/infocommons/

15. A Teaching & Learning Library has: Extensive power & data grids E-classroom Wired study spaces Appropriate ambient illumination Ergonomic computer furniture Group study options Information commons Bazillion & Braun. Academic Libraries as High-Tech Gateways

16. What’s an Information Commons? Full service computers Human help Access to all formats of the collection Defined space

17. What they said about DC in 1988 Conspicuous symbol of the future & the advance of technology Interior suggests a controlled celebration of technology Colour is a metaphor for the visual world of the computer monitor