Hey Jennifer,
One other idea to accompany all the large white board suggestions is "idea
paint." It is high quality, dry erase board paint.
http://www.ideapaint.com/
My buddy back in MN has used this paint in his house to great success. It
would be rad in an art library setting for students to study with and
providing an art space with an assortment of dry erase markers!
Sincerely,
David Parisi
2011 MLS Student, UNC-Chapel Hill
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Hazlitt, Jamie C. <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> I can elaborate a little more about the spaces in the library here @ LMU-
> (thanks, Amy!)
>
> The wall talker surfaces in our group study rooms have undoubtedly been one
> of the most popular features in our new building over the past year. Our 33
> group study rooms (most of which are designed for 4, and some for 6) also
> all include 42" flat screen monitors with hookups so that students can
> connect their laptops. 4 rooms have special seating and equipment for
> viewing materials from our media collection, and 2 rooms are set up
> specifically for listening to audio materials. Also, 3 rooms have a video
> camera set up to a laptop so that students can record themselves practicing
> presentations.
>
> I have less enthusiasm for the Steelcase RoomWizard room reservation system
> (the reservation system Amy mentioned)- if this is something that you are
> considering I'd be happy to talk with you more about the experiences we've
> had here with it. In short, it's a system designed for a corporate
> conference room environment, and scaling it to an academic library feels
> very much like jamming a square peg into a round hole.
>
> I agree with Amy that the desk systems in our information commons are
> wonderful- they provide ample room for students to work individually or in
> groups of up to 3, and provide both privacy and light. I'm pretty sure that
> they are a product from Steelcase. We also used something similar for
> individual study carrels.
>
> For more photos, you can look here:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmulibrary/sets/72157621907332778/
>
> Please feel free to contact me off-list if you have any more questions- I'd
> be happy to help out!
>
>
> Jamie Hazlitt | Outreach Librarian
> William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University
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>
>
> On 6/9/10 8:39 AM, "Amy Ciccone" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi Jennifer!
>
> I just had a tour of the new Loyola Marymount University Library. There
> were two things that I especially liked.
>
> The group study room walls were completely covered in white board, not just
> a single hanging board. Even one of the hallways is covered with the white
> board, and they are thinking of having some of the art students use those as
> surfaces for art works. They are using an electronic reservation system
> with LED panels outside each room.
>
> In their information commons, the workstation dividers are opaque white
> glass, which allow for more light and a feeling of more open space. Even
> though your project doesn't include an info commons, I thought you might be
> interested in knowing about this. If you go to the library's main page (
> http://library.lmu.edu) there is a changing series of photos, one of which
> is of the workstations.
>
> Good luck with your project.
>
> Amy
>
> _____________________
> Amy Navratil Ciccone
> University of Southern California
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ARLIS-L] cutting edge spaces
> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:13:32 -0400
> From: Pollock, Jennifer (pollocjr) <[log in to unmask]> <mailto:
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> Reply-To: Pollock, Jennifer (pollocjr) <[log in to unmask]> <mailto:
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> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Collective wisdom,
>
> I'd be interested in knowing what you perceive to be 'cutting edge' as far
> as art library spaces & technologies are concerned.
>
> We're renovating a couple of group studies and while the furniture is
> modular Knoll (which is staying) and the technology in one of the rooms
> works just fine (ceiling mounted projection w/laptop hookups; decent
> speakers/audio; dvd; vcr) it's all a bit circa 1990's. I'm thinking
> attractive, high-quality equipment/technology...
>
> I'd love to hear your thoughts and/or see images of what you think is are
> most excellent spaces and/or technologies suitable for smaller (less than
> 20) art library group study rooms.
>
> Thanks & be well,
> Jen
>
>
> Jennifer Pollock
> Head of the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library
> for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
> University of Cincinnati/College of DAAP
> 5480 Aronoff Center for Design and Art
> PO Box 210016
> Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0016
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