1. Copyright Statement Copyright Crit Stuart, 2007. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non- commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2. Setting the stage for academic engagement Re-engineering the Georgia Tech Library EDUCAUSE Learning Initiatives Annual meeting, Atlanta, January 2007 Crit Stuart, Associate Director for Public Services

3. Setting the stage for academic engagement Georgia Tech Library Drastic change required West Commons

4. Prior to renovation

5. West Commons General productivity & multimedia studio

6. West Commons General productivity

7. West Commons General productivity

8. West Commons Multimedia Studio

9. West Commons Multimedia Studio

10. Implementing change What did we learn from West Commons? Why consider creating an East Commons? What process was used?

11. Focus on the customer Library student advisory counsel

12. Capturing & distilling customer expectations Affinity focus groups

13. Focus on the customer Affinity focus group findings March 2005 Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility

14. East Commons Prior to renovation

15. Responding to input East Commons

16. Feeding the body East Commons: Café Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility

17. Feeding the body East Commons: Café

18. Listening and learning East Commons: Instant Theater Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility

19. Listening and learning East Commons: Instant Theater

20. Using technology East Commons: Customized by the individual

21. Using technology East Commons: group computing Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility

22. Using technology East Commons: group computing

23. Using technology East Commons: group computing

24. Studying and relaxing East Commons: study areas Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility

25. Studying and relaxing East Commons: study areas

26. Studying and relaxing East Commons: study areas

27. Studying and relaxing East Commons: study areas

28. Circulation East Commons: circulation Books Productivity tools Assistance East Commons coordination

29. Changing focus East Commons: transition zones Aesthetics Space delineation Productivity tools Celebration Relaxation Distraction Connectedness Flexibility * * *

30. Changing focus East Commons: transition zones

31. Changing focus East Commons: transition zones

32. Space delineation East Commons: restaging walls

35. Flexibility East Commons: From study space to Instant Theater

39. Changing pedagogy Replication / viral dissemination of our good spaces elsewhere on campus What it takes to be a learning destination or dwelling space The new GT reality

40. Assessment Surveys Blogs and other forms of commentary Ongoing research with other GT departments to evolve our spaces Feedback and assessment

41. Our “bold librarians” are encouraged to comment from the sidelines. For a sense of how a young critic views our work, see various entries in Brian Mathews’ blog space. http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com Enhancing librarians’ roles The ubiquitous librarian

42. Flexibility The Library Commons are an important collaboration between the Library and the Office of Information Technology to define the vision and the design of the Undergraduate Learning Center. The Library Commons is composed of the West Commons, the East Commons, and the Resource Center. This memo of understanding outlines the essential service, funding, leadership and governance elements that sustain the endeavor, mitigate confusion and conflict, and clarify responsibilities of the parties to assure uninterrupted success. Understanding Library Commons memo of understanding

43. Focus on the customer What’s next?

44. For more information related to Georgia Tech Library’s learning spaces, contact Crit Stuart at crit.stuart@library.gatech.educrit.stuart@library.gatech.edu Beginning March 1, 2007, check the Georgia Tech Library’s home page at library.gatech.edu for a series of documents and other materials related to the transformations of the past 5 years. For more information...