A review of Harvard-Westlake library services and spaces, 2011, in anticipation of a major renovation in 2011-2012. To compare with this 'Before' portrait, check out the slideshow about that renovation.
24. Bibliographic Resources
20,000 + Print Books
2800 + Ebooks (first collected in
2003)
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Personal
Reading
86 Print Periodicals
3 Daily Newspapers
23 Databases available from campus
or home
36. Prelude to the 21st Century
Library
60’s Audio-Visual Revolution :
film strips, slide carousels
70’s Television Revolution :
classroom broadcasts, closed-
circuit programming
90’s Digital Revolution :
‘Multimedia’
CDs/VCRs/DVDs/databases/eb
37. The Ebook Universe:
Dynamic & Fluid
Practicalities: renting/licensing vs owning
Salem vs ACLS vs Facts on File models
Great variety of quality and access with ebooks:
different vendors provide different levels & quality
of access
Specificity of edition often lacking: what’s ‘good
enough’ for many is not good enough for Harvard-
Westlake. Frankenstein editions 1818 vs 1831: a
crucial difference but not often noted.
Advantages of Collection Development managed
by Librarians in close communication with Faculty
38. Our Current Challenge
Seeley G. Mudd Library built in 1977
Seeley G. Mudd Library first space on
campus to go wireless in 2007
Vital attributes of 21st Century Library:
Multipurpose
Flexible
Modular
Ubiquitous Electrical Access
40. Up Up Up
Overall circulation increased 12% since
2006 (not including laptop numbers)
Laptop circulation has increased 66%
since 2007 (first year in operation)
Fiction circulation has increased 88%
since 2006
41. Space: the Final Frontier
Currently 150 chairs
Monday March 6, activities period: 191
students
Some space will be freed up as we
reconfigure stacks in a more efficient
manner, new classrooms available for
English Classes will re-open space on
our floor
Must retain flexible seating and student
created spaces; additional short stools
42. Lesson Learned:
Keep the best of each
technological advance
while always looking to
the future, actively
exploring new
technologies and new
43. There is no one kind of library that works for every school, college
or corporation. There is no “Library of the 21st Century” model that
would work for all.
Harvard-Westlake is a unique school; our library is carefully
crafted to support this unique academic environment. Diligent pursuit
of the newest in technological advances has kept us well positioned to
make use of the best of what the 21st Century can offer.
We will continue to work to ensure that we meet the 21st
Century needs of our students as they prepare for their college careers
and lives ahead.
Notas del editor
Includes teaching students how to be productive in college and university libraries
Ensure students have materials for
Students often read magazines and newspapers when there’s a bit of free time. Popular Science, Utne Reader,
Silent study to isolated carrels to centered carrels to small tables to ‘tree house’ carrels to large group work tables to cushy chairs and couches. We encourage student created working spaces