6. What would ideal library look like?
“quiet, but not too quiet”
“. . .where ‘even if you’re by yourself, you don’t feel like you’re by yourself,’ as one
participant put it.”
“‘coffeeshop’ feel or ‘living room atmosphere,’ where they could mingle with other
people if they wanted to, but can do their own thing if not.”
“‘like home room for your community.’”
Rainie and Zickuhr. Pew Internet Project: Library Services in the Digital Age.
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/01/22/Library-services/
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9. 4. One-on-one learning with the teacher
5. Lecture format with the teacher at center stage
6. Project-based learning
7. Technology based learning with mobile computers
8. Distance learning
9. Research via the Internet with wireless networking
10. Presentation
11. Performance-based learning
12. Seminar-style instruction
13. Hands on project-based learning
14. Naturalist learning
15. Social/emotional learning
In our focus groups, we asked participants to think about what their ideal library would look like. Many participants said that while they wanted a quiet space in the library, they wanted one that’s not tooquiet. They described having a comfortable place where they could focus and get work done, but also feel like a part of their community; where “even if you’re by yourself, you don’t feel like you’re by yourself,” as one participant put it. Many described a sort of “coffeeshop” feel or “living room atmosphere,” but without feeling like they need to buy anything or leave in a certain amount of time—“a safe and affordable hangout location,” where they could mingle with other people if they wanted to, but can do their own thing if not. (One focus group member said a library should be “like home room for your community.”)
our students wanted: good lighting, food, comfy seating, quiet study area, but able to talk. They wanted more instruction on preparing for college research and research apps. Teachers wanted skylights, place to work, more computers in labs than we had.