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2. Learning Objectives
LIBRARY DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY LEARNER
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
•Have familiarity with current trends in library design
1.Know strategies for observing and documenting student behaviors in libraries
2.Understand Impact of technology on student use of library spaces
3.Understand changing expectations in the educational system for student learning

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This concludes The American Institute of Architects Continuing
Education Systems Course
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5. Library Design for the 21st
century learner
Sean Connor, Pfluger and Associates Carolyn Foote, Westlake High School Library
April 5, 2013

6. Sean Connor
About us Architects
Pfluger Associates
Carolyn Foote
Westlake High School
Eanes ISD
cutmodern design

7. Conference Materials
http://todaysmeet.com/cefpi
slideshare of presentation
www.pflugerarchitects.com

8. What do we know about
learners?

9. Who is our “customer”?

10. Teens and tech
✤ 71% of teens say the computer they use most often is shared with other
family.
✤ 23% of teens surveyed have a tablet.
✤ 37% of teens have smartphones. (78% have a phone)
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech/Main-Findings/Teens-and-Technology.aspx

11. Digital natives?

12. Teens and
libraries
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/

13. E-books and students
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-jumps-print-book-reading-declines/

14. Library spaces and students
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/

15. What can a 21st century library
look like?
look like?

16. What are the purposes of a
library?
kitchen? libratory? learning commons? studio?

17. Modalities of
learning
supported
1. Independent study
2. Peer tutoring
3. Team collaborative work
4. One on one learning
5. Lecture format/teacher centered
6. Project based learning
7. Technology based learning
8. Distance learning/Global
9. Internet research
10. Presentations
Prakish Nair

18. 7 Spaces for Learning
Ewan McIntosh, (based on Matt Locke)
http://notosh.com/lab/learning-spaces-3-the-seven-spaces/

19. Learning “If they build it, they will use it.”
Commons
David Loertscher
✤ Student, Teacher and Librarian
designed
✤ Learning studio with
technology, books, librarians,
technologists and other
learning specialists
✤ Areas for individual or group
work or classroom work

20. photo by Eric Schlegal
Social emotional support

21. “School librariesfillednot justof
are with books;
bunch of a national network
rooms a
they are for future economic
incubators
potential.”
Jeff Norton
http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/2012/10/why-school-libraries-matter-hint-its-not-just-about-the-b

22. photo by Eric Schlegal
Teacher support

23. What is a 21st century librarian?
http://www.fwps.org/info/highlights/1011/vlhlibrary/

25. Unique expertise

26. Instructional partner

27. Info literacy
Keith Curry Lance study
http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/KeithCL/whats-in-it-for-me-how-admin

28. AASL
standards

29. ISTE NETS for students

30. Studies show...
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/891612-312/something_to_shout_about_new.html.csp

31. Studies show...
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/891612-312/something_to_shout_about_new.html.csp

32. What do our students tell us?

33. QuickTime™ and a
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34. video
QuickTime™ and a
H.264 decompressor
are needed to see this picture.

35. ✤ 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/

36. How can spaces reflect this?

37. Photograph by Erich Schlegal
Case Study:
Westlake HS Library Renovation

38. WHS Library – Original Interior (photograph 2007)

39. • Dim Lighting • Institutional Furniture
• Low Ceiling • Closed off
• Subdued Ambience • Obstructed Visibility
Issues

40. WHS Library – Original Entry

41. RR
Entry Stacks
RR
Courtyard Office & Main Reading Room Stacks
Circulation Desk
AV Computer Computer Lab
Lab
WHS Library – Original Floor Plan

42. “Libraries should be
the beating heart of
the school, not
mausoleums for
dusty books.”
Stephanie Harvey

43. Demo Cut Slice out of Connect to Corridor
Old Library below
Canopy
1 – Improve Access (open heart surgery)

44. Improve Access – new campus-wide pathway

45. Demo
Solid Raise
Walls Roof
2 – Opening to Outside

46. 3 - Reconfigure for Visibility and Interaction

47. INPUT FROM LIBRARY STAFF:
• Improve visual and pedestrian connection with the rest of the campus
• Increase natural light and visibility to outside
• Reconfigure for better visibility within library
• Raise portion of roof for space, natural light
• Teacher collaboration areas
• Offer access to technology for all
• Wireless and gadget friendly, instructional technology hub
• Provide flexible areas for individual and group research and projects
• Student browsing/reading areas
• Create a more usable outdoor space
• Flexible Project Labs
• Learning studio environment
• Quiet and less quiet study areas
• A place for students and teachers to collaborate.
• Flexibility of use
• Community center for teachers, students and parents
• Serve as the information and social hub for the campus
Goals and Concepts

48. CORRIDOR
EN MEDIA LAB
TR PROJECT ROOMS
CAFE Y
CIRCULATION
DESK MAIN OPEN STACKS
AREA
TEACHERS
WORK READING LEARNING COMPUTER
ROOM AREA LAB LAB
Westlake HS Library – Learning Studio Concept

49. Courtyard Corridor
Entry
Media Lab
Juice Bar
Office
Circ.
Desk
Teachers
Break Stor. Deck Learning Computer Lab
Lab
Westlake HS Library - New Floor Plan

50. Photograph by Erich Schlegal
Improve visual and pedestrian connection with the rest of
the campus

51. Improve visual and pedestrian connection with the rest of
the campus

52. Increase natural light and visibility to outside

53. Reconfigure for better visibility within library

54. Raise portion of roof for space, natural light

55. Teacher collaboration areas

56. Offer access to technology for all

57. Wireless and gadget friendly, instructional technology hub

58. provide flexible areas for individual and group
research and projects

59. Student browsing/reading areas

60. Create a more usable outdoor space

61. Flexible project Labs

62. Learning studio environment

63. Quiet and less quiet study areas

64. Quiet and less quiet study areas

65. A place for students and teachers to collaborate.

66. Flexibility of use

67. Community center for teachers, students and parents

68. Serve as the information and social hub for the campus.

69. Inspiration

70. Variety of spaces
Fielding and Nair. Language of School Design
http://www.designshare.com/index.php/design-patterns/cave-space

71. Robin Hood foundation

72. Building connections not
collections/removing obstacles

73. Evolution and followup

74. Ultimate flexibility

75. iLab concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3nwc7N6BaQc#!

76. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge
is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein

77. Resources
✤ Fielding and Nair. Language of School Design.
✤ Siddiqi. The Library Book.(Robin Hood foundation)
✤ Doorley and Witthoft. Make Space. (Stanford d.school)
✤ Loertscher, et. al. The New Learning Commons.
✤ Pew Internet Research
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/
✤ Not So Distant Future blog http://www.futura.edublogs.org/design
✤ Pfluger http://pflugerarchitects.com

78. Contact us
Carolyn Foote
cfoote@eanesisd.net;
www.futura.edublogs.org
Sean Connor
Sean@pflugerassociates.com