Symposium Panel: Space(s) Planning

1. Symposium Panel:Space(s) Planning Dr. Robert F. Sabalis, PhD., LCME Jacqueline D. Doyle, U Arizona Phoenix Kay E. Wellik, Mayo Clinic in Arizona

2. Questions & Unknowns • Impact of curricular changes/evolution • Move from print to e-resources • Attending to student (and faculty) preferences/learning & studying styles • Budgets • Collaborations • Types of spaces in library • Administrative mandates • Non “librarian” roles • LCME Mandates

3. What LCME Mandates ER-11. An institution that provides a medical education program must provide ready access to… Well-maintained library facilities sufficient in size, breadth of holdings, and technology to support its educational and other missions

4. A Well-Maintained Library Facility

5. AAHSL Activities • Suggestions for successful completion of the LCME Institutional Self Study are found HERE. • We have made suggestions for strengthening the database questions and are awaiting word.

6. Curricular Changes • Group Learning • Partnerships of librarians and IT/Informatics professionals • New learning spaces/studios • Increased e-learning and teaching • Perhaps more reliance on e-texts and resources • Work with curricular leaders! • Value placed on info literacy and EBM tools • Providing remote access/distance learning

7. Do we still need Stacks?? • Smaller overall footprint fewer stacks • Space designated for a variety of study areas • More collaborative spaces • Emphasis on natural light and comfortable seating • Some students (still) prefer studying in the library – added value ??

8. Are new amenities called for? • Café? • Presentation Practice Studio? (UMAB) • More flexible teaching/learning spaces? • e.g., learning studios • New types of seating/furniture? • Ubiquitous Wi-Fi a given • Increased power

9. Clienteles Served • More than medicine • Pharmacy • Nursing • Public Health • PhD Researchers • Other allied health, e.g., PT, OT, other? • Physician Assistants • More How might this influence library planning?

10. Library Monopoly? • No – students study everywhere…what added value does the library offer that Starbucks does not? Or do we worry about that?

11. One CasePhoenix Biomedical Campus Library • 1992as University of AZ COM regional campus for last two/clinical years only • 2006 opened 4-year campus, still regional • Began with “integrated” curriculum • 2012 received preliminary status as separately accredited COM

12. Evolution • 2006 – 24 MS-Is, 40 faculty (2 librarians) • 1,100 sf library • 2007-2011 – 48 MS-Is, 1 librarian, 55 faculty • 2012 – 80 MS-Is, 2 librarians • 13,700 sf library as of July 5 in new HSEB! • Partnerships • External - NAU , 1 librarian soon • Internal – CMS, Scholarly Projects, Digital Repository…

13. Evolution

14. Phoenix Biomedical Campus Expansion- 2012 Library! (next week)

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16. Things to pay attention to! • Impact of curricular changes/evolution • Move from print to e-resources • Attending to student (and faculty) preferences/learning & studying styles • Budgets • Collaborations • Types of spaces in library • Administrative mandates, i.e., $ • Non “librarian” roles • LCME Mandates • Talk to colleagues!

17. Contact us • Robert F. Sabalis, Ph.D. Assistant LCME Secretary, and Director, LCME Surveys and Team Training; rsabalis@aamc.org • Jacque Doyle, MS, AHIP, FMLAHead Librarian, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, jddoyle@u.arizona.edu; 602-827-2062/31 Blog: http://ahslphoenix.wordpress.com/ • Kay E. Wellik, MLS, AHIP, FMLADirector, Library Services & Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, Mayo Clinic in Arizona; wellik.kay@mayo.edu 480-301-4422