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Meeting Student Needs: Evolving Learning Space @Main Library The University of Hong Kong

Meeting Student Needs: Evolving Learning Space @Main Library The University of Hong Kong. Y.C. Wan The University of Hong Kong Libraries The 11 th 334 Symposium Lingnan University , 4 March 2011. Background. A library of two buildings (Old Wing – open in 1961; New Wing – open in 1991)

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Meeting Student Needs: Evolving Learning Space @Main Library The University of Hong Kong

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  1. Meeting Student Needs:Evolving Learning Space @Main LibraryThe University of Hong Kong Y.C. Wan The University of Hong Kong Libraries The 11th 334 Symposium Lingnan University , 4 March 2011

  2. Background • A library of two buildings (Old Wing – open in 1961; New Wing – open in 1991) • Planned and designed before the advent of modern information and communications technology. It was meant to be a place for quiet, self-paced study • Transformed premises and services since the 1990s to meet with IT needs and changing student learning styles

  3. 3+3+4 Academic Structure • “A once-in-a-lifetime exercise for HKU to reform its undergraduate curriculum” • 4-year curriculum features: (inter)disciplinary inquiry, multidisciplinary collaboration, enquiry in multiple contexts, multiple forms of learning & assessment, work in team, etc. • New learning space for students taking broader, team-based, more flexible courses

  4. Double Cohort • By 2012, student numbers at HKU will increase by 40%, or an extra 3,000 students • Existing learning space is inadequate to cope with more students and the new curriculum • Centennial Campus: Colin Lam Learning Commons • 2,000 additional seats

  5. Faculty & Students Feedback • “I can find a quiet place in the Library to study when I need to” • “I can find a place in the Library to work in group when I need to” • “The Library is a good place to study • We (library and its users) need a variety of spaces in the Library

  6. HKU Main Library Learning Commons (2,781 m2)

  7. The New LC Will Be … • Student-centered environments • Information rich environments • Technology rich environments • Virtual and physical learning environments • Social and collaborative environments • Extension to our existing environments • …

  8. Planning Brief • Access to a myriad of information resources • Help desks • Workstations for group work and self-paced study • Group collaborative areas/rooms • Quiet, self-paced study areas/rooms • Comfortable furniture • Printing and scanning facilities • Wired and wireless connections • Plenty of power outlets • Vending machines to provide certain drinks and food that leave minimum mess • Toilets

  9. Planning Guidelines • Flexibility • Clearly defined zones • Self-navigate • Use of natural light • HKU identity • Number of university computers; bring your own computer • 24 x 7 opening • Engagement with stakeholders • Green • Equal Access

  10. Before We Have a New LC … • More consultation with staff, students and other stakeholders • Finalize the design • Get the contract out in time • Decide on the service model, etc., allocate resources • Minimize disruption to service • Find space to accommodate the displaced books • Communicate, communicate and communicate • More …

  11. Tentative Schedule

  12. THANKS

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