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Louis Mirando Chief Law Librarian Osgoode Hall Law School Library

Sailing to Byzantium: Reflections on Client-centred Library Reconfiguration, Renovation and Construction . Louis Mirando Chief Law Librarian Osgoode Hall Law School Library CALL Annual Conference, Halifax, NS May 26, 2009. Apologies to WB Yeats. My Clients. Students Lawyers, faculty

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Louis Mirando Chief Law Librarian Osgoode Hall Law School Library

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  1. Sailing to Byzantium:Reflections on Client-centred Library Reconfiguration, Renovation and Construction Louis Mirando Chief Law Librarian Osgoode Hall Law School Library CALL Annual Conference, Halifax, NS May 26, 2009

  2. Apologies to WB Yeats

  3. My Clients • Students • Lawyers, faculty • Law, non-law • Library staff • Administration (Dean, Managing Partner, CFO/CEO) • Architects/designers • Donors • Collections • Monographs, serials; old, new; print, online; archival, current

  4. Space for People • Centrality of library to the school/firm • Service space vs Study space • Public space vs Private space • “Information commons” • IT services, students services, information literacy, writing assistance, café • Food and drink

  5. Space for Services • Reference & Circulation Desks • Reserve collection, self-help reserves, current journals, self check-out • Reference collection • Circulation • OPAC • Teaching facilities, computer labs • Photocopying, printing • Dictionaries • Microforms

  6. Space for Work • Library patrons • Wired and wireless • Noisy and quiet • Social and independent • Tables, carrels, comfy chairs • Library staff • Offices, workrooms, etc. • Public services, technical services, library services • What services do you offer? Hope to offer? Are you structured to provide them?

  7. Space for Collaboration • Formal, informal • Flexible seating • Group study rooms • Collaborative study rooms • Collaboration software and hardware

  8. Space for Technology • “Caught in that sensual music . . .” • Wired and wireless • Public access or laptop • Digital signage • Printing (b&w, colour), photocopying, scanning – and paying for it • Computer lab? • Website

  9. Space for Collections • “ . . . all neglectMonuments of unageing intellect.” • Open stacks vs Compact stacks • Onsite vs Offsite • How are your collections organized? • Time to reorganize? • Virtual collections (servers) • Rare books/special collections/archives/microforms

  10. Space for Design • Architects and donors • Architectural features and follies • What’s in a name? • Interior design • Colours, materials • Accessibility • Art

  11. Space for Growth • Growth – and change! • 5 years, 10 years, more • Flexibility

  12. Evaluation Tools • Site visits • Committees • Meetings • Surveys • One-on-one • Conversations • Design charettes • Be a library voyeur!

  13. Thank you … such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make Of hammered gold and gold enamelling To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; Or set upon a golden bough to sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

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