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Designing Schools and Libraries for Efficiency and Safety

Explore trends in education, such as the use of technology and collaborative learning, and discover essential characteristics for creating a successful "electronic village". Design schools and libraries that support growth, technology infusion, and flexible space usage. Considerations for libraries include expanded hours, staff changes, and accommodating more users. Focus on future learning needs and ensure the design follows function.

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Designing Schools and Libraries for Efficiency and Safety

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  1. Designing Schools and Libraries for Efficiency and Safety

  2. Trends in Education • Typical school spaces may change. • Instructional materials will continue to evolve. • Technology will dominate instructional delivery. • Technology will be available from multiple access points. • Libraries will need more people space and perhaps less collection (bookshelf) space.

  3. Trends in Education • “Electronic Village” • school activities include • communication among teachers, • communication between teachers and administrators, • communication between school and community members, • communication between teachers and parents, and • collaborative learning among students and community mentors

  4. Characteristics essential to a successful "electronic village" • focusing on interactions between people rather than focusing on particular technologies • providing applications tailored for each type of user

  5. Characteristics essential to a successful "electronic village" • implementing new services on a timely basis, so that community networking becomes a fundamental consideration in the vision and planning of the networking infrastructure • providing access to multiple technologies, esp. Web 2.0 (and beyond?)

  6. Design schools and libraries for… • Growth and program development • Continued and future infusion of technology • Flexible use of space Specifically for libraries: • Expanded hours • Staff changes • More users

  7. Focusshould be on future learning needs that result from curricular changes, emerging technologies, and new organizational patterns. Form should follow function.

  8. General Design Considerations • 3-D textbook • Support all learning styles (students and teachers) • Grade range (e.g., K-5, 6-8, K-12) • Sharing space for extended grade ranges • HVAC • Climate controlled year-round • Zones

  9. General Design Considerations • Sharing space with the community • Security • Accessibility/User-friendly • ADA requirements • Entrances/Exits • Tables • Computer workstations

  10. CPTED: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design • http://www.cpted-watch.com Strategies of CPTED • Natural Surveillance • Territorial Reinforcement • Natural Access Control

  11. General Design Considerations • Floor Covering • Location • Carpet • Tile • Lighting • Task lighting • Windows/Natural light • Outside lighting • Acoustics • Gallery/Display Space

  12. General Design Considerations • Visual Control • Physical arrangement • Flexibility of space • More people space • Less collection space • Zones • Conducive to inquiry, study, independent use • Infrastructure

  13. People Students Adults Place Ambiance Atmosphere Lifelong learning ethos Program Instruction ICTs Collection Literary/cultural events 3 key factors

  14. An Information Resources Center in the 21st Century Source: Tilke, A. (ed.),Library Association guidelines for secondary school libraries, London, 1998

  15. An Information Resources Center in the 21st Century Source: Tilke, A. (ed.),Library Association guidelines for secondary school libraries, London, 1998

  16. Purpose of an LIC • To support the implemented curriculum of the school by providing resources that will expand and enhance student learning beyond the textbook • To support the recreational reading needs of all members of the learning community • To support the information needs of all members of the learning community • To serve as the information resource center for the school

  17. Core Missions of the LIC • Library as physical space • Library as information resource center • Library as instructional delivery center • Library as service provider

  18. Physical Spaces • Technology Areas • Instructional Areas • Recreational Reading Area • Equipment/AV Storage • Workroom • Offices • Professional Room/Conference Room • Restroom(s)

  19. Physical Spaces Technology Areas • Kiosks (printing, hot-desks) • Cyber-Center (Cyber Café) • Multimedia production • Studio • Head-in room • Server room • Acoustics • Floor covering • Lighting • Relation to other areas

  20. Technology Access Computers (wired, wireless) LCD projector Computer lab Interactive white boards Lighting Floor covering Acoustics Relation to other areas Seating Minimum of 2 classes Additional class seating dependent on school size Physical Spaces Instructional Areas

  21. Keep the room as square as possible. Keep circulation desk as square as possible Keep circulation desk near library entrance/exits Shelving finish should be durable for minimum of 30 years Do not use particleboard shelving General Design Considerations

  22. Use clerestory windows as much as possible. Use tinted glass for windows or equip with blinds Use adjustable shelving Use slanted shelving for magazines/periodicals Ensure adequate number of electrical outlets in main room and in workroom. General Design Considerations

  23. Ensure adequate number of data connections Shelving height recommendations Secure storage for high-end equipment (e.g., MP3 players, digital cameras) Plan storage appropriate for materials General Design Considerations

  24. Plan for display areas such as slat panels at end of shelving units, lights on top shelf of bookcases, free-standing display cases. Plan for increased technology access and usage. General Design Considerations

  25. Involve the media center staff in planning new facility Ensure that media center professional staff are involved in all walk-through visits during construction FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION! Sample Floor Plans General Design Considerations

  26. Audio Visual Storage Periodicals and soft seating Computers Conference Rooms Prof. Room OPAC & Research Workroom Circulation Office Reference TV and Production Fiction Instruction Instruction Nonfiction

  27. Martha Alewine Consultant, School Library Media Services Office of Instructional Promising Practices 725 Marshall Road Greenwood, SC 29646 864-229-4230 malewine@ed.sc.gov http://martha.alewine.googlepages.com

  28. Lt. Mark McColman School Resource Officer Program Richland County Sheriff’s Department 5623 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC 29223 803-419-4879 mmccolman@rcsd.net http://www.rcsd.net/sro/sro-list.htm http://www.scasro.org/

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