CE202 Redesigning Libraries for the 21st Century

Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $290 (nonmember, $520)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Logan Ludwig, AHIP, FMLA, Associate Dean, Health Sciences Library, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Offered: Saturday, May 22, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

This course examines the issues and principles of library space planning for new, remodeled, and renovated library space. Guiding principles for library design, what makes a great place, library planning and technology trends, space planning formulas, adjacency issues, and sustainable design for "green" libraries are among the major issues reviewed. Emerging technologies, the impact of electronic publishing on library space design, and social and spatial boundaries and their implications for library design are discussed. Other issues such as compact shelving, forces impacting medical education, settings for hands-on learning, new types of consultation points, information commons and learning commons characteristics, new approaches to team settings, and teaching of users at point-of-need are also explored.