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Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communication of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Kharazmi
“Information and Library Marketing”
Laboratory work-1
Theme:Preparation of a presentation on the reform of library construction
Group: 694-17
Done by: Toshtemirov O
Examiner: Arakelov S. R.
Transition from paper to digital can make more space available
Libraries transform communities, and “the ways in which a library uses its space resources to support the development of its community is crucial to its continuing success,” says Les Watson, educational advisor, consultant on learning spaces, and editor of Better Library and Learning Spaces: Projects, Trends and Ideas (2012).
The transition from paper-based resources to digital information is an opportunity to make more space available for library users, Watson says. Nor are the implications merely local: “Recognizing that national competitiveness and success relies on an educated and capable population and that libraries are part of a nation’s educational infrastructure gives libraries (of all types) an important role . . . as places of learning,” Watson says. “This requires a variety of spaces that match the diversity of learners and their learning activities underpinned by capable staff, great technology, excellent resources, and timely and accurate understanding of user behavior and satisfaction.
In other words, libraries should look to interior design as a means of providing an “inspiring experience” for users; emphasize service integration, which will help ensure the survival of both public and academic libraries in tough times; and focus on using space as a means of responding to the culture of the communities they serve.
“What is most important . . . is to focus library space on the development of the learning community the library serves,” Watson says. Current trends in library building and renovation include:
Open-plan space, which provides flexibility and ensures that a building can easily be modified in the future.
Semi-private space, which recognizes that open-plan space may not be appropriate for every activity or suit the taste of every user. “Furniture has emerged as a key factor in creating variety in the library experience . . . [because] it can easily be rearranged to change the look and feel of a space,” Watson says.
Technology-rich space, which should permeate the library and enable users to be the best learners they can.
These trends find expression in several libraries that won the 2013 Library Building Awards, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and ALA’s Library Leadership and Management Association, and in others that were featured in American Libraries’ “2013 Library Design Showcase.”
A small-scale residential context provided the inspiration for the design of the Anacostia Neighborhood Library, a new branch of the District of Columbia Public Library in a low-income, underserved neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The project fulfilled programmatic needs, but it also provided a stimulus for community pride and economic development. The library has a series of pavilions for program areas that require enclosure: the children’s program room, the young adults’ area, support spaces, and public meeting rooms. The rest of the level-one plan is high, open space for the main reading room, stacks, computers, and public seating areas. (Architects: The Freelon Group; cost: $10.3 million)
Elsewhere in D.C., the William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Neighborhood branch offers another example of “innovative architecture that addresses user needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways.” The American Libraries review calls it “a commanding, positive presence in an impoverished area, featuring a large, three-story glass, wood, and concrete main building with three extending, geometric-shaped pavilions.” (Architects: Adjaye Associates and Wiencek + Associates; cost: $13.5 million)
In a move that resulted in an 83% increase in public space, the St. Louis Public Library’s 100-year-old Central Library transformed a once-closed seven-story stacks area into a soaring atrium with mezzanine and converted a former coal storage area into a 250-seat auditorium, expanding children’s and teen rooms and creating a new entrance with a reflecting pool. (Architects: Cannon Design; cost: $70 million)
Designing libraries for digital undertakings
Dixie State University’s new Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons, in St. George, Utah, is an information hub for the campus. The library, with its showcase digital commons, shares space with the English department, a writing center, career services, and the IT department, allowing students and faculty easy access to services in one building. (Architects: Sasaki Associates, VCBO Architecture; cost: $41 million)
Saint Joseph’s University, in Philadelphia, updated its library to bring it fully into the digital age. The new 35,000–square foot John and Maryanne Hennings Post Learning Commons at Drexel Library offers students and faculty the latest technologies, including a presentation practice room with video capabilities; an audiovisual multimedia lab; and a digital media zone with dual-monitor computers, comprehensive research content, and the latest software. (Architects: BWA Architecture + Planning; cost: $16 million)
The archives housed at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum are completely digital, and the entire Bush Center “is designed to present the past and engage the future,” former First Lady (and librarian) Laura Bush said at the dedication in April 2013. On May 1, 2013, the library, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, became the first presidential library to open to the public with a platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
And Anne Arundel Community College, in Arnold, Maryland, renovated and expanded its Andrew G. Truxal Library with a focus on technology, adding 20 tech-rich collaboration rooms and two information literacy labs. The spaces are tied together by a large commons area featuring quick-access computer kiosks. (Architects: EwingCole, RATIO Architects, Associated Architects; cost: $16.8 million)
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