05.+Design+Project

DESIGN PROJECT - 40 points - 9/19

READ:
 * Woolls, Ch. 6 "On the Job: Managing the Facility."
 * Cicchetti, Robin. "MSLA 2010 Learning Commons Panel Discussion: Concord-Carlisle High School." //SlideShare//. [Dec. 2010?]. Web. 12 Aug. 2011. 
 * "Library Spaces." //Elementary Library Routines//. n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2011. .
 * Loertscher, David. "Flip This Library: School Libraries Need a Revolution." //School Library Journal//. 1 Nov. 2008. Web. 12 Aug. 2011. .
 * McHold, Mattie Byrd. "Library Design" [Williston Library: A Renovation Project]. //YouTube//. 12 Dec. 2009. Web. 31 May 2010. []
 * Sullivan, Margaret. "Divine Design: How to Create the 21st-Century School Library of Your Dreams." //School Library Journal.// 1 Apr. 2011. Web. 12 Aug. 2011. .

If you were to select three areas in your school library (if you aren't currently in a school, choose a library you are familiar with), which three areas would you renovate? Since you have given some thought to what design might be like for a learning commons now I want you to apply the ideas to your own school library.


 * Give a brief introduction to the library: name, location, students served, and library personnel.
 * Using whatever drawing program you like, (PowerPoint is the easiest drawing program almost universally available; you could also use the DesignU software from the SmithSystem which is free on the Web http://www.smithsystem.com/designu/ - this application has built in furniture that you can just drag onto the floorplan) show me a **before** and **after** version of your changes. Refer to the floor plans in your discussion. Be sure to carefully label the parts of your floor plan in order to give the reader an understanding of your situation. (20 points)
 * Describe the three areas you would renovate or innovate. (5 points)
 * What are the objectives in each of your renovated or innovated areas? (5 points)
 * For each of the three areas you are renovating/innovating give the name and URL of an article, video, posting, etc. that supports your modification of the library as a core value of the learning commons. Many modifications can be simply an improvement of the library without addressing the learning commons concept. Discuss the relationship between your change and the change you have referenced. Find your own sources or use any of the learning commons information previously presented in class. (10)

You will be setting up a three-year plan to implement these renovations for a future assignment. Begin planning for purchase, locating vendors, thinking about implementation period. Your budget project will compliment this assignment.