The Community College Library of the Future

1
The Community College Library of the Future

• Round Two
• Dr. Kenneth Moore Douglas Kaylor
• Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

2
Todays Objectives

• Share a now proven model of the Library of the
  Future
• facilities
• collaborative partnerships
• services
• use patterns
• staffing models
• best practices

3
Background

• Sinclair Community College
• Founded in 1887
• Located in Dayton, Ohio
• Became a Community College in 1965
• Campus opened in 1972
• Headcount 22,000 24,000 FTE 12,500
• League Board Member

4
From Last Years Report

• Problems addressed by Renovation
• Trend of declining use
• Rise of Internet-based preference Google, Yahoo,
  etc.
• Facilities becoming obsolete
• Minimal building modifications since 1972
• Facility not designed for current technologies
• Inadequate instructional spaces on campus and
  in library
• Fortress mentality - designed to protect books,
  not welcome people / challenged by societal
  demographic changes
• Inefficient space utilization
• Need for more computers on campus

5
From Last Years Report

• Goals
• Be the focal point of academic campus
• Bring together related academic support functions
• Provide formal and informal learning spaces
• Improve visibility, access, and environment
• Provide flexible space and infrastructure
• Support social and cultural activities in a
  comfortable and inviting setting

6
What was
7
What is

• Information / Learning Commons model -1

8
Facilities

• Information / Learning Commons model -2

9
Facilities

• Information / Learning Commons model -3

10
Facilities - Reading

• Classic library zone

11
Facilities Formal Spaces

• Traditional and computer classrooms

12
Facilities Informal Spaces

• Self-organizing
• Constantly changing

13
Facilities WIFI Informal Spaces

• WIFI comfortable seating Satisfaction

14
Facilities Multi-use Meeting Room

• Furniture can be reconfigured, Flexibility

15
Facilities Flexible Spaces

• Exhibit Area

16
Facilities Small Group Rooms

• Laptops, drinks, students, learning

17
Facilities Quiet Reading Room
18
Facilities - Cafe
19
Collaborative Partnerships

• Library
• Information Technology Services
• English Department Writing Center
• Academic Foundations Department Tutoring and
  Learning Center (DEV)
• Student and Academic Support Services Tutorial
  Services, ARC
• Aramark - Starbucks

20
Services One Stop Service
21
Services - Collaboration

• Shared intake desk for all tutoring support

22
Services - Tutoring

• One-on-one tutoring in common areas

23
Services Tutoring Center

• Tutoring Learning Center Academic Foundations
  
• Math, Reading, and Writing tutoring

24
Services - ARC

• Proficiency Test Preparation and Practice

25
Services Lab Support

• Provided where the student is seated.

26
Events Library Rededication

• Library rededicated September 15, 2006

27
Events Welcome Week

• Student services exhibits on mezzanine

28
Events Community Events

• Chamber of Commerce mixer

29
Events Everyone helps

• Hello, can you hear me now?

30
Events - Culture

• Dance exhibition on the main floor

31
Events Governor of Ohio

• After hours special event with Gov. Strickland

32
Use Patterns

• Visits in a year
• Old LRC 175,000 in last year
• New Library 600,000
• Classes, Tutoring, and Writing Center not
  included in counts
• Starbucks 7,000 transactions per month
• New numbers are based on hard hourly seat counts
  and sampled counts of turnover within the hour

33
Use Patterns

• Circulation since Sept. 2006
• Laptops 14,991
• Group study rooms 4,616
• Traditional library materials 44,277
• Headphones 8,549

34
Best Practices

• Dress code
• Easy to identify staff
• IDs
• Applies to library and IT staff
• Remarked upon in the local paper
• Easy for staff (black golf shirt fits todays
  styles)

35
Best Practices

• Two way Radios
• One network
• Lab coordinator Library director hear all
  traffic
• Promotes library / IT collaborative services

36
Best Practices

• Single Service Point(s)
• Library Service Desk
• IT staff, Library staff work from one desk
• Cross train and mutual back up
• Tutorial Services / DEV Tutoring Desk
• Single sign in point
• Writing Center adjacent

37
Best Practices

• Model of centralized lab management
• Common lab image
• Reduced duplication
• Improved R R
• Standardization of policies and procedures
• Lab staff can move from lab to lab as needed

38
Best Practices

• Joint Training
• Staff Introductions
• Customer Service model
• New Product Introductions
• Certifications
• Shared social functions (pizza)
• Team Building

39
Best Practices

• Shared system
• Labs use library system
• Pick ups and deliveries across campus
• Improved Inventory control

40
Thank you!

• Doug Kaylor
• Library Director
• 937-512-2107
• douglas.kaylor_at_sinclair.edu
• Dr. Ken Moore
• Senior Vice President
• 937-512-3107
• Ken.moore_at_sinclair.edu