Building a Library of 21st Century

Nooruddin Merchant, slibrarianspk@yahoo.com

Habib University Campus Library (HUCL) a vibrant social learning space for promoting active learning, research,

knowledge creation and collaboration

No Silence please boards / signage IS departments reporting to Librarian Librarians going to user

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About Habib University of Science, Technology and Society Initiated with a city campus situated in Gulistan-e-

Jauhar, Karachi 6 acre land BS in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science,

Development Studies, MS in Entrepreneurship First intake in spring 2013 Envisioned and Funded by Habib University

Foundation (H.U.F.) a philanthropic arm of House of Habib, a leading business and financial conglomerate

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Space Plan Development Process Challenges faced by pakistan (present and future)

and university graduates A team was setup having

A librarian IT Manager Research Associate University Planning Associate

Extensive research on contemporary and modern library trends

Acquired feedback from local and international librarians on first draft

Acknowledgement that we are designing in the age of uncertainty

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Teacher-oriented with focus on information delivery

Factual, knowledge-based learning Isolated, artificial content Single media Passive learning

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infuse learning experiences that

are social, digital, connected,

experiential and immediate

“Learning is a remarkably social process. In truth, it occurs not as a response to teaching, but rather as a result of a social framework that fosters learning.”

John Seely Brown, visiting scholar and advisor to the Provost at University of Southern California (USC), Co-Chairman of the

Deloitte Center for the Edge

“Learning spaces in the 21st century should foster discovery, innovation and scholarship, not simply contain them”.

Malcolm Brown and Phillip Long (2006)

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We should stop seeing libraries as places of function - storing this, lending that, checking the other, and more as places of free and shared exploration and learning via all media, a democratic space wherein to free your mind.John Dolan, Head of Birmingham Library Services

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HU Campus Library Space: A customer centered library Flexible, welcoming and familiar Promotes Do it Yourself (DIY) Stimulates and motivate students and

educators to work collaboratively Promotes and embraces diversity Furniture and design is ergonomic A place for campus community to celebrate a

sense of community across disciplines Integrated with the core curricula Attracts people and spark a love for learning.

Formulating connected Vision for Library“Promoting and facilitating the culture of critical inquiry, research, scholarship and self directed lifelong learning”

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Campus Library Goals a learning space to support innovation, creativity, discovery and Information / Knowledge creation

Provide services with Excellence Provide state of the art, diverse and up-to-date

Information Resources Promote Lifelong Learning Create secure, welcoming and well designed

spaces to accommodate variety of learning styles and technologies

Engage with a wider community and sustain Strategic and Intellectual Partnerships

Establish Effective Management Information Systems for quality service delivery

Recruit Enthusiastic Library Staff

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Learning / Information Commons

Information commons for promoting collaboration and providing one stop solution for electronic and print resources, tools and assistance.

Discussion Rooms / Zones

Program Features Diverse range of collections including digital / electronic databases, manuscripts

and rare collections, course books, hard resources Services and support areas to facilitate memberships for book lending services,

interlibrary loan services, information technology skills support, Research and writing support

Automated Circulation Reprography Zone to provide photocopying, binding and scanning facilitates Fumigation Zone for protecting hard resources Books Bazar to promote love for reading through sales and purchase of books Acquisition and Technical processing Zone for purchasing diverse information

resources, their classification, physical preparation and automation Academic and Administrative Spaces for establishing and managing key

academic and administrative processes and programs Auditorium for hosting theatres, student presentations and seminars, inviting key

researchers and renowned personalities for delivering seminar, book talks by authors etc.

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Conclusion

Our library will be a space where learning is celebrated, intellectual quest and research is appreciated, collaborative learning takes place, information is used and applied knowledge is created.

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References and Bibliography

Beagle, D. (1999). "Conceptualizing an information commons." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 25(2): 82-89.

Bennett, S. (2007). "Designing for Uncertainty: Three Approaches." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 33(2): 165-179.

Bennett, S. (2009). "Libraries and Learning: a History of paradigm change." portal: Libraries and the Academy 9(2): 185.

Brown, M. and P. Long (2006). "Trends in learning space design." Learning Spaces: 9.1-9.11. Caine, R. (2005). 12 brain/mind learning principles in action: the fieldbook for making connections, teaching, and

the human brain, Corwin Pr. Emanuel, J., & Adams, A. L. (2007, November 10). Rebranding the Librarian Profession: A project of ALA

Emerging Leaders program. Hawai. Freeman, G., S. Bennett, et al. (2005). Library as place: Rethinking roles, rethinking space, Council on Library and

Information Resources. Gee, L. (2006). "Human-centered design guidelines." Learning Spaces: 10.1-10.13. Heerwagen, J. and O. Cincinnati (1998). Design, Productivity and Well-Being: What are the Links. Lippincott, J. (2006). "Linking the information commons to learning." Learning Spaces: 7.2-7.18. Lorenzo, G. and C. Dziuban (2006). "Ensuring the net generation is net savvy." Eli Paper 2. Oblinger, D., Ed. (2006). Learning spaces, An Educause e-Book, Boulder, CO. Tapscott, D. (2009). Grown up Digital How the Net generation is changing our world, McGraw-Hill. Van Harmelen, M. (2006). Personal learning environments, Citeseer. Woodward, J. Creating the customer-driven library, American Library Association.

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