{"id":711,"date":"2023-10-31T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T01:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/?p=711"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T01:39:57","slug":"designing-future-blended-libraries-lianza-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/designing-future-blended-libraries-lianza-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing future blended libraries &#8211; LIANZA 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Patricia Velasquez<\/strong><br \/>\nLibraries have redesigned\/innovated a lot to meet user needs.<br \/>\nLooked at concepts of physical space; digital space; blended space. Benyon 2012 described blended space &#8211; eg in the library context:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ontology &#8211; the objects users can use<\/li>\n<li>topology &#8211; how the objects complement each other<\/li>\n<li>volatility &#8211; how flexible is the face<\/li>\n<li>agency &#8211; the people in the library space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cunningham&amp;Tabur 2012 described learning space attributes analogously to Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy of needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>comfort and image &lt;- apex<\/li>\n<li>sociabiity<\/li>\n<li>uses and activities<\/li>\n<li>access and linkages &lt;- base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research to help libraries understand experience of users. Did document analysis, individual interviews, observation, focus group discussions.<br \/>\n<strong>Students&#8217; challenges:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>wifi strength, consistency &#8211; especially with online classes<\/li>\n<li>library promotion &#8211; may not find out about library services until near graduation!<\/li>\n<li>signage &#8211; either not enough or too much<\/li>\n<li>lack of self-service guide<\/li>\n<li>lack of BYOD support, power points<\/li>\n<li>inconsistent policies etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Students&#8217; preferences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>flexibility eg table height, opening windows<\/li>\n<li>self-service &#8211; want to be able do it themselves &#8212; but otoh<\/li>\n<li>human interaction. (Different groups have different preferences! We need to be careful when we make changes&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>variety of resources &#8211; print, electronic, etc<\/li>\n<li>ease of use<\/li>\n<li>availability (and accessibility)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talking with them: students see the physical space as a transient space where people come and go. See library as a repository of knowledge where it can be found\/access and learning happens. Haptic experience &#8211; want to be close to books, smell them &#8211; this is motivating.<br \/>\nThey talk about the digital space &#8211; importance of online browsing and searching (but need to think about ease of use). Personalisation stil relevant. Want user-friendly technologies.<br \/>\nThey want increased use of physical and digital elements of the library. Improve BYOD support. Have identified the disconnect between physical and digital elements &#8211; eg look for a book online but when they come to campus and can&#8217;t find it.<br \/>\nStudents use the library (collection, building, services) if they perceive it to be helpful). We need to make the transition between physical and digital more seamless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia Velasquez Libraries have redesigned\/innovated a lot to meet user needs. Looked at concepts of physical space; digital space; blended space. Benyon 2012 described blended space &#8211; eg in the library context: ontology &#8211; the objects users can use topology &#8211; how the objects complement each other volatility &#8211; how flexible is the face agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[81,26,319],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahfitchett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}