Basic Facts about the Libraries we Visited
From UTC Library
UTC Library Visits
Summer 2007
Some Basic Facts
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Where
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When
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Things to Know
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Contact
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Rhodes College
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Tues.
7/17
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Combined Library-IT operation
Worked with Wendell Winchman (spelling?) really listened.
31 million
136,000 square feet gross / useable?
11 group study rooms
14 seminar / conference rooms
Middle Ground (coffee house) 24/7
Computer lab
Media center
Writing Center
Theater
Garden
200 computer
283,000 bound volumes
Never use beige carpet!
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Lynne Blair, Director
901-843-3901
Website:
<a href="http://www.rhodes.edu/">www.rhodes.edu</a>
Library
staff = 13
Students =
1,700
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University of Memphis
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Tues.
7/17
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Opened 1994
Net square footage 278,500
Assignable square footage 213,700
Web
<a href="http://exlibris.memphis.edu/">http://exlibris.memphis.edu</a>
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Dr. Sylverna Ford,
Dean, University Libraries
<a href="mailto:sford@memphis.edu">sford@memphis.edu</a> |
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Appalachian State
5 hrs from Boone to Chattanooga
5 hrs from Boone to Charleston
4 to 5 hrs visit
Lunch
What worked, what didn’t
2 hour tour
Mechanical Room tour
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Thurs.,
7/26
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Opened June 2005
47.6 million
165,000 square feet (215,000 gross)
280 computers
24 group study rooms
5 film/video rooms
1,700 seats
63 lockers
20 graduate lockers
5 classrooms
910,000 bound volumes
661,232 visitors in 06-07
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Mary Reichel,
Univ. Librarian
828-262-6725
reichelml@appstate.edu;
Ann Viles, Assoc. Univ. Librarians
<a href="mailto:vilesea@appstate.edu">vilesea@appstate.edu</a>
Website:
<a href="http://www.appstate.edu/">www.appstate.edu</a>
staff = 75
students =14,500
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Charleston College
The Addlestone Library is the main College of Charleston Library and is also home to Special Collections, the Center for Student Learning, the main campus computer lab, the Media Collection, and Java City Cafe.
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Weds.,
7/25
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Opened January 17, 2005
30 million dollars
140,000 square feet
Capacity for 1 million volumes
1,400 seats
16 group study rooms
4 classrooms
A Garden and A Bell Tower
Floors: cork, terrazzo, carpet
Compact stacks - 25% collection
Java City
326,000 feet of cable
270 computers
1,752 voice and data outlets
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David Cohen, Director
843-953-5530
cohend@cofc.edu
Claire Fund, Director of Administrative Services
<a href="mailto:fundc@cofc.edu">fundc@cofc.edu</a>
Website:
<a href="http://www.cofc.edu/">www.cofc.edu</a>
Library staff =
Students fte = 11,218 (hc)
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East Tennessee
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7/26
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191,700 gross, 151,400 useable – 4 floors
Capacity: 800,000
1,800 reader seats
420 individual study carrels
16 group study rooms with 80 seats
80 assigned study rooms (faculty / grad carrels?)
2 instruction rooms – 80 seats
16 media stations
2 media viewing rooms
ADA room
Vending machines
800 computer connections
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Opened October 1998
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Winner 2007 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award
“a five year transformation”
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Hold August
3rd
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“Library and Information Center”
Newly renovated “Library Commons East”, includes Café and Instant Theater, - there is also a Commons West
OIT/Library Resource Center
Library staff = 120
Students = 22,000
Budget = 12 million
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Richard Meyer,
Dean and Director
404-894-8914
<a href="mailto:richard.meyer@library.gatech.edu">richard.meyer@library.gatech.edu</a>
Website:
<a href="http://www.gatech.edu/">www.gatech.edu</a>
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Georgia State
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tba
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Renovation to two buildings, anticipated completion date is October 2007 - “Transformations”
Quiet study
2 classrooms; 55 group study rooms
Carrels for collaborative work
Compact shelving on upper floors – bound books and periodicals
Info Commons – 1st - pcs, current pcdls, classroom, ckout, exhibits
Learning Commons – 2nd (ref, pcs, expert research, technology,
writing assistance, group study) - “The Learning Commons at
GA State is the library’s answer to the changing informational
and technological needs of today’s students. In addition to
providing traditional library services, the LC will integrate
technological and instructional elements typically found outside
the library, inc. technology, writing, and ESL expert assistance.
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Charlene Hurt
404-651-2172
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