Space Planning Update: Jan. 11, 2016

The Space Steering Committee has appointed six working groups to address selected areas of the Libraries that have been targeted for additional information gathering. The work of these groups will contribute to the overall plan for location of services and groups within the Pattee/Paterno facility, and will also help determine the scope of individual remodeling projects.

The six groups are:

Cataloging and Metadata Services and Acquisitions Space

  • Charge: Assess service needs, project growth and decline of those services, identify key relationships (physical and personal), as well as technology support for successful services.
  • Members: Grace Brooks (Chair), John Hamilton, Michelle Dzyak
  • Sponsors: Karen Estlund, Anne Langley

Digital Scholarship

  • Charge: Assess user needs, appropriate services and technology support necessary to create a digital scholarship space in the Libraries that takes into consideration all of the related support services we have already, and that we still need to support.
  • Members: Patricia Hswe, John Russell, Nathan Piekielek, Chuck Jones, Laura Helton (CHI)
  • Sponsors: Anne Langley, Karen Estlund

Learning Center

  • Charge: Assess librarian and student needs for learning spaces, the space and technological needs related to professional development and professional support for pedagogical innovation, and potential partners for pedagogical services for librarians or other faculty colleagues or learning services for students.
  • Members: Rebecca Miller (Chair), Julie Porterfield, Ryan Wetzel, Angela Davis, Rebecca Peterson
  • Sponsors: Joe Salem, Kimlyn Patishnock, Rick Riccardo (OPP)

Music and Media Center Location

  • Charge: Detail the current and future space needs of the Music and Media Center (MMC).
  • Members: Amanda Maple, Derrick Beckner, Chris Holobar
  • Sponsors: Henry Pisciotta, Dace Freivalds

Special Collections Consolidation

  • Charge: The University Libraries Space Master Plan calls for consolidation of the many spaces currently occupied by the Special Collections Library. Part of that consolidation relates to the remote storage facilities used for Special Collections materials. The remote storage portion is currently being advanced by a group preparing the program for the new Sandy Drive building. Another aspect of consolidation is the potential relocation of some or all of the Special Collections spaces in the Pattee/Paterno building complex into a single area of the building. This second situation is the focus of this charge. Please detail the current and future space needs of the Special Collections Library that should reside in Pattee/Paterno.
  • Members: Matt Francis (chair), Ali Zawoyski, Paul Dzyak , Tim Babcock, Meredith Weber
  • Sponsors: Henry Pisciotta

Spaces for Inclusion and Diversity

  • Charge: Identify any existing spaces that meet the principles of an environment of respect and inclusion and categorize additional space requirement that are needed in the Pattee and Paterno Libraries complex to ensure that we are providing safe and welcoming spaces and facilities for all students, faculty, staff and community members.
  • Members: Dawn Amsberry (chair), Brent Stump, Rachael Dreyer, Maddy Cantu (OPP)
  • Sponsors: Dace Freivalds, Rick Riccardo

Turnaround time for submitting reports and proposals to sponsors is relatively quick, with deadlines ranging from March to May 2016. Full descriptions of group charges, deliverables and timelines are available at Space Planning Working Groups Jan. 2016. Additional working groups that will address other areas of the Libraries will be appointed at a later date.

Send questions and feedback to: UL-SPACE-PLANNING@LISTS.PSU.EDUSubmitted by Dace Freivalds on behalf of the Space Steering Committee