Space Planning Update: University Park

108 Paterno Library

interior panoramic photo of office room of three cubicles

108 Paterno Library. Photo by Rick Riccardo.

Have you been curious about the work going on in 108 Paterno? This is the new home of Libraries’ Assessment faculty and staff. Stop in and say hi to Steve Borrelli, Lana Munip, and Zoe Chao as they begin to move into their new space.

Space Working Groups

In late 2015, the Libraries’ Space Planning Committee appointed six working groups to gather information and make preliminary recommendations for some of the key areas of Pattee/Paterno. The information gathered by the groups will help with the decision making for an overall plan for locations of services and groups within the Pattee/Paterno building. The groups have been hard at work and are now submitting their reports.

Check out the reports that have been submitted by the first three working groups, keeping in mind that final recommendations and decisions may change as we begin to address them as part of an overall plan:

More reports will be forthcoming in the new few months from the following working groups: Digital Scholarship (April 30), Learning Center (June 1) and Music and Media Center (August 1). Two new space working groups are about to be appointed. They are:

Beyond the Research Hub

  • Charge: Assess user needs, appropriate services, and technology support necessary to create advanced, disciplinary-based library research support services in the Libraries that take into consideration all of the related services. The group will review existing reference service desk points, conduct an assessment of the existing Research Hub, consider different models of staffing of reference service desks, and coordinate with the Digital Scholarship Working Group to describe where service points for affinity services might be best coordinated or included optimal referral mechanisms.
  • Sponsors: Anne Langley, Karen Estlund
  • Report Due: August 1

Science Research Hub

  • Charge: Assess user needs, appropriate services and technology support necessary to create a Science Research Hub in the Libraries that takes into consideration the four locations where materials and services for science tech already exist. As part of the charge, the group will review existing library staff and services that support science and technology users, no matter where they sit in the organization or location and report on how other libraries may be offering similar services in what types of spaces.
  • Sponsors: Anne Langley, Joe Salem, Rick Riccardo
  • Report Due: August 1

We Want Your Feedback!

Ask questions, share ideas, and give feedback: UL-SPACE-PLANNING@LISTS.PSU.EDU

– submitted by Dace Freivalds, Space Steering Committee