New spaces for the space-strapped student

摘要

Working on this project led to several unexpected outcomes. We were initially presented with the question of how users liked our new space. However, over the course of the extensive experiment, we decided to estimate the impact of the new space on meeting our goals. While we saw some things go somewhat awry in our predictions for how users would make use of the new spaces, we did discover that the changes made did help Hunter College Libraries transform to a more contemporary and agile space. Our assessment program also encouraged library workers confront the space in ways that were atypical to our daily experience and provided a better understanding of how our services could be focused to the space we had now, and not the space we imagined it would be. The Hunter College Libraries now have a second round of renovations starting, where they will actually be losing space. The understanding gained from these observations will allow us to better question what to do in this new situation.