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Future-Ready Library Spaces for Graduate Students: Enhancing Comfort, Community, and Innovation

Explore the significance of library spaces for graduate students, addressing key needs and challenges. Discover what makes a space intellectually stimulating and supportive, considering future requirements. Delve into the role of online communities in enhancing the academic experience.

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Future-Ready Library Spaces for Graduate Students: Enhancing Comfort, Community, and Innovation

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  1. Friday, October 12, 2007

  2. Library space is important to graduate students • 64% University of Minnesota grad students rated library space as very or somewhat important as a place for research and study. • NYU LibQual+ and interviews at NYU indicated grad students’ high expectations for, and vocal disappointment in, library space. • Graduate students need, and typically don’t have, offices.

  3. Some graduate student space needs are straightforward • Comfort • Personal space (me and my computer) • Stability, security, storage

  4. Some graduate student space needs are more complex • Stimulation/Inspiration • Community • Shared interests • Cohort • Assistance

  5. Some key questions • What really works as library spaces for graduate students, and will this be what is needed 10 years from now? • What elements/ services can turn pleasant spaces into intellectually stimulating, energizing and supportive communities? • Do graduate students need different online communities beyond or within those created for scholars already active in a discipline?

  6. What really works as library spaces for graduate students, and will this be what is needed 10 years from now?

  7. What elements/ services can turn pleasant spaces into intellectually stimulating, energizing and supportive communities?

  8. Do graduate students need different online communities beyond or within those created for scholars already active in a discipline?

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