Alex Solk, partner, Sheppard Robson; and Dr Richard Heseltine, director of library and learning innovation and university librarian for the University of Hull

1. Building for competitive advantage
PlaceExpo @ IFB 2014 | 19 June 2014

2. Dr Richard Heseltine | University of Hull

3. Renewing the heart of the campus - the redevelopment of the Brynmor Jones Library

4. How university libraries are changing ...
• Predicted to become empty storehouses of old books
• And our collections are now mainly digital
• But libraries everywhere are busier than ever
• The places of choice for student learning ...
• ... places for books, for technology, for space, for support, for long opening hours, for friends

5. How they must continue to change ...
• Meeting changing patterns of study and learning
• Recognition of the social dimension
• Adaptation to massive technological change
• Embracing new opportunities

6. Libraries bring competitive advantage
• Intensification of competition in Higher Education
• Student experience as a principal focus of competition
• Libraries as a key element of student experience
• Heavy sector-wide investment in library redevelopment - over £400m in last 10 years

7. Competition driven by rising student expectations in the new fees regime

8. The Library is about our brand
• The BJL is the largest building on campus
and our most important academic building.
• When you see it, when you go inside, it
should tell you what the University is about.

9. So the new Library is not just a social space for 18 year olds ....

10. Strategic alignment - what should the Library tell people about our brand?
• Our reputation and stature are vital to us – this is a quality institution
• Academic excellence is at the core of our reputation
• We embrace the future and value our heritage
• We place students at the heart of the University
• We are an anchor institution in our local communities

11. Above all, a symbol of confidence in the future …

12. Above all, a symbol of confidence in the future …

13. Alex Solk | Sheppard Robson

14. Clones?

15. Expectations?

16. Individuals!

17. We need to understand user needs

18. We need to understand user needs

19. We need to understand user needs

20. We need to understand user needs

21. We need to understand user needs

22. We need to understand user needs

23. Choice…

24. So what does this tell us?

25. We sometimes work individually…

26. We sometimes work collectively…

27. We need be able to find a group meeting space ad-hoc…

28. …but also have the ability to book a regular venue in advance for group working

29. We sometimes may go outside to learn

30. We would like to be able to bring our laptop in…but not have to

31. How do we accommodate all of these needs?

32. choice38 space types
Staff desk
Staff breakout
Staff informal meeting
Staff hot desk
Interactive collaboration
PC study
Accessible PC studyIndividual study bench
Accessible individual study bench
Informal study
Informal group study
Group study 4 pers
Group study 6 pers
Group study 8 pers
Meeting space
Conference space
Tea point
Individual silent study
Individual carrel
Resource point
Information point
Postgraduate individual study
Posgraduate PC study
Postgraduate informal study
Teaching
Specialist equipment study
Outside informal study
Informal group learning pod
Quick access PC
Self help
Training space
Private discussion
Gallery
Exhibition
Staff meeting
Group collaboration
Informal individual
Staff room
How do we accommodate all of these needs?

33. Choice…

34. Choice…

35. Thank you