CIC-PKAL Workshop on Learning Spaces

I just returned from Decatur, Georgia, where I joined my Dean and Sue Bonsteel (a library staff member) in learning how to rethink our library space. Wow! This was really inspiring! One highlight was a tour of the Cox Computer Center at Emory University, which features exciting floor layout and furniture configurations designed to enhance group work. We toured the facility on Friday afternoon, and were those students enagaged! If you want to see photos of this cutting edge computer lab, try a search on Flickr.

After the Emory tour, we began meeting in groups on the campus of Agnes Scott College (which was the prettiest college campus I think I've ever seen). Our assignment was to decide on a goal for our project, and we found it: we have decided we want to explore ways to support Villa Julie's Learning Beyond program, which encompasses experiential learning beyond the classroom.

Returning on the plane, Sue and I brainstormed ways to reach out to our campus and engage faculty, students and staff. We will begin at our Library staff Retreat in May, and keep building on this, hoping we can sustain momentum.