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From Libraries to Learning Hubs: Designing Library Spaces for
Learning
Kshema Prakash
Deputy Librarian
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
• Established in 2008 • To foster technology education and research in
India • The Institute is committed to technological
thought and action to benefit the economic development of India – Scholarship in teaching and learning; – Scholarship in research and creative
accomplishments; and – Relevance to Industry are three driving forces for us at
IIT Jodhpur.
Where is IIT Jodhpur?
Our principal elements • 11 Departments
– 6 Engineering – 4 Sciences – 1 Humanities
• Academic Programs – B.Tech. (CSE, EE, ME) – M.Tech. (EE, ME) – M.Sc. (Chem, Math, Phys) – Ph.D. (All departments)
• Research – Center for Solar Technologies – Center for Advanced Materials and Electromagnetics
• Human Resources – 56 Faculty Members – 49 Staff Members – ~ 800 Students
Some vital statistics • Physical Space (till now)
– Spread in 3 rooms
• Collection
– 10,000+ print books
– ~ 50 Electronic Books
– Ph.D. & M.Tech. Theses
– Major electronic journals and databases in Engineering, Sciences & Humanities
– 15 Print journals & magazines, newspapers
Functional Units & Services • Acquisitions, Subscriptions & ICT Services (ASI) Unit
– Acquisitions (book order placing or delay in supply auto-email intimation to indenters) – Subscriptions – Library Website Management – Repositories Management (Scholarly Repository of Faculty Publications, Theses Repository,
Institute Publications & Archives, Institute Digital Services Repository) – Remote & Off-campus Access Management – Plagiarism Checking
• Circulation & Member Services Unit – Circulation Management – Membership Management & Outside Client Management – Library Management Software Management – Stack Management – Book Bank Management – Library Housekeeping & Store Management
• Technical Processing & Inter Library Loans Unit – Technical Processing of Library Acquired Material – New book arrival auto-email alerts to indenters – Course Reserves Management – Inter Library Loans & Document Supply Service, Database management and Year-end data
analysis – Referral Service – Physical space management of Digital Library section
Shared Responsibilities • Annual Library Budget Management • Library Orientation to New Students and Faculty
Members – Session during main orientation program – Batch-wise in Library – Auto-Welcome Email to New Members – On-demand sessions
• Current Awareness Service – “GRANTH” Newsletter of IIT Jodhpur Library
• Preparation of scholar metrics of Faculty Members • Annual Stock Verification • On-demand statistics of Library
Additional Responsibilities
• Content Management of IIT Jodhpur Website
• IIT Jodhpur Digital Services Repository
• Preparation of Institute Reports & Publications
• Annual Report of the Institute (English & Hindi)
• “Khamma Ghani” Newsletter of IIT Jodhpur
• Women Cell Activities
Library Team
• Deputy Librarian - 01
• Senior Library & Information Assistants - 03
The Learning Hub @ IIT Jodhpur
Defining elements
• Preeminently sited
• Scale and character of building
• Visual anchor for the surrounding structures
• Iconic structure of the campus
Services Growth Plan
Initial Phase (2010 – 2017)
Expansion Phase (2017 )
Full Service
The path of learning
Wisdom
Knowledge
Information
Data Computers
Teachers
Gurus
Learning
Pedagogy & Learning efficiencies
Learning Pyramid & Average Student Retention Rates
<10% Listening to a Lecture
~10% Reading a book
~20% Seeing an Audiovisual
~30% Watching a Demonstration
~50% Participating in a Discussion
~75% Practicing by Doing
~90% Teaching Others
New World Library
Source: National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine, USA
Pedagogy & Learning Methods
Simple
Complex
Pause for reflection
Self-assessment
Think-Pair-Share
Triad Groups
Peer Review
Brainstorming
Hands-on Technology
Active Review Sessions (Games or Simulations)
Inquiry Learning
Forum Theater
Writing (Minute Paper)
Large Group Discussion
Informal Groups
Groups Evaluations
Case Studies
Interactive Lecture
Role playing
Jigsaw Discussion
Experiential Learning (site visits)
Broad Canvas of Learning for Teachers
Primarily, academic libraries should develop strategies to attract teachers
Teacher has to use the library 100 times more than the student
Shift required in education system
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Library as a place
• Space
• Technology & Tools
• Resources & Infrastructure
• Integrate with learning, faculty and pedagogy – Teeming with activities
– Bringing back the “reading”
– Book reading sessions, author workshop, etc.
– Where active learning happens
– Creativity Sky is the limit
What else?
• Whatever it takes
• To bring “Learning” into the Library!!
Change & Relevance • Change
– the only constant – Inevitable – …
• Change World • What changes?
– Pedagogy, form, method of access, … – Our purpose (Truth) – Central – NO change
• No formula for success, trial and error, rethink, realign, keep learning, follow PDCA cycle
• Librarianship noble profession, service, altruistic, humanistic, humble, sobreity Realize and Remember Keep learning Relevant
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What inspires… ?
• “1. Make an honest and fair attempt to stimulate intuition;
• 2. Activate the unexpressed craving for mystic experience and self-realization; and
• 3. Release the “Inner-man” so as to transcend the bondage of time and space, and to help the realization of the “One-ness of all things” in spite of the intellect differentiating all things to the point of atomization, and thereby help reaching towards a Stage of Bliss.”
• (Ranganathan, 1973).
What is in our control?
I Rise I fall a hundred times I tumble here and I tumble there I sob with a smile I scream with a calm But I rise... A hundred times. When the seamless sky proclaims life When the coocoo birds swift out of their hiding When the squirrels whisk out for nuts When it is all magical with green bloomers I rise too... A hundred and first time. With a sight pumped of hope With a heart filled with positive vibes Getting kissed by remington rays with a tickle I rise too... to scribble a whole new tale.
-- Saran
© D. Saran Prakash
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