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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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