CNI: Coalition for Networked Information

  • About CNI
    • Membership
    • CNI Collaborations
    • Staff
    • Steering Committee
    • CNI Awards
    • History
    • CNI News
  • Program Plan
    • Current Program Plan
    • Program Plan Archive
  • Topics
  • Events & Projects
    • Membership Meetings
    • Workshops & Projects
    • Other Events
    • Event Calendar
  • Resources
    • Publications by CNI Staff
    • Program Plan
    • Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series
    • Videos & Podcasts
    • Follow CNI
    • Historical Resources
  • Contact Us

Georgia’s Five Little Acres: Integrating Library and Classroom Functions in the New Student Learning Center at the University of Georgia

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Spring 2004 Project Briefings / Georgia’s Five Little Acres: Integrating Library and Classroom Functions in the New Student Learning Center at the University of Georgia

April 3, 2004

William Gray Potter
University Librarian and Associate Provost
University of Georgia

The Student Learning Center at the University of Georgia blends general classrooms with a library facility to provide a new level of integration of these functions. Within its 236,000 square feet, the building offers 2,200 seats in 26 general classrooms and 2,400 library seats. The library areas feature 500 workstations, a pervasive wireless network, 96 group study rooms, a traditional reading room, 4 instructional classrooms, soft seating, Moser furniture, and a coffee house. The blend of classroom and library functions has proven to be extremely popular with students since the building opened in August 2003. The building is operated as a partnership of the library, computing services, and instructional services.

This briefing will describe the building and its context, explore how expectations have meshed with actual experience, discuss the success of the partnership, and list some lessons learned. It is hoped that the presentation will lead to a discussion of directions in building design for libraries, classrooms, computer labs, and related facilities.

Web Link:
http://www.slc.uga.edu

Handout:
The Library as Place: The Student Learning Center at the University of Georgia

Presentation:
The Student Learning Center (PPT)

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)

Filed Under: CNI Spring 2004 Project Briefings, Spaces
Tagged With: CNI2004spring, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

 

Contact Us

21 Dupont Circle
Suite 800
Washington, DC, 20036
202.296.5098

Contact us
Copyright © 2023 CNI

  • Copyright Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site map

Keeping up with CNI

CNI-ANNOUNCE is a low-volume electronic forum used for information about the activities and programs of CNI, and events and documents of interest to the CNI community.
Sign up

Follow CNI

  • View cni.org’s profile on Facebook
  • View cni_org’s profile on Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Vimeo

A joint project