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“A resounding success!” A case study of the transformative impact of the new
library at Maynooth UniversityCathal McCauley & Hugh Murphy
IFLA LBES Satellite, August 10-11 2016
Institutional context
MU Library
Maynooth University
Maynooth town
St Patrick’s College
Maynooth
“Town and gown”
Rationale for new library
• Significant institutional growth
• Longstanding concerns
• Catalyst for change (internal and external)
• Remove ‘barriers’
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Initial challenges
• Financial crash
• Establishing a consensus on campus
• Developing the expertise
• Engaging with the local community
MU Library
FeedbackStudents Faculty Wider Community
‘Green’ building Dedicated PG / staff space Publicly accessible areas
More electrical outlets Exhibitions area Café
Diversity of learning styles catered for
Meeting rooms Exhibitions area
Dedicated postgraduate/staff space
Non-timetabled space Community space
Training spaces Café Exemplar building
Personal service & support Library staff area refurbished Welcoming building
Opening hours Subject ‘ghettos’ – disciplines confined to old areas
Café
Sense of pride
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Commencement
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• Government approval
• Architect
• Contractor
• Sustaining momentum
• ‘Beacon of hope’
• Minimising impact
Catalyst for change
• Evolution of building, space and profession
• Change where we work / change how we work
• Organisational review: 2011-12
• New organisational structure for a new space
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Old structure
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New structure
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A transformative project?
• Learning environments
• Collections
• Strategic
• Professional
• Nexus for collaboration
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Learning environments
• Need for flexibility of space
• Variety of learning styles
• Future proof
• Evaluate and understand
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Collections
• Reassess
• Reconfigure
• Showcase and highlight
• Death of print?
• UDCs
• Accessibility
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Strategic
• Building as enabler
• Show what we can deliver
• Redefine our role
• Strategic prominence
• Professional
• Cultural hub
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Strategic prominence
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Professional responsibilities
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Cultural hub
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Nexus for collaboration
• Neutral space
• ‘Town and gown’
• A ‘public’ library?
• Challenges
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Metrics – the hard
• 216% increase in seating
• 147% increase in space
• 130% increase in shelving
• Consistent rise in footfall
• Consistent rise in online interaction
• New spaces
• New users
• New role
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Metrics – the soft
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“a resounding success”2015 Quality review peer review group report
Libqual improvement
Social media
Transformation via• Ongoing collaboration with user groups and the wider community at every
stage of the process and beyond
• Restructuring of library organisationally in parallel with the physical redevelopment to ensure that the maximum benefit was extracted from the project
• New building facilitates the development of vital services that impact on the student experience e.g. opening hours and bespoke training suites
• An ability to strike a balance between traditional roles e.g. housing collections appropriately and newer roles e.g. social and cultural hub
• The teaching and learning spaces have become the benchmark on campus for such spaces, with ongoing discussions about the possibility of the library taking on responsibility for all teaching and learning space on campus due to the success of the project.
• Enhanced involvement with colleagues nationally and internationally who wish to learn about our spaces
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Thank you,
go raibh maith agaibh
Cathal McCauley
University [email protected]
@cathalmccauley
Hugh Murphy
Senior Librarian, [email protected]
@hughtweet
MU Library