Existing physical collections were analyzed to maintain open access and browse-ability of material in high circulation. ![]() The library’s archives and special collections will be expanded and refocus on the display and digitization of historic material critical to the institutional history of Hunter College. Included in this study was an analysis of the library’s physical collections examining ways in which existing collections can be maintained while significantly increasing the library’s student seating capacity. A Technology Commons is planned for the 2nd floor with an expanded laptop-tech loan program and a new IT genius bar. Occupying the 5th, 6th and 7th floors, a Learning Commons will include a variety of new instructional spaces, subject-specific learning studios and a student success center. An Information Commons providing research support and group study will occupy the 3rd and 4th floors of the library. Planned phases of renovation will include a variety of new library functions. The library’s transformation will be completed in multiple phases over the next eight years. Renovations will target LEED gold certification and follow NYC Active Design Guidelines. ![]() The Hunter College Library is being re-imagined for the 21st century to become the intellectual heart of the Hunter College by providing spaces for instruction, collaborative learning, information literacy, academic support, as well as physical and digital collections including archives and special collections.Įmbracing contemporary models of 21st century academic library planning, this study included workshops and discussions with students, faculty and administrators in order to identify the programmatic goals for transforming the Hunter College Library into the intellectual heart of the campus. To help the library better serve the needs of today’s academic community at Hunter, we have assisted the College in identifying the library’s needs and opportunities and to address its deficiencies in a series of workshops, presentations, reports, analyses feasibility of phased renovations. At the same time, the functional requirements of today’s academic libraries have evolved considerably. Since 1984, the library’s building systems, finishes and furniture have endured decades of heavy use and deferred maintenance. The library opened in 1984 and was originally designed to serve a more modest student body than the 23,000 undergrads and graduate students currently enrolled at Hunter College. Why do I complain, you may ask yourself? I'm asking myself that same question, but to me it just seemed really wrong to to be there just to take advantage of the free internet service.The main library at Hunter College is the Leon and Toby Cooperman Library occupies more than 135,000 gross use able square feet over nine floors of the East Building at 921 Lexington Avenue in New York City. The second thing that bothered me was the fact that there are so many people "scrounging" the free wi-fi! Now, I don't mean to sound horrible, but it is a library after all, yet the amount of people using the space in the seating areas and chairs and tables placed around the rooms, for Facebook/Youtube and other social networks really surprised me. We went in May and although the temperatures were way higher than what you would normally expect for the season, the one place that should have been cool and comfortable (the reading room- where people were genuinely studying) was sweltering! I cannot say if they have air-conditioning or not, but I certainly hope so because in July it would be unbearable. One is that this library is in Corso Di Porta Vittoria - slap bang in the middle of town, situated in an old building - however, apart from the facade and the internal garden - which is on the main road - as soon as you walk into the library you wonder what happened to the old building, It's all very run down and ugly and sort of thrown together, absolutely not what you would expect from a library in this location. However, there are two things that I find really irritating. The library has an INCREDIBLE amount of books and documents available to consult free of charge. ![]() My first comment is that the staff is really very helpful! I cannot find fault with any of them.
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