The new
Rolex Learning Center at
A new building for a new vision in « collection development »
Thomas
[email protected] Head of Collection Development and Academic Support, EPFL Library 12th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat Leuven, April 10, 2010
Contents
The Rolex Learning Center…
… and the evolution towards an e-only collection.
Who we are 2 Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Germany UniBa
UniSG UniZH
UniNe
UniBe
Austria
UniLu
UniFr
France UniL
UniGe
10 Cantonal (state) Universities + several local institutes of higher learning (HES)
USI
Italy
A local campus… gone global ! 5’000 Ba+Ma students – 1’600 PhDs – 270 professors – 3’500 staff
112 nationalities – 60% faculty from abroad – 40% foreign students
300 M€ funding + 100 M€ grants & contracts
An ever-expanding campus 7’000
Total # students
Science 3’500 1990
2000
2010
2000 Conference centre (2012)
1990
2010
1980
Public Rolex Learning Center (2010)
Business centre, hotel, housing…
Economy
Teaching models evolve: the Bologna Equation technical tools (lab) computers
problems
time open mind, interdisciplinarity
exercices
space (group work) space (personal work)
lecture
space (teaching) information
1 credit = 30 hours student work
information literacy
Learning Center
Libraries evolve: Learning Centres, Information Commons …
Functional Program Collections
teaching space
Ma + research level
working space (830 seats)
Collections
library offices
Ba + general public
LIBRARY main desk space for group work newspapers rare books
Functional Program Collections
teaching space
Ma + research level
working space (830 seats)
student + alumni associations
library offices
Ba + general public
career centre
bookshop
Collections
LIBRARY
OFFICES
SERVICES bank
main desk
PPUR EPFL Press
CRAFT
space for group work newspapers rare books
Functional Program Collections
teaching space
Ma + research level
working space (830 seats)
student + alumni associations
library offices
Ba + general public
career centre
bookshop
Collections
LIBRARY
OFFICES
SERVICES bank
main desk
PPUR EPFL Press
CRAFT
space for group work newspapers
café rare books
CATERING self-service restaurant
restaurant
Functional Program Collections
teaching space
Ma + research level
working space (830 seats)
student + alumni associations
library offices
Ba + general public
career centre
bookshop
Collections
LIBRARY
OFFICES
SERVICES bank
PPUR EPFL Press
main desk MAIN ENTRANCE
space for group work
welcome desk newspapers
exhibitions
café rare books MULTI-PURPOSE HALL
CRAFT
CATERING self-service restaurant
restaurant
Map of the Rolex Learning Center Collections
teaching space
Ma + research level
working space (830 seats)
student + alumni associations
library offices
Ba + general public
career centre
bookshop
Collections
LIBRARY
OFFICES
SERVICES bank
PPUR EPFL Press
main desk MAIN ENTRANCE
CRAFT
space for group work
welcome desk newspapers
exhibitions
café rare books MULTI-PURPOSE HALL
CATERING self-service restaurant
restaurant
+ underground : movable stacks, parking, storage…
A building in 3D Collections
working space
teaching space
Ma + research level
Collections Ba + general public
library offices
LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICES
library desk
MAIN ENTRANCE
group work welcome desk
exhibitions
café
MULTI-PURPOSE HALL
CATERING self-service restaurant
restaurant
An architectural landmark
japanese architects – swiss know-how – a civil engineering challenge
Living space
Open 7/7, 7:00-24:00 – 3 restaurants – 1 bookshop – 1 bank …
Working space(s)
15’000 m2 – 830 seats – silent zone – quiet zone – group work
Working space(s)
WiFi access – printers – scanners – copiers – laptops on loan …
Library services
Library open 7/7 – professional advice 8:00 -20:00 weekdays
Collections
500’000 documents – 11’000 e-journals – 20’000 e-books …
chiffres
Towards e-only: we’re *almost* there (for journals) scholarly journals magazines current edition: paper archives: online (+ 1 year paper in some cases)
newspapers current edition: paper archives: online only
current edition + archives: online only in mathematics: paper + online
Why are we still using paper ?
comfort
conservation
(inter-) national conservation plans long-term digital preservation
licensing oddities paper-only titles
Acquisition models evolve
selection of
content selection of
access
Acquisition models evolve just-in-case model (accumulation of ressources)
selection of
content selection of
access
just-in-time model (delivery of ressources)
Just-in-time delivery at EPFL paper
electronic
core collection
core collection
+ economic (if well selected) + (usually) DRM-free …
+
+
on demand
eBooks on demand + broad publisher coverage + quick buy or rental
IDS
ILL acquisition proposals
…
Patrons need total transparency
parallel catalogs
MARC records must be imported poor visibility handle differentiated access handle duplicates etc…
?
Patrons need total transparency
parallel catalogs complex issues MARC records must be imported
cannot always be solved using current tools…
poor visibility handle differentiated access handle duplicates etc…
find alternate routes !
Alternate routes option # 1:
option # 2:
meta-catalog
tinker
Firefox plugin
and wait for OPAC 2.0 …
When in Rome…
do as the Romans do !
When in Rome… don’t try to
bring users to your OPAC
put your OPAC
right where they are (without them noticing)
When in Rome…
When in Rome…
When in Rome…
When in Rome…
Try it out !
http://library.epfl.ch/tools/?pg=plugin-nebis
Thank you
Official inauguration May 29-30, 2010 Visitors are welcome any time, 7/7 :)
References • • • • • • • • • •
IFLA Library building guidelines : developments & reflections / ed. on behalf of IFLA by Karen Latimer ... [et al.] München : Saur, 2007. - 266 p. : Ill. – ISBN 978-3-598-11768-8. Drivers and Directions of Academic Library Development 2005, by MICHAEL COTTA-SCHÖNBERG. European Business Schools Librarians' Group (EBSLG), Annual meeting, Paris, Avril 2005. [online], accessed 2008-11-17. http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/articles/000130/ Library as place : rethinking roles, rethinking space. Council on Library and Information resources, Washington, Février 2005. [online], accessed 2007-06-18. http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub129abst.html Transforming library service through information commons case studies for the digital age D. Russell Bailey and Barbara Gunter Tierney -Chicago : American Library Association, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8389-0958-4 Extract: http://www.nercomp.org/data/media/DRBailey%20IC%20toLC%20-%20Definitions.doc The information commons handbook. Donald Robert Beagle ; with contributions by Donald Bailey and Barbara Tierney -- New York : NealSchuman Publishers, 2006, ISBN 978-1-55570-562-6 Designing spaces for effective learning : A guide to 21st century learning space design. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on behalf of JISC, 2006. [online], accessed 2008-11-17. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_learningspaces.html Perception of libraries and information resources. OCLC, Novembre 2005. [online], accessed 2008-11-17. http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm OCLC’s Environmental scan 2003 : Pattern recognition. OCLC, 2003. [online], accessed 2008-11-17. http://www.oclc.org/reports/2003escan.htm Learning Center : the Lausanne Exemple. David Aymonin. Presented at LIBER architecture group seminar, Utrecht, March 20-24, 2006. Available at http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/138474 The Library of the Rolex Learning Center : considered as the “best place to be” on the campus @ EPFL. David Aymonin. Presented at LIBER 2009 annual general conference, Toulouse, June 30 – July 3, 2009. Available at http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/139230
Photo credits Laurent Gilléron / Keystone (SwissCube) Alain Herzog / EPFL Ivo Rovira / Alinghi Blue Brain Project / EPFL Trevor Patt @ flickr Michael Backhaus @ flickr Apple Inc. (iPad) HBO (Rome series)
Thomas Guignard @ flickr Racine @ flickr Brian Talbot @ flickr Emilie Eagan @ flickr Steven James @ flickr Dano Nicholson @ flickr
Informations complémentaires
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La bibliothèque « augmentée » est un espace complexe • Bibliothèque
– Collections – Guichets
• Travail personnel
– Zones de silence – Zones d’interaction – Zones de formation
• Développement personnel, • Culture, • Interface science - cité
– Librairie – Histoire des sciences (livres anciens) – Expositions – Animations et conférences
• Confort de vie
– RFID, WiFi, Scan-Print-Copy on-dem. – Restauration – Sécurité – Espace privé
EPFL : collections et prêts à fin 2007 • 490’000 volumes soit 18 km linéaires Dont 346’000 mono. et 144’000 vol. périod. Mono. (milliers) : 160 BC, 58 SMA, 41 DA, 30 Biscom, 15 Phy, 12 IC, 8 Im Périodiques (milliers) : 60 BC, 22 Biscom, 18 SMA, 13 Phy, 11 Imx, 11 DA, 3 IC
• Accroissement : 7’000 mono./an et 1’000 pério./an soit 230 ml • 10’000 e-books, 7’000 e-journals, 100 bases de données • 55’000 prêts par an à 8’500 lecteurs actifs Prêts (milliers) : 30 BC, 11 DA, 8 SMA, 3 Biscom, 2.5 IC, 0.5 Phys, 0.3 CRPP, 0.15 CDM Lect. actifs (milliers) : 5.6 BC, 1.1 DA, 0.8 SMA, 0.8 Biscom, 0.18 Phy, 0.06 CDM-CRPP
• 333’000 visites / an à la Bibliothèque centrale (38’000 SMA, 9’000 IC)
AVANT 10 Bibliothèques réparties sur tout le campus : 300 places de travail à la BC, accessibles de 8h à 22h Lu-Ve, 9h17h le samedi, et 13h-18h le dimanche en périodes de révision 200 places de travail dans les bibliothèques spécialisées, accessibles uniquement aux ayants droit de la section ou faculté 500.000 documents proches des usagers mais disparates et peu accessibles du fait des règles et horaires d’accès variables Service au public limité par les charges de traitement des documents et de gestion assumées par les collaborateurs des bibliothèques
Coordination par la Bibliothèque centrale de 98% des achats de revues, et de 30% des achats de livres de l‘EPFL, sur tous supports
APRES 1 grande Bibliothèque pour le campus : 830 places de travail différenciées accessibles de 7h30 à 24h Lu-Ve et 9h-24h Sa Di, toute l’année 500.000 documents en un seul lieu, les collections publiques sont empruntables 7j/7 par toute personne inscrite Service professionnel d’accueil et d’aide à la recherche de 8h à 20h en semaine, dépannage informatique Poséidon de 11h à 20h en semaine Gestion rationnelle des collections (workflows, identification RFID, prêts automatisés, système antivol) permettant la coordination de 70% des achats de l’EPFL (10.000 livres /an) et un meilleur suivi des abonnements (10.000 revues, 17.000 livres électroniques)
Calendrier de réalisation •
Etudes
2004 – 2007
- concours d’architecture
février-novembre 2004
- choix du lauréat : Sanaa
décembre 2004
- avant-projet / projet
janvier 2005 - septembre 2006
- adjudication à Losinger
mai 2006
- enquête publique
novembre-décembre 2006
- octroi de crédit (50 mios)
décembre 2006
- permis de construire
juillet 2007
•
Construction - Equipement
août 2007 – Sept 2009
•
Organisation/Intégration des services
Janv 2008 – Fév 2010
•
Inauguration
Mai 2010
Programme fonctionnel du RLC 1. Bibliothèque / espaces d'information scientifique 6'160 m2 - accueil-réception - bibliothèque multimédia - collections : recherche, enseignement et sciences, livres anciens - places de travail, seul ou en groupe - places de travail pour env. 40 collaborateurs
2. Espaces liés à la formation - salles pour formation des utilisateurs - bureaux du Centre pédagogique (CRAFT)
1'150 m2
3. Espaces de vie - hall d'entrée principal - café , cafétéria, restaurant - bureaux de l'Agépoly - bureaux et salon de l’A3 - bureaux du Centre de carrière
1'875 m2
4. Espaces culturels 1'690 m2 - espace multifonctions (conférences, spectacles, ...) - espace d’expositions - librairie - PPUR (Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes) 5. Espaces de service - économat, courrier, livraisons - centrales techniques - parking souterrain, réserves
Bibs EPFL 2007 Surface publique - 4778 m2
Places de travail - 598 au total - dont 300 à la BC Heures d’ouverture bib. - BC : 78h/sem - DA : 38h - BISCOM : 45h - PHY : 41h - IC : 35h
3'500 m2
Surface utile totale : 14'375 m2
