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This case study describes an academic library’s student-developed communal space for the purposes of creating, collaborating, and project development. The story begins with an exciting process and partnership developed between University of Dayton (UD) Libraries and UD’s Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation (IACT). An IACT experiential learning program led 12 students to research and reimagine the role of the campus library, which resulted in Concourse D, “where projects take flight,” a prototyped transdisciplinary project development studio. This mutually beneficial process led the library to a user-centric mindset as they reimagined space as service; patrons as creators; and a new space-sharing collaboration to further leverage an upcoming renovation. The positive response to the prototype led to the establishment of a permanent version of Concourse D on the second floor of the library in 2019. Lessons learned, ongoing assessment, and future iterations of the space and potential services are discussed. This chapter will inspire librarians to engage students and university partners in the ongoing development of spaces and services for creators.

ISBN

978-0-8389-3982-6

Publication Date

2023

Publication Source

Creators in the Academic Library: Collections and Spaces

Publisher

Association of College and Research Libraries

City

Chicago, IL

Keywords

library spaces, experiential learning, design thinking

Disciplines

Environmental Design | Library and Information Science

Comments

Chapter 15 (pages 219-241) is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

Editors of the book in which this chapter appears: Rebecca Zuege Kuglitsch and Alexander C. Watkins

Our Journey to “Concourse D”: A Student-developed Space for Creating, Collaborating, and Developing Community in the Library

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