Undergraduates: Spaces, Populations, and Culture Ted Chaffin Suzanne Byke FSU Learning Commons
Meet the Populations Total Student Body- - - - - - - - - 39,136 • Graduate Students - - - - - - - - 21.4% • Undergraduate Students - - - - - 75.7% • Other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.9%
*Fall 2008 numbers
Staffing for Populations Re-Organizing to focus on Undergraduate Specific Needs UISP Dept.
Access Services Dept.
Collection Access Dept. Undergraduate Services Dept.
U of Rochester Study meets FSU Understanding Undergraduate Students -Spaces -Insights - Habits
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Advocate for Undergraduates How will this ________ create Undergraduate Success? •Library Fines & Library Related Student Fees •Collection Development •Just in time services •Where & when do they need services? •Unique Services
(Rethink) Traditional Services •Circulation Services for Undergraduates •Reference Services for Undergraduates
Student Advisory Group •Why and how? •Creating a student-centered space •Mutually beneficial •The perfect hookup!
Designing Spaces focused on Academic Success •Increased Technology •Partnerships •Academic Tutoring •Research Assistance •Mobile whiteboards •Configure your own workspace •Tech help •Smart rooms •24/5, Baby!
Social Spaces “It’s the place to see and be seen!” Comfortable mobile furniture Starbucks and hip café/programming space Mario Kart Open mic nights Silent Library Meeting up in the library Love connections at Strozier
Beyond the Building •Residence halls •Dining halls •Classroom buildings •Market Wednesdays •Promote to other departments
Connecting with Undergraduates
Club Stroz Culture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3MzXEkMs3k