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1. Introduction
2. No paradigm exists for the 21st century library
3. Context and talk focus
4. Student library visits fall 20 per cent in a decade
5. A new world
6. The black swan
7. A new approach to strategy
8. Library space is strategic
9. Be unhappy
10. Embrace uncertainty
11. Be imaginative
12. Imagining change
13. Keys to developing strategy
14. Desired attributes of the study centre
15. What is happening with learning
16. Motivation & engagement - important components
17. What is changing
18. What has not changed
19. The creative class
20. The experience economy
21. Spaces can make us happier
22. Spaces can 'speak to us'
23. Environment has an impact
24. Environment impact may have remarkable effects
25. Environment may have emotional effects
26. Environment would always have emotional effects
27. Design is a tool for promoting changes
28. Buildings and spaces speak to us
29. JISC on learning space
30. 21st century learning space
31. All learning starts with conversation
32. The learner learning - the conversational framework
33. Conversation equals thinking
34. Informal settings are powerful
35. Key trends: open flexible (agile) space
36. Key trends: technology rich space
37. Key trends: semi private space
38. Key trend: service remodelling
39. Key trend: Interior design - not architecture
40. Key trend: creating experiences
41. What makes a good building are the ideas in it
42. The undesired library
43. The desired library
44. Important factors in designing a library
45. From space to place
46. The library is a "third place" for it's users
47. Strategy: the whole story
48. We create the future
49. On campus space
50. Thank you

Topics Covered

• Dealing with uncertainty
• Importance of creativity and conversation in 21st century learning
• Importance of experiences and emotions in space design
• The power of informal settings
• Key features in new library developments
• Place not space

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Series:

• Libraries in a Digital Age

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Publication History

• Published on January 17, 2013

Financial Disclosures

• Mr. Les Watson has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.