Wednesday, August 5, 2009
About the Knowlege Center at the University of Nevada, Reno
The Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada Reno is a good example of a library which has been designed with the needs of all of its users in mind. The Knowledge Center was designed to be a library of the 21st century, a center which “will encompass all facets of the digital age in a single, synergistic complex.” Technology, computing and related information technology is combined with the resources of the traditional library to “maximize learning, nurture the production and distribution of new knowledge, and stimulate and sustain innovation.” The Knowledge Center is a five-floor multi-million dollar library/knowledge center/technological resource center at the University of Nevada’s Reno campus. The center was designed to provide traditional library services along with providing many other technology related services to its students and patrons, going far beyond the traditional library services of storing and providing information. The Knowledge Center was created to merge learning, information and technology in one location, providing users with traditional library services and access to computers and other technologies.
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I see to be common features of new “libraries”:
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It appears to be the trend of bringing people together to share information rather than bringing a piece of information to the individual. The buildings may be large, but collections are merging and shrinking in physical size.
Yeah, that knowledge center is pretty awesome, (it's also the one I did for this assignment) and is infinitely more inviting than the old getchell library. The collection is still pretty good, but it was never really that impressive to begin with. Personally, I think the change is for the better.
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