St. John's Library Renovation
The library system embarked on a mission to provide students with a facility that encourages student to faculty interaction, provide efficient use of space, provide a design that is in keeping with institutions of higher learning through innovation while
promoting excellence. The library recognized that the library is at the heart of the design of the library therefore surveys, meeting were used to bring this new design into place.
The library is student and faculty centered, with the stacks being centered towards the center of the library, this allows the collection to be centralized on the third and fourth floors. The third floor has a centralized reference desk that will promote interaction with the library staff as well have the reference resources students need. Different departments were organized
to facilitate faculty and student interactions. The library is also equipped with state of the art technology from computer labs to a wireless infrastructure. The library was renovated to meet the needs of the users and its community.
The library building itself was redesigned from the inside leaving the outside of the building intact. St. Augustine hall was built in the 1960’s, it has some features that will be enhanced with the renovation. The basic design concept of the renovation will allow
natural light to allow both for quiet study and well as quiet group study. In opening the perimeter and centralizing will allow the space to flow and circulate more freely.
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