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Seattle Libraries: visits at the AALL Conference July 2013

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

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FACTS & fIGURES

  • $165M project voted for by Seattle residents
  • Designed by Dutch architects based in Rotterdam
  • 11 floors; reading rooms seat 400; fixed PCs, wifi
  • Mixing chamber: 'trading floor' for information, careers
  • Living room: journals, news, cafe; 'teen centre'

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GALLAGHER LAW LIBRARY

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FACTS & FIGURES

  • $80M including a $12M gift from Bill Gates
  • Built 1999 as a stand alone law library build
  • 475,000 volumes; top ranking law library
  • 300 study spaces, 12 group study rooms
  • 14 librarians, c800 students & staff

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OPACs...

GROUP STUDY FACILITIES...

ADVOCACY ROOM...

NEW SOCIAL SPACE...

1% OF PUBLIC SPACE IS DEVOTED TO ART...

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