Poster Session presented during AMICAL 2014 Conference held in Greece between 14-17 May 2014

1. Learning spaces in Motion: LAU Libraries Case Study
Houeida Kammourié-Charara
InfoCommons Librarian
1934-1960 Sage Hall’s 3rd
fl. 1960-1997 Stoltzfus Library - Irwin Hall 1997-2005 Learning Resources Center 2005-Present Riyad Nassar Library
Byblos Library Byblos Library in 18 monthsHealth Sciences Library - HSL
Space 800 m2
Seating/Study space 165 seats
Desktop 22
Laptop 7
Staff 1
Space 1,700 m2
Seating/Study space 160 seats
Desktop 29
Laptop 38
Staff 12
Space 8000 m2
Seating/Study space 549
Desktop 136
Laptop 38
Staff 22
Print Books 480,202
e-Books 111,080
Print Journals 718
e-Journals (FT) 59,736
Non-print 16,554
Online databases 119
Open Access DB 34
Riyad Nassar Library - InfoCommons Area
13 floors library
Study places (fl. 8 – 13)
Group study areas (fl. 4 – 6, 12 & 13)
Group study rooms (fl. 8)
Quiet/Silence area (fl. 10 & 11)
Classroom (fl. 8)
Conference/Videoconferencing Rooms
for public use (fl. 13)
Open stacks
Show cases (Art Gallery) (Lobby area)
Desktops, Laptops , Printers, scanners,
photocopy machines on every floor
The mission of the LAU Libraries is to acquire, organize and disseminate information
resources that support the academic curriculum and research needs, and, to cater to the
intellectual and cultural pursuits of the University community.
what we wanted
what we got
Byblos Campus
Lebanese Library Association
American Library Association
Lebanese Academic Library Consortium
American International Consortium of Academic Libraries
Lebanese ILL/DD Services Consortium
LibrariesmembershipsDataAnalysisUserSurveyRNLInfoCommons
LAULibrariescollections2012-2013
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