The BC Research Libraries Group is proud to present:
“I absolutely love that room – whatever it’s called.”
Student Interpretations of the Library as Place
Amanda Wakaruk, MLIS, MES
Government Documents Librarian
University of Alberta
***Archived webcast***
Vancouver
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
9:30-11:00am
Room 2270, Harbour Centre Building, 515 West Hastings
SFU Vancouver
Victoria
Thursday, March 3, 2011
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Room 210, McPherson Library
University of Victoria
Successful academic libraries are happening places… but what is actually happening in them? This session will examine the social construction of academic libraries as interpreted through the experiences of its users. Amanda’s research, informed by approaches developed in phenomenological psychology and environment-behaviour studies, explores the evolving role of physical libraries, their conception as “place”, and environment-behaviour aspects of the library user experience. Drawing on data gathered through semi-structured interviews, observational seating sweeps, and stories about memorable library experiences, the results of this project will help us consider the future of the library as place.
About the Speaker:
Amanda Wakaruk is the Government Documents Librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries. A graduate of SLIS (1999), Amanda returned to the UofA in 2009 after working at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and York University in Toronto, Ontario. Motivated by “end of libraries” rhetoric, she completed a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies (York, 2009) in an attempt to apply place studies research to the academic library experience.
Vancouver
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
9:30-11:00am
Room 2270, Harbour Centre Building, 515 West Hastings
SFU Vancouver
