Symposium Panel:
Space(s) Planning
Dr. Robert F. Sabalis, PhD., LCME
Jacqueline D. Doyle, U Arizona Phoenix
Kay E. Wellik, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Questions & Unknowns
• Impact of curricular changes/evolution
• Move from print to e-resources
• Attending to student (and faculty)
preferences/learning & studying styles
• Budgets
• Collaborations
• Types of spaces in library
• Administrative mandates
• Non “librarian” roles
• LCME Mandates
What LCME Mandates
ER-11.
An institution that provides a medical education
program must provide ready access to…
Well-maintained library facilities sufficient in size,
breadth of holdings, and technology to support its
educational and other missions
A Well-Maintained Library Facility
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Total user seating
Number of small-group study rooms, number of
public workstations; number of computer
classrooms; Number of computers or
workstations in computer classrooms
Total current journal subscriptions (all formats)
total journal subscriptions (print only)
Number of book titles (all formats); number of
book titles (print only)
Number of databases
Number of external documents provided to users
Total collection expenditures
Campus-wide or consortium agreements
Whether the library interacts with other
university and affiliated hospital libraries and the
means by which those interactions take place.
The name and year of appointment for the
director of the principal library for the medical
school and the title of the person to whom the
library director reports. Note any other schools
or programs served by the library
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Number of professional staff; Number of
technical and paraprofessional staff; Number of
clerical support staff; Number of student or
hourly support staff
Mechanisms used to ensure the ongoing
development and maintenance of the
professional skills of staff members in the library.
Means by which the library supports medical
education.
Means by which the library addresses
institutional faculty and student needs for quiet
and collaborative group and individual study and
provides public access workstations and printing
Hours during which the library building and the
public access computers are available
Methods used to provide faculty members,
residents, and students with access to library
resources from off-campus sites
AAHSL Activities
• Suggestions for successful completion of the
LCME Institutional Self Study are found HERE.
• We have made suggestions for strengthening
the database questions and are awaiting
word.
Curricular Changes
• Group Learning
• Partnerships of librarians and IT/Informatics
professionals
• New learning spaces/studios
• Increased e-learning and teaching
• Perhaps more reliance on e-texts and resources
• Work with curricular leaders!
• Value placed on info literacy and EBM tools
• Providing remote access/distance learning
Do we still need Stacks??
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Smaller overall footprint
fewer stacks
Space designated for a variety of study areas
More collaborative spaces
Emphasis on natural light and comfortable
seating
• Some students (still) prefer studying in the
library – added value ??
Are new amenities called for?
• Café?
• Presentation Practice Studio? (UMAB)
• More flexible teaching/learning spaces?
– e.g., learning studios
• New types of seating/furniture?
• Ubiquitous Wi-Fi a given
• Increased power
Clienteles Served
• More than medicine
– Pharmacy
– Nursing
– Public Health
– PhD Researchers
– Other allied health, e.g., PT, OT, other?
– Physician Assistants
– More
Library Monopoly?
• No – students study everywhere…what added
value does the library offer that Starbucks
does not?
One Case
Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library
• 1992 as University of AZ COM regional
campus for last two/clinical years only
• 2006 opened 4-year campus, still regional
– Began with “integrated” curriculum
• 2012 received preliminary status as
separately accredited COM
Evolution
• 2006 – 24 MS-Is, 40 faculty (2 librarians)
– 1,100 sf library
• 2007-2011 – 48 MS-Is, 1 librarian, 55 faculty
• 2012 – 80 MS-Is, 2 librarians
– 13,700 sf library as of July 5 in new HSEB!
– Partnerships
• External - NAU , 1 librarian soon
• Internal – CMS, Scholarly Projects, Digital Repository…
Evolution
Phoenix Biomedical
Campus Expansion2012
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Things to pay attention to!
• Impact of curricular changes/evolution
• Move from print to e-resources
• Attending to student (and faculty) preferences/learning & studying
styles
• Budgets
• Collaborations
• Types of spaces in library
• Administrative mandates, i.e., $
• Non “librarian” roles
• LCME Mandates
• Talk to colleagues!
Contact us
• Robert F. Sabalis, Ph.D.
Assistant LCME Secretary, and Director, LCME Surveys
and Team Training; rsabalis@aamc.org
• Jacque Doyle, MS, AHIP, FMLA
Head Librarian, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Phoenix, jddoyle@u.arizona.edu; 602-827-2062/31 Blog:
http://ahslphoenix.wordpress.com/
• Kay E. Wellik, MLS, AHIP, FMLA
Director, Library Services & Assistant Professor of Medical
Informatics, Mayo Clinic in Arizona; wellik.kay@mayo.edu
480-301-4422