If You Build It, Will They Come? Library Learning Spaces and Technology

• Like many institutions, the Shapiro Library invested in a space renovation of its lobby to support student learning by fostering collaboration, offering technology-rich resources, and connecting to academic programs.
• What wasn’t clear was why students failed to use the technology allowing them to plug in their laptops and project their work onto large screens for collaborative work.
• The library lobby team began modeling use of the projection feature when advertising alone did not increase use of the new plug-and-project capability.
• Although student use of projection technology in the lobby is increasing, progress is slow; simply getting the word out about these new learning space options continues to be the biggest hurdle.

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