Documents & Reports
Program Summary, April 2016
Program Summary: Redesign of the Neilson Library Complex
The Program Summary provides a framework and direction for the design of the New Neilson Library. The document summarizes the vision, guiding principles and themes, and components of the program as developed by the Program Committee in 2015 and 2016 with wide ranging input from the campus community.
Playback #3 Draft Program, February 2016
Smith Neilson Library Draft Program Playback (February 2016)
Collections Working Group Summary: Final Report (January 2016)
Brightspot: Academic Experience Research (December 2015)
Playback #2 "What We've Done," December 2015
Vision v.6
Part 1: Overview
Part 2: Collections
Part 3: Taxonomy
Part 4: Brightspot Findings
Student Advisory Committee
For more documents, see Planning Process
Playback #1 "What We Heard," November 2015
Overview Playback Session #1 "What We Heard"
Brightspot's Research Process (Brightspot)
Theme 1 Space Types
Theme 2 Research
Theme 3 Collections
Theme 4 Technology
Theme 5 Flexibility
Theme 6 Diversity
Theme 7 Accessibility
Theme 8 Sustainability
Principles for Enabling the Library, November 2015
Principles for Enabling the Library
The rethinking and redevelopment of the Neilson Library and Alumnae Gym will significantly alter the location and uses of existing spaces on campus, in what are called “enabling projects” – modest alterations that enable the renovation to happen. In order to guide the investment of resources, the Provost, Facilities, and Planning teams have together established goals and guiding principles for moves and relocations that will enable the library project.
Library Planning Process Overview, September 2015
Fall 2015 Library Planning Process Overview
Prepared by Shelpley Bulfinch, the document includes a Project Scope Diagram, Project Process/Flow Diagram, Program Committee Responsibilities, Timeline, Fall Engagement Calendar, and Methods of Engagement.
Collections Accommodation Study, May 2012
Collections Accommodation Study
In 2011 the college commissioned the architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch to evaluate the Libraries' space for its print collections. The Collections Accommodation Study provided an assessment of the Libraries' collection capacities and offered strategies for long-term collection accommodation. Key findings of the study were that the Libraries would start running out space for collection in 2016 in some facilities and be out of collection growth space in all areas except the Young Science Library by 2018.
Master Plan for the Libraries, December 2010
Master Plan for the Libraries
In 2010 the architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch created the Master Plan for the Libraries that provided recommendations and strategies for the college to transform its libraries for the 21st Century. The centerpiece of the Master Plan was the recommendation to reimagine and remake Neilson Library. Since 2010 the Master Plan has served to frame the college's thinking as it considered the future of its libraries.