Thursday, July 3, 2008

Trends in Facility Planning -- Who's Doing What

In a recent email exchange with Marianne Comegys, LSU Shreveport, she asked if I knew how many academic health sciences libraries were pursuing facility planning. I crafted the following list based on observing email messages, watching colleagues' web sites, reading news items, etc. The list addresses 'recent' renovation projects, new buildings and planning efforts that have been reported. Please consider the list 'informal' or 'unofficial' as it is not based on any survey or other objective means. If the estimate is wrong, please correct me. If you are more into planning than I suggest, please correct me.

A better source for this type of information is the AAHSL Annual Statistics. Members should see the 30th edition Descriptive Library Survey 2006-2007, Table 30D.20a -- Year Each Project was Completed.

(Unless otherwise noted, libraries listed below have undergone some type of renovation in the last few years.)
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona Tucson
Arizona Phoenix
Arizona -- AT Still University -- new library
UCSF
USC -- see MLA 2008 poster
Stanford -- renovation work plus plans for new library/education facility
UCSD -- new library
Colorado -- new library
Connecticut -- renovation 2007
Howard -- relatively new library but not recent
Florida State -- new library
Medical Coll Georgia
Hawaii -- new library
Midwestern -- relatively new library but not recent
Rush
UIC
Loyola -- planning for new library/education building
Northwestern -- planning for next renovation
Kansas
Louisville -- ?
LSU Shreveport -- planning
Tufts
Harvard -- renovated twice!
U Mass
Maryland
Hopkins -- planning document created
NLM -- new expansion plans drafted
Wayne State
Missouri -- AT Still University -- new library
Minnesota
North Carolina
Duke
East Carolina -- new library but already being changed
Creighton
Nevada -- relatively new library but not recent
New York Med Coll
Yeshiva U
Mt. Sinai
Syracuse -- relatively new library but not recent
Cleveland Clinic -- new library but not recent
Ohio State
Case Western
Cincinnati
McMaster
Northern Ontario
Pitt
Penn State
Temple -- planning for new building
South Carolina
South Dakota -- new library but not recent
Tennessee
San Antonio
U Texas Southwestern
Utah -- if you count their new education building which the library manages
Virginia
Eastern Virginia -- new library but not recent
Vermont
Medical Coll Wisc -- expansion but not recent
U Wisconsin -- new library/education building
West Virginia -- new library/education building

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