College of Medicine

Phoenix 2012

Original Library:• In historic bldg. #1• 1,100 SF• < 300 books• No print journals• Seating for 20, max

In Downtown Phoenix

Library is the A wing on the 3 rd & 4th Floors of the (new) Health Science Education Building

New Library:• 13,700 SF total

on 2 floors• 40-seat Library

Training Lab• 8-seat

Presentation Practice Studio/Ed-Tech Lab

• 311 total seats• 21 study carrels• 28 public workstations•And…a veranda

Staff:• 3 librarians• 16 Student Librarians• Total library hours: 95

• 42 group study rooms• White board walls • Flat screens

• Still <400print books, no print journals

• Highly digital, patron-driven and curriculum-focused collection

• Lots of natural light• Great variety of seating• Focus on collaborative spaces

• Several gathering spaces

• “Incisions” for west-facing walls

• Library runs entire length of building on west side

Large, north-facing windows

Virtual Tour of HSEB Here

http://ahslphoenix.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/today-we-celebrate-the-grand-opening-of-hseb/

Fact Sheet

Jacque Doylejddoyle@u.arizona.edu

602-689-5976