1 April - University of Washington

Joined some of the UW librarians as they listened to an ARL webcast this morning. The University of Washington librarians are participating in the field study for the ARL Study of Emerging New Model Publications. Librarians will be interviewing faculty to find out what new model publications they are using. These include things like blogs and wikis. The field study will take place during April and May 2008.

Took some photos of the interior of the Suzzallo Library today. The two below are the reinforcements that had to be installed to compensate for seismic activity.


And the coffee shop at the entrance to Suzzallo... As we've learnt this is a very important part of the library culture in university libraries in the USA. There is a separate undergrad library at UW; the Suzzallo is the "central" library. There are also several other subject specific libraries.


Below is the reading room in Suzzallo. It's like a church. Apparently the students automatically change their behaviour in this room. Outside the room they may chat, but when they come in here they are silent.