The UC Merced Library provides comfortable, highly usable, innovative, and well maintained public spaces for both group and individual study.
Goals | Status | Resources Needed | Challenges | SAF Connection |
Maintain: | ||||
Innovative instructional rooms. | Operational: Assess, maintain, improve. | Funding to update/refresh. | Primarily benefits undergrads. Seen as low priority outside of the library. Viewed as a low priority by some campus constituents. Requires upgrade of campus wireless. | All |
Collaborative Work Rooms. | Operational: Assess, maintain, improve. | Funding to update/refresh. | Primarily benefits undergrads. Seen as low priority outside of the library. Viewed as a low priority by some campus constituents. Requires upgrade of campus wireless. | All |
Meeting Rooms. | Operational: Assess, maintain, improve. | Funding to update/refresh. | High demand/low funding. Requires upgrade of campus wireless. | All |
Exhibition and event space. | Operational: Assess, maintain, improve. | Funding to maintain and enhance. | Seen as a lower priority than other uses of space. | All |
Create: | ||||
24/7 study space. | Strategic aim. 2020 | One-time funding to create. On-going funding to staff. | Primarily benefits undergrads. Seen as low priority outside of the library. | All |
Library common spaces in new academic buildings. | Strategic Aim. Implement by 2020. | One-time funding to create. On-going funding to staff. | Perceived by some as "study halls" better managed by others and/or low priority. | All |
Primary Source Research Center in downtown Merced. | Strategic Aim. Open timeline. | Political will, expertise. Substantial external funding. | Seen as innovative/risky. Securing significant funding and political will especially challenging. |
All |