Development of Creative Spaces in Academic Libraries

Katy Webb has served as the Betty Drees Johnson Dean of the Library and Learning Technologies at Stetson University’s duPont-Ball Library since July of 2024. She received her MLIS degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. After serving as the Head of Research and Instructional Services at East Carolina University, she was the Director of Yale Access Services and Bass Library at Yale University. Katy was the recipient of a Fulbright Specialist grant that took her to Leiden, the Netherlands to assist them in envisioning a digital scholars lab. Her writing focuses on library space usage, library labs, student employee engagement, how libraries can contribute to the High Impact Practices for Student Success (HIPs), and mindfulness, yoga, and burnout in libraries

• Section 1: Creative Space in the Academic Library: Space and Service Models1. The Case for Creative Spaces in Academic Libraries2. Defining Library Space and Service Models for Media Literacy3. Digital Media Labs 4. Digital Humanities Labs 5. Data Visualization Labs 6. Knowledge Market7. MakerspacesSection 2: Developing a Creative Space in a LibraryIntroduction to Section 28. Conducting a Needs Assessment and Answering Important Questions9. Gaining Feedback10. Building Relationships with Campus and Outside Partners11. Managing a Building Project 12. Gathering Statistics, Conducting Assessment, and Telling your StorySection 3: Case Studies13. Case Studies in the Literature14. Case Study: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Undergraduate Library15. Case Study: North Carolina State University16. Case Study: Eastern Kentucky University, Noel Studio for Academic Creativity17. Case Study: Georgetown University, Gelardin New Media Center & Maker Hub18. Case Study: Penn State University, Data Learning Center19. Case Study: Georgia State, CURVE20. Case Study: Duke University, The Ruppert Commons for Research, Technology and Collaboration (also known as "The Edge")21. Case Study: University of Colorado-Denver: Auraria Campus22. Case Study: Yale University, Digital Humanities Lab23. Case Study: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Digital Humanities Lab24. Case Study: Rutgers University, Digital Humanities Lab25. Case Study: Grand Valley State University, Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons26. East Carolina University