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• Group study rooms and tables were added.

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• The government documents collection compacted.

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Results continued -

• Former staff areas renovated, resulting in e-classroom and co-location with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Educational Technologies.

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• And finally, the Circulation Desk was redesigned.

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• Re-purposing the space was past due.

• The reaction overall has been enormously positive.

• Having a strategic plan to follow and listening to your users is essential.

• Re-use what you can, to save money.

• Learn how to draw to scale.

• You don’t always get what you want.

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• Even though we have so many things to attend to and consider, librarians who focus on the “library as place” will save it.

• Re-conceptualizing or re-designing the space can be done, even when funds are lacking.

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