Campus Projects

Learning Spaces and Learning Spaces Resources

Project: Collaborative learning space rooms

Location: Steenbock Library, UW Madison campus

Brief Description: Added large monitors and computers to group study rooms to allow for group computer use

Contact:
Jonathan Clarke
jclarke@library.wisc.edu
608-262-5653

Timeframe: Planning and installation took approximately 3 months

Full Description of Project

Rooms 103, 104 and 107 each were outfitted with a 40” LCD monitor, whiteboard, new tables and chairs and a computer. Mounts for the computer and monitors were installed on the wall to allow for easy rearrangement of the rooms. Each room allows for any laptop to connect to the monitor to allow for students to use their own computer to collaborate with others. These rooms were modeled after other successful campus group study rooms.

Equipment: The DoIT Grant Paid for:

  • 3 NEC 4010 40” LCD monitors
  • 3 Dell GX620 desktop computers
  • 3 Peerless PC20 computer stands
  • 3 PRO-2045 Fusion lockable wall mounts

The new group study rooms were paid for by the General Library System.

Steenbock Library paid for new rolling tables, chairs and whiteboards for the rooms.

Results

These rooms have become quite popular for both students and staff to use for meetings and individual computer use and have seen substantial use since the new equipment was installed.

Images of Previous Space

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Images of Final Space

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