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Title: | Modeling your college library after a commercial bookstore? The Hong Kong Design Institute library experience | Authors: | Lo, Patrick Chiu, Dickson K. W. Chu, Wilson |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Publisher: | Routledge | Journal: | Community & Junior College Libraries | Abstract: | The Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is a leading design education institute in Hong Kong under the Vocational Training Council (VTC) group. Opened in September 2010, the HKDI Learning Resources Centre is a specialist library for the study of art and design. The mission of the HKDI Library is to support and promote the academic goals of the Institute, i.e., to prepare the students for professional careers; emphasize learning through a creative and interactive environment; meanwhile uphold a positively relaxing, and yet inviting environment that is very much similar to a commercial bookstore. In order to accomplish this, the HKDI Library aims to serve as a user-centered library for creative learning—by providing an important place for both students and faculty to acti | Keywords: | College library Modern design Learning commons Interactive environment User interview |
Type: | Article | ISSN: | 0276-3915 | DOI: | 10.1080/02763915.2014.915186 |
Appears in Collections: | Facilities and Technologies |
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