Gary E. Strong-University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles Library
The Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA is undergoing renovation. A major feature of the transformed space will be a Research Commons for digital scholarship. Partnering with the Center for Digital Humanities, the Library will be installing a cultural heritage laboratory with high end technology to accommodate interactive and creative use of technology and digital collections of the Library. The presentation will discuss the philosophy behind the partnership, plans for the space in relation to the whole research library. Specific projects to be undertaken will encompass active digital research projects that are underway in conjunction with campus faculty and faculty from other institutions. The commons and laboratory will allow for broad interaction with students and the creation of new scholarship which can be stored by the digital library and shared more broadly through the media distribution system that is planned for the building.
Presentation [PPT]