Listening Pays off: "The SALON" @ "Marlborough"

Marlborough School, which was founded in 1889 in Los Angeles, is an independent college preparatory day school for young women. When the author arrived in Marlborough School in 2005, she found that the school was an exciting place to learn but the library was not. However, head of school Barbara Wag...

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Published in:Knowledge quest 2007-01, Vol.35 (3), p.42-47
Main Author: Ercegovac, Zorana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Art history
California
Computer Centers
Computer Use
Day Schools
Digital audio players
Educational Facilities Improvement
Educational Resources
Electronic Libraries
Females
Focus Groups
Independent Study
Information Literacy
Information Needs
Information Sources
Learning
Libraries
Library Facilities
Library Materials
Multimedia Materials
Physical Education
Physical Environment
Private Colleges
Questionnaires
Renovation
Research Methodology
School Libraries
Single Sex Colleges
Teaching Methods
Vision
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Summary:Marlborough School, which was founded in 1889 in Los Angeles, is an independent college preparatory day school for young women. When the author arrived in Marlborough School in 2005, she found that the school was an exciting place to learn but the library was not. However, head of school Barbara Wagner described her vision of the school's future library as a Starbucks, an inspiring image that resonated with the school's intellectual culture and appealed to the author immediately. This article describes how the author and her colleagues planned for the renovation of their school library. Prior to finalizing their plans, she and her colleagues compiled the suggestions made by their students and their faculty. Their responses and wishes, rather than the advice of interior designers, architects, and landscape experts, were implemented without a dime, into SALON@marlborough. (SALON stands for Sense-Making Approach to Learning through Open Access Networking.) (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
ISSN:1094-9046
2163-5234