Save Me A Space
Save Me a Space: Adapting the Library Learning and Workplace Environment to Protect and Support Students and Employees.
Abstract: The Alfred University Libraries has been on a journey (along with our peer institutions) of adaptation and survival since March 2020. From adapting previously in-person workflows to the new remote environment to rearranging two three-story buildings in order to create socially distanced makeshift classroom spaces, every pivot, shift, and adjustment has been with an eye to supporting student and staff mental, physical, and emotional health through our physical spaces. This presentation will examine this unfinished journey, some practical applications we used, and the post-pandemic takeaways.