June 2012

THE NEW EAST ASIA LIBRARY

VISION & ASPIRATIONS

• We strive to make the new East Asia Library the “centerpiece” of Stanford’s East Asian studies community

• We expect the new East Asia Library to become a research, teaching, and cultural hub for the East Asian studies community

• Library space will be renovated and redesigned to maximize our ability to provide world-class collections and services

• Library designed to achieve a balance between books on site and study/public space

MILESTONES

• October 2011: Board of Trustees approved the proposal to move EAL to a new location – the vacated Jackson Business School Library

• Currently through Jan. 2013: Design, budgeting and getting construction approval

• January 2013: Renovation will begin

• Fall 2014: Occupants of Meyer Library, including the East Asia Library and Academic Computing, will move into their new location, now known as SULAIR-North

• Sometime in FY2014: Meyer Library will come down

KEY WORDS: ACCESSIBILITY

• Main entrance easily accessible to users, with highly visible signage

• On site collection has 300,000 volumes, equivalent to the collection now in Meyer mezzanine and Meyer 4th Floor

• Collection stacks located across 3 floors:

• Lower level: Compact shelves, special collection stacks, folios

• Main/entrance level: current periodicals/newspapers, reference, general collection in high use

• Upper level: general collection in high use

KEY WORDS: UPGRADE

Study Area:

• More space

• Mix of general reading area, soft seating, individual study carrels and group study space on 2 levels

• 10 general reading tables

• 16 soft seating seats

• 16 individual carrels

• Faculty carrels (3 for group study, 4 for individual study)

• 16 computer stations

• Supervised special collection reading room

KEY WORDS: UPGRADE

Other Public Space:

• Seminar room – Fully AV equipped facility for large events (75 theater style seats)

• Faculty room – For faculty to conduct classes, with AV equipment

• Media room – For individual viewing of CJK films/TV shows in various formats, equipped with regional DVD/blue-ray players, flat screens and headsets

• Display area – new books, East Asian art works, digital signage

Thank You!

Questions?

For further information or questions, please email Qi Qiu at qqiu@stanford.edu