Prof. Rachel Afi Quinn is an associate professor in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies and the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. Rachel Afi Quinn (University of Houston). Lázaro Lima, for additional information 2023 | PEDAGOGIES The Hunter College/AFPRL BRESI project "Black and Latinx Practices of Freedom: Archives, Methods, and Pedagogies" is comprised of a series of lectures and workshops that center the imp o rtance of archives, methods, and pedagogies to the foundation and continuities of Black, race, and ethnic studies knowledge projects.Įach of the project's three pillars showcase the significant intellectual and scholarly work of invited speakers who engage with Hunter/CUNY faculty, students, and staff at a midday workshop, and at an afternoon plenary lecture, that focuses on one of the project's three pillars from the vantage point of the speaker's inter- and trans-disciplinary formation.Īll events are open to the Hunter College community (workshops require registration due to interactive the nature of the programs). Project Title: "Black and Latinx Practices of Freedom: Archives, Methods, and Pedagogies" Other material will be maintained on compact shelving while less frequently circulated materials will be housed in modular towers of high density automated storage and retrieval equipment.CUNY Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI)ĭepartment of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (AFPRL) Existing physical collections were analyzed to maintain open access and browse-ability of material in high circulation. The library’s archives and special collections will be expanded and refocus on the display and digitization of historic material critical to the institutional history of Hunter College. Included in this study was an analysis of the library’s physical collections examining ways in which existing collections can be maintained while significantly increasing the library’s student seating capacity. A Technology Commons is planned for the 2nd floor with an expanded laptop-tech loan program and a new IT genius bar. Occupying the 5th, 6th and 7th floors, a Learning Commons will include a variety of new instructional spaces, subject-specific learning studios and a student success center. An Information Commons providing research support and group study will occupy the 3rd and 4th floors of the library. Planned phases of renovation will include a variety of new library functions. The library’s transformation will be completed in multiple phases over the next eight years. Renovations will target LEED gold certification and follow NYC Active Design Guidelines. The Hunter College Library is being re-imagined for the 21st century to become the intellectual heart of the Hunter College by providing spaces for instruction, collaborative learning, information literacy, academic support, as well as physical and digital collections including archives and special collections.Įmbracing contemporary models of 21st century academic library planning, this study included workshops and discussions with students, faculty and administrators in order to identify the programmatic goals for transforming the Hunter College Library into the intellectual heart of the campus. To help the library better serve the needs of today’s academic community at Hunter, we have assisted the College in identifying the library’s needs and opportunities and to address its deficiencies in a series of workshops, presentations, reports, analyses feasibility of phased renovations. At the same time, the functional requirements of today’s academic libraries have evolved considerably. Since 1984, the library’s building systems, finishes and furniture have endured decades of heavy use and deferred maintenance. The library opened in 1984 and was originally designed to serve a more modest student body than the 23,000 undergrads and graduate students currently enrolled at Hunter College. The main library at Hunter College is the Leon and Toby Cooperman Library occupies more than 135,000 gross use able square feet over nine floors of the East Building at 921 Lexington Avenue in New York City.
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