SACKVILLE, N.B. — Mount Allison has unveiled plans for the concept design of the new R.P. Bell Library Hub for Innovation and Learning.
The new Mount Allison University library facility commits to integrated design, Indigenous consultation, sustainability and accessibility and will mark the first renovation to the building in over 60 years.
Construction of an interim library on campus is scheduled to begin this summer to ensure students and faculty have access to library services while the R.P. Bell facility is under renovation. The facility’s long-term purpose will be as a multipurpose athletics complex.
The newly renovated space will house teaching, learning and research services. In addition to library staff, collections and resources it will house academic support for students, teaching and learning support for faculty, and spaces designed to facilitate the variety of ways students study.
The library’s concept design includes a universal design for learning classroom, flexible collaboration space to support innovation and entrepreneurship, a data and digital scholarship lab, customizable study and gathering spaces and access to natural light.
The renovation will follow the Green Globes certification system, a comprehensive, science-based, three-in-one certification system that evaluates the environmental sustainability, health and wellness and resilience of buildings, states a release. The project will also achieve energy and water efficiency, sustainable site development, reduced emissions and improved indoor environment quality.
Indigenous faculty, students and elders will be consulted throughout the design phase of the project and Mount Allison is in the process of identifying an Indigenous design firm to consult on the renovation.
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