CCA Libraries is a department of the California College of the Arts. CCA Libraries has as its mission to support teaching and learning at the college by assessing, gathering, and preserving information, providing students and faculty with informational and material resources, and facilitating institutional research. Libraries have historically been the center points of institutions of higher learning. The advent of the information age is challenging the traditional role of libraries. The Internet has replaced the library as the go-to source for reference and research. As a result, CCA Libraries' is suffering from a diminishing role. CCA Libraries recognizes both the need and the opportunity to reenvision how it serves the college community. CCA Libraries has the vision of becoming the central hub of campus activity that deepens and enriches faculty and student engagement. This plan proposes two operational initititaves that make strides toward that end and help elevate CCA Libraries' role in the college community. The first is a Materials Library leased through Material ConneXion's LIbrary Leasing program. This initiative brings to the campus a professional quality collection of materials samples and boasts the potential for revenue generation. The second is redesigning Simpson Library to provide the flexibility, comfort, and atmosphere that can contribute to an enhanced learning environment. Both initiatives add obvious and immediate value to CCA Libraries current value proposition. But their greater value is derived from their longer term intangible benefits. Each has the potential to introduce virtuous cycles that increase not only CCA Libraries' presence on campus but also the college's presence in the Bay Area design community and economy.
The first is a Materials Library leased through Material ConneXion's LIbrary Leasing program. This initiative brings to the campus a professional quality collection of materials samples and boasts the potential for revenue generation. The second is redesigning Simpson Library to provide the flexibility, comfort, and atmosphere that can contribute to an enhanced learning environment.
Both initiatives add obvious and immediate value to CCA Libraries current value proposition. But their greater value is derived from their longer term intangible benefits. Each has the potential to introduce virtuous cycles that increase not only CCA Libraries' presence on campus but also the college's presence in the Bay Area design community and economy.