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Self Evaluation Report, January, 2009

Department of Landscape Architecture College of Design

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9. Facilities, Equipment, and Information Systems Standard: Faculty, students, and staff shall have access to facilities, equipment,

library, and other information systems necessary for conducting professional studies.

9.0 Describe the impact of the program’s facilities and equipment in

achieving the program’s mission and objectives. (Response should be no longer than 1 page)

Facilities and equipment within the College of Design both shared by and devoted to the Department of Landscape Architecture, are currently adequate to support the Program’s mission and objectives. A considerable investment has been made in studio and classroom space and in the four support centers that service a College population of 750 students. The College of Design is housed in three adjacent buildings: Brooks Hall, Kamphoefner Hall, and Leazar Hall. Brooks Hall and Kamphoefner Hall are connected by outdoor courtyards, which are also used for instructional and extracurricular purposes. Brooks Hall, built in 1925 as the original library of North Carolina State College, has been the central building of the College of Design since 1956, when a new north wing was added. To accommodate the College's rapid growth, a south wing was added in the 1960s, and the College of Design addition was completed in 1978. Together, these facilities create a physical community blending traditional and modern architectural styles. The buildings house the College's library, gallery, auditorium, resource centers, laboratories, classrooms, and offices, and provide all students with a desk space of their own. Leazar Hall houses the College of Design’s materials lab, loom, design basics studios, painting and sculpture studios, seminar spaces and faculty offices. The $8.3 million renovation project completed in 2006 was funded by the North Carolina Higher Education Bond Referendum passed in 2000. Leazar Hall was built in 1912, and has undergone two prior renovations, in 1922 and 1983. During its 96-year history, Leazar has served as a dining hall, student store, print shop, housing rental office, and payroll benefits office. Most recently, Leazar was shared by the College of Design, university mail services, and the computer science department. “This building represents a case for treasuring important landmarks while giving them new uses,” Malecha says. “Since Leazar houses design education and has dedicated space for research and extension efforts, it also signifies the university’s commitment to promoting extension and research within the College of Design—it’s a tangible investment in the study of the arts on campus.” Kamphoefner Hall, built in 1977, has four floors of studio and lecture space. It also houses the College’s largest auditorium space (seating about 250). In the summer of 2000, lighting and studio wiring were updated, which improved working conditions. The new Burns Auditorium, which replaced the former auditorium, was opened in fall 2007. It is equipped with new audio visual equipment. Landscape Architecture studios, two faculty office, a review room, a 9 station computer cluster with scanners and large format plotter are located on the second floor. Architecture studios are located on the third and fourth floors; graphic design studios occupy the first floor. NC State Prague Institute is a 5,000 square foot facility located on two floors in a building that is within walking distance of historic Prague. Each semester the College supports two design studios. The facility includes studio space for 24 students, review spaces, a computer cluster, and a kitchen and lounge area.




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The facilities include a wireless internet connection, and a computer lab with laser and color inkjet printers. Raleigh Downtown Urban Studio is a 3000 square foot facility located on the second floor of a building in downtown Raleigh. Each semester two studios that accommodate a total of 26 students from the College are taught there. The facility includes studio space for twenty four students, a conference/review room, classroom and office spaces and computer cluster with plotters and printers. All students in the College from freshmen through Ph.D. candidates have permanent dedicated studio space with 24-hour access and coded security on studio doors. All studio spaces are networked with hardwired Ethernet ports.. The College maintains a wireless network system as well. In addition to studio space, the three buildings in the College support the following uses:

• Computer and Materials Labs • Departmental computer clusters • College library • Small lecture classrooms • Large lecture classrooms • Critique space • Exhibition space • Faculty offices • Research/extension space • Conference room and seminar space • Spaces for public gatherings

9.1 Compliance with ADA and Applicable Building Provide documentation that the facilities used by the landscape

architecture program are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable building codes (acceptable documentation includes reports from the University ADA compliance office and/or Facilities or Risk Management Office).

The following statement is provided by College of Design’s Director of Facilities, Chris Jordan: “The College of Design is as accessible as possible given the age of its buildings and the budget of the university facilities division. We are ADA compliant in every area except some of our oldest restrooms (and these are on the list to be renovated when our budget will allow it).” Describe program spaces (classrooms, studios, offices, model shop, storage, computer lab, darkroom, etc.) Describe the advantages and/or disadvantages encountered in the use of the spaces described (i.e., shortcomings which have a significant effect on the instructional process). Describe any steps that are being taken to improve the spaces. Tabulate space data as shown below.




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Classrooms:

Regular classroom space is adequate. There is a sufficient number of large classrooms and sufficient classroom space for reviews. Classrooms have adequate technology support. Lighting, chalkboard facilities, desks for students, and general maintenance of the facilities are adequate. Each student in the Department is provided with a desk and chair. In the summer of 1999, the College replaced all of its student desks with new desks designed by the College and constructed by inmates at the state prison. Each desk has lockable storage and is more appropriate for computer use than previous high drafting tables. All students are required to purchase computers in the second semester of their first year. This system reduces student dependence on the College’s common labs and allows the student and instructor to view work together on the computer as work is being created within studio classes.

Studios:

The landscape architecture undergraduate and graduate studio spaces are housed in Kamphoefner Hall. Each student has a workspace that includes a large table. The sharing of common space allows interaction between the undergraduates and graduates that has proven beneficial to both populations. This arrangement has been very effective in bringing the students together as well as creating a central location where the department may display notes, advertisements, and mailboxes for delivering information. The student lounge has a refrigerator, microwave, toaster oven, two couches, and a Xerox machine operated by the university. The Department of Landscape Architecture has its own computer cluster, with Macintosh and Windows computers, scanners, plotters and printers. This cluster is networked with the rest of the College of Design. Through the College of Design computer network, students can link their computers in the studios to the large- and small-format printers (both black and white and color); students using the college’s printers pay a per page fee. The network allows students to link to the Internet and to other students as well as faculty and to university-wide resources represented as the NCSU Computing Center.

Faculty Offices:

Each faculty member has adequate office space. All offices are equipped with phone, and are linked to the NC State University network. The offices are scattered throughout the College, with the exception of the main landscape architecture office housing the Department Head and secretary, which is centrally located in the main administrative area in Brooks Hall. Average office space is 182 square feet.

Materials Lab:

The Materials Lab is a College of Design resource available to all students and faculty in the College. Landscape architecture students and faculty make extensive use of the College of Design Materials Lab facilities. Landscape architecture students primarily use the Lab to fabricate site models associated with design studios and other courses. This facility provides space, equipment, and trained personnel to assist students in working with wood, metal, and plastic. It includes an extensive range of power equipment and hand tools. Two full-time employees and six student assistants staff the lab. The director of the lab conducts mandatory safety and equipment orientations for students before they are permitted to work in the lab. He also manages all work on College of Design facilities by university and outside contract personnel. A shop safety committee governs shop use policy, with oversight provided by the college’s associate dean for academic affairs. Students are encouraged to use the lab resources to explore form, materials, and construction methods. The Materials Lab includes an extensive state of the art ventilation and dust collection system throughout, including up to code special ventilation in the expanded separate welding room, and in the paint spray booth, and the laser cutter room.




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There are two laser cutters in a separated room with their own specialized filtration and exhaust ventilation systems, capable of cutting up to 1/4 inch in cardboard, cardstock, wood or certain specified plastics. Usage of the laser cutter by landscape architecture students has dramatically increased during the past two years as students discover the ease of being able to produce models. We now see more more models being produced to fulfill project assignments even when models, per se, are not required. The students particularly find modeling an invaluable tool for design inquiry. It is likely the College will procure another laser cutter in the near future.

Recent additions in the welding room include OSHA approved arc welding screen/curtains, a new MIG welder, A new TIG Welder, and a new Plasma Cutter. New equipment in the Woodworking area includes a 'SawStop' brand safety brake table saw with electronic microsecond impact braking system. A new sliding Table type saw and a panel cutting saw with numerous built in safety features. The 4' by 8' capacity CNC router is now housed in a separate ventilated room which controls the noise output in the shop. New equipment in the Machining area includes a 'Southwestern' brand full 3 axis CNC bed-type vertical milling machine, which supplements the existing in 2002 Bridgeport 3 axis vertical mill. Because all of the CNC equipment is essentially robotically controlled, the use of these machines is supervised directly by Jim Dean and Jack Lancaster. The other personnel with direct 'Materials Technology Laboratory' assignment are Chris Jordan and David Knight.

Brooks Hall Gallery:

The College uses its primary hallway in Brooks as a gallery space for exhibitions and visual design presentations. Recent shows have featured textile design, photography, faculty drawings, travelling exhibitions from professional organizations, and an architectural competition. The gallery provides 112 linear feet of tack-board wall space and adjustable lighting. There is a feeling among the faculty that there is a need for more space that can serve as a ‘teaching gallery,’ which could be used for temporary installations of student work without the formality of scheduling Brooks Hall Gallery.

Brooks Hall Critique Spaces:

In addition to studios, there are several critique spaces in the college. Faculty and students displaying work for discussion or in temporary installations use the Belk Rotunda and three surrounding galleries on the second floor of Brooks Hall. Use of the spaces is scheduled as needed through the Dean’s office. These spaces also serve for special events such as award ceremonies and receptions. The College of Design develops a separate schedule for all end-of-semester studio reviews (more than 40 per semester), in order to balance space requests from the different departments. To accommodate all classes, these reviews are sometimes held on the weekends.

Lecture Classrooms: There are several classrooms and two auditoriums in the college that serve as small and large lecture spaces. The Brooks Hall auditorium (BS 320) seats 75 and is reasonably well equipped for audio/visual use. Kamphoefner Auditorium seats 250. There are two classrooms in Kamphoefner (A001 and A002) that seat approximately 30.

Special Facilities and Activities Available:

The University Visual Arts Center has established a classroom for studying art objects and architectural drawings in its collection. It also has major exhibits for classroom visits.




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There are several arboreta available for students to study. The Horticulture Department maintains an extensive plant collection arranged in garden form on six acres, known as the J. C. Raulston Arboretum. The arboretum contains a variety of demonstration and theme gardens (designed by students, including landscape architecture students), a substantial lath house, and a Japanese Garden. In addition, the small M. E. Gardner Arboretum on campus serves as an "urban" site. Nearby UNC-Chapel Hill is home to the North Carolina Botanical Garden, an extensive arboretum collection of native plant communities and herb, and medicinal gardens sited on a large farm property, as well as a smaller arboretum located on the main Chapel Hill campus. At nearby Duke University in Durham are the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, which includes an extensive woodland garden and an Asian arboretum.

Table 1. Facility Space Associated with Landscape Architecture

Building Room # S F Space type Capacity Exclusive/share

Brooks BS 214-A 165 SF Admin. 1 Ex.

BS 214-B 192 SF Admin. 1 Ex. BS 215-A 210 SF Office 1 Ex. BS 301 200 SF Office 1 Ex. BS 310-C 235 SF Office 1 Ex. BS 319-A 215 SF Office 2 Share

KAM KAM 205 102SF Office 1 Ex. KAM 206 102 SF Office 1 Ex.

Brooks BS 320 1,050 SF Classroom 75 Share BS 202 750 SF Classroom 35 Share BS 109 812 SF Classroom 50 Share

KAM KAM A002 625 SF Classroom 30 Share KAM A001 625 SF Classroom 30 Share BS 203 1,219 SF Multi- Media 30 Share

Brooks BS 117 3,900 SF Shop 30 Share

KAM KAM 200 3,334 SF Studios 85 Primarily LAR Following is the available data for the recently renovated Leazar Hall

Room # Room Use DescriptionSquare Footage

101 Research 5,669 SF 102 Conference Room 350 SF 103 Lobby 173 SF 104 Office 218 SF 105 Telecommunication 62 SF 106 Men's Rest Room 198 SF




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107 Women's Rest Room 172 SF 108 Janitor's Closet 65 SF 109 Meeting Room 116 SF 110 Mechanical Room 329 SF 111 Electrical Room 204 SF 199 Elevator 0 SF 200 Entrance 463 SF 201 Corridor 100 SF 202 Corridor 1430 SF

202A? Corridor? 1277 SF 203 Telecommunication 88 SF 205 Mechanical Room 1684 SF 210 Server Room 180 SF 211 Electrical Room 74 SF 212 Women's Rest Room 228 SF 213 Recycling 104 SF

213A Custodial Storage 86 SF 213B Elevator Equipment 46 SF 214 Men's Rest Room 222 SF 215 Corridor 124 SF

215A Custodian Office 93 SF 216 Janitor's Closet 55 SF 217 Mechanical Room 247 SF 220 Materials Lab 5454 SF

220A Isolated Metal/CNC 244 SF 220C Spray Booth 197 SF 220D Finishing Room 156 SF 220E Office 127 SF 220F Office 153 SF 220G Mechanical Room 327 SF 221 Welding 685 SF

222A Tool Room 258 SF 222B Shop Storage 400 SF 222C Tool Room 136 SF 230 Fibers/Textile Studio 1384 SF

230B Loom Room 153 SF 230C Printer Room 153 SF 230A Fibers/Textile Lab 449 SF 235 Corridor 676 SF 240 Studio 1279 SF

240A Studio 1287 SF 241 Office 121 SF 242 Office 123 SF 243 Storage 70 SF 244 Office 123 SF 245 Office 121 SF




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299 Elevator 0 SF 300 Entrance/Lobby 513 SF 301 Corridor 694 SF 302 Studio 3444 SF 304 Studio 3470 SF 305 Telecommunication 188 SF 306 Mechanical Room 166 SF 307 Mechanical Room 178 SF

307A Entranceway 68 SF 310 Review/Seminar 822 SF 312 Review/Seminar 544 SF 313 Women's Rest Room 238 SF 314 Janitor's Closet 28 SF 315 Men's Rest Room 209 SF 316 Review/Seminar 482 SF 318 Corridor 2592 SF 320 Corridor 680 SF

321A Studio 1789 SF 321B Studio 1396 SF 321C Storage 46 SF 321D Storage 46 SF 321E Storage 46 SF 321F Storage 46 SF 325A Studio 1759 SF 325B Studio 1417 SF 325C Storage 46 SF 325D Storage 46 SF 325E Storage 46 SF 325F Storage 46 SF 399 Elevator 0 SF 401 Office 188 SF 402 Office 193 SF 403 Office 193 SF 404 Office 183 SF 406 Office 180 SF 407 Office 193 SF 408 Office 193 SF 409 Office 188 SF 411 Corridor 386 SF 412 Corridor 1878 SF 499 Elevator 0 SF




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Brooks Hall: First Floor (not to scale)


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Brooks Hall: Second Floor (not to scale)


Brooks Hall: Third Floor (not to scale)






Kamphoefner Second Floor (not to scale)




Leazar First Floor (not to scale)




Leazar Second Floor (not to scale)


Leazar Third Floor (not to scale)






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List significant equipment owned/controlled by the program (printers, transits, projectors, etc.). Also list that which is available to the program through the college or other sources. (college computer lab, college van, etc.)

The Information Technology Laboratory provides computer-based and communications-related equipment and facilities in support of an orchestrated professional design education. The facility provides three central computer lab/classrooms, a central general purpose lab, six distributed departmental computer "clusters," a lending service of computing, audio-visual, and photographic and video equipment, and offers a photography studio and photographic darkroom. Students are permitted to borrow equipment and return it within 24 hours. The Central Lab itself is open for use ninety-one hours a week. Use of these facilities is limited strictly to students currently enrolled in College of Design courses. All students are introduced to the Information Technology Laboratory as they enter the Landscape Architecture program. They are expected to make full use of the equipment, software, and expertise that is available through the lab. Application of computer and information technology is a requirement of most of their curricular courses. Lab Administration:

The director of the Information Technology Laboratory supervises the operations of the lab. He provides consultation and instruction in the use of lab resources. He also manages hardware and software purchasing for the college. Additional technical staff include:

• A Windows support person, responsible for all Windows computers in the Central Lab and in departmental clusters and for support of student-owned Windows computers. He also administers various college servers.

• A networking and hardware specialist, responsible for lab and cluster Macintosh computers, and Macintosh printing support and for support of student-owned Macintosh computers.

• A faculty and staff support specialist, responsible for acquisition and servicing of faculty and staff computers.

Lab Facilities/Computers:

Three instructional classrooms make up the Central Labs of the Information Technology Laboratory including: 39 dual-boot Macintosh computers that run both Windows XP and MacOS X, 19 Macs and 3 Windows PCs, 2 letter size scanners, one 11” x 17” scanner, one film scanner, one 40” wide color scanner and two 3D printers. Other computers are distributed in clusters throughout the College for convenience and 24-hour accessibility of the students in various departments:

Architecture: 11 Windows and 2 Macintoshes distributed in 3 cluster locations Art + Design: 1 Windows and 4 Macintosh computers Graphic Design: 2 Macintosh computers Industrial Design: 10 Windows and 1 Macintosh computers Landscape Architecture.: 5 Windows and 6 Macintosh computers, plus 2 letter size scanners, one 11”

x 17” scanner and one film scanner, B & W printer, color printer, color plotter First year: 2 Windows and 2 Macintosh computers

The total equipment holdings of the college’s Central Labs are extensive. The labs are available for walk-in use of computers during non-instructional hours from 8:00 am until 11:00 pm each night. Both black and white and color printer reside in the labs and in distributed computer clusters but is supported by the university, through WolfCopy, which buys and maintains all printers and copiers, and




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sets fees that are automatically charged to student accounts when they send documents to the printers. The cost of output in the lab is below market rate for small-format printing and substantially discounted for wide-format prints. Students can send documents to these printers from their personally owned computers as well. Demand for wide-format printers can be acute, especially during end-of-the-semester projects. The Lab recently added a fourth wide-format printer, housed in the LA studio area, which has helped to ease the backlog. Funding for information technology facilities and other labs comes from a university technology fee of $371 charged annually to each full-time student. This fee is set by the UNC Board of Trustees and approved by state legislators; colleges are prohibited from charging additional fees. In recent years, the university has allocated the College of Design $243,000 per year from these fees. In 2008 the annual base allocation was increased to $275,000. A faculty committee, chaired by the IT Lab director, makes recommendations to the dean regarding how student fees should be spent and updates a technology plan that sets long-term goals and strategies for technological development in the college (see Appendix X for College Technology Plan). Student fee money may not be used to support administrative or faculty computing.

Departmental Computer Clusters Each department in the college is provided a computer cluster with machines configured specifically for its majors, although any student in the college may work in any cluster. The Landscape Architecture computer cluster is located adjacent to the landscape studios in Kamphoefner Hall, and students have 24-hour access to the cluster’s Macintosh and Windows workstations, flatbed scanners, and printers and copiers. We now require our students to purchase computers so that more technology-based instruction can take place in the regular design studio environment. The Department of Landscape Architecture continues to improve its computer-based courses with the goal of providing our students with a thorough grounding in the use of leading software applications in the Landscape Architecture profession. Following is a complete inventory of computing resources in the College of Design:

1. The following computing hardware and peripheral equipment is located within the Landscape

Architecture studio area on the second floor of Kamphoefner: • 11 computers (5 Windows and 6 Macintosh), • 2 letter size scanners, • one 11” x 17” scanner and • one film scanner in the LAR studio area. • The university printing services, WolfCopy, provides an 11” x 17” black and white laser printer

and an 11” x 17” and a 36” wide plotter. • Copy machine

2. Available to all the departments are the College’s three main computer labs which are located on the

second floor of Brooks Hall. • 39 dual-boot Macintosh computers that run both Windows XP and MacOS X, • 19 Macs and 3 Windows PCs, • 2 letter size scanners, one 11” x 17” scanner, one film scanner, one 40” wide color scanner and

two 3D printers. • Ceiling mounted video projectors

3. The College of Design IT Lab operates an equipment service desk from which students and

faculty from all departments within the College can check out additional equipment: • 6 laptop computers • 8 multimedia projectors • 1 portable projection screen • 3 external hard drives




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• 18 graphics tablets • 7 digital SLR cameras • digital point and shoot cameras • MiniDV camcorders • 2 HD camcorders, MiniDV • 7 tripods • 3 video tripods • 2 portable lighting kits • 3 digital audio recorders • 3 minidisc recorders • iMic USB audio interfaces • 3 headphones • 1 portable sound system • 2 self powered speakers • computer speakers • 2 shotgun microphones • 3 handheld microphones, XLR • 3 wireless transmitters & receivers, XLR • 2 wireless lavaliere microphones & receivers • 2 omni-directional boundary microphones • 2 audio mixers, 4 channel • 2 dictation recorders • 2 transcription players • 1 sound level meter

4. Printers available in the central lab include: • 3 black & white letter/legal laser printers • 1 black & white 11” x 17” laser printer • 1 color 11” x 17” laser printer • 1 color letter/legal laser printer • 2 inkjet printers, 36” wide • 1 photo quality archival pigment inkjet printer, 44” wide

5. There are an additional 30 Windows and 31 Macintosh college-owned computers in distributed

computing clusters located in other academic program areas throughout the College. (These are also available to Landscape Architecture students.)

6. Additional available printers located around the College include:

• 3 black & white letter/legal laser printers • 7 black & white 11” x 17” laser printer • color 11” x 17” laser printer • 2 inkjet printers, 36” wide

Describe availability and number of network connections, major life safety code noncompliances, how computers and other equipment are maintained, and any other space and equipment issues that contribute to or hinder the program.

1. On the second floor of Kamphoefner there are 113 network outlets available plus full wireless coverage.

2. There are approximately 1900 network outlets available in Brooks, Kamphoefner and Leazar plus full wireless coverage.




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3. Downtown Design Studio has approximately 40 network outlets available in hubs and switches plus full wireless coverage.

4. Leazar has Category 6 networking. All other buildings have Category 5 networking. 5. Wireless access points are all 802.11G at 54 MB/s. 6. The computers and other related equipment are maintained by the college IT staff. The equipment is

purchased with three-year warranties and is replaced on an average 5-year cycle. The software is updated as available prior to each semester.

9.2 Library and other Information Systems Describe how library and other information systems (internet connections, botanical collections, main library, branch libraries, off campus facilities, etc.) support the program’s mission and educational objectives. Students and faculty from all disciplines of the College of Design use the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, a branch of the NCSU Libraries. The 4,000-square-foot facility is located in Brooks Hall and houses a comprehensive collection of design-related books, periodicals, slides, videos and DVDs. The Design Library collection is especially strong in the areas of architecture, landscape architecture, and graphic and industrial design, although all Library of Congress classifications are represented. An attempt is also made to consider the needs of the whole university and the local community. As a result, some books are bought for the main collection in the general arts area. At present, the Design Library employs 2 full-time librarians, 2.5 full-time staff workers, and 16-20 part-time student staff members. Design Library hours are as follows:

Monday-Thursday 7:30am – 11:00pm Friday 7:30am – 8:00pm Saturday 9:00am – 10:00pm Sunday 1:00pm – 11:00pm

The D. H. Hill Library, the main library at NC State University, is located within 10 minutes’ walking distance of the college. Patrons can use the main library reference service twenty-four hours a day, five days a week; reference service is also available through chat, text messaging, email, and instant messaging from early morning until midnight most days. The NCSU Libraries is ranked forty-first among research libraries in the nation. The Libraries’ collection comprises 3.8 million volumes and 53,404 print and electronic serial subscriptions. Library policies and information are available on both the Libraries’ website at www.lib.ncsu.edu and the Design Library website at: www.lib.ncsu.edu/design . Electronic Access

All electronic databases, e-journals, and e-books provided by the NCSU Libraries are available to Design students. Patrons can log into electronic resources from their studio workstations, from computers located in the library, or from remote locations. Patrons can also check their borrowing account and renew materials online.

The primary databases for Design available online through the Libraries are:

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Art Index and Art Index Retrospective Arts and Humanities Citation Index Design and Applied Arts Index ARTstor

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/design




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Grove Dictionary of Art Online Additional resources that contain Design materials are:

Bibliography of Asian Studies Ingenta (formerly known as UnCover) NetLibrary electronic books Project Reference File

Titles held in the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, but not utilized for an extended period of time, are sent to one of two storage locations. Those titles remain accessible by means of a library retrieval system that can deliver any requested publication to the Design Library within 24 hours. The Satellite Shelving Facility is also open by appointment. The Design Library currently stores 8,034 volumes in the Satellite Shelving Facility on campus, and 3,483 volumes in the Duke Library Service Center in Durham, NC.

9.3 Extent of Collections The Harrye B. Lyons Design Library collection emphasizes architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, industrial design, and art and design. There are approximately 42,638 volumes in the Design Library and 154 current journal subscriptions. The Design Library collects materials in all formats including CDs and DVDs. The Library's Visual Resources Collection includes more than 90,000 slides/digital images in the areas of art, architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, and graphic design. Records for these images are available through the Design Library Image Database, available through the Design Library website. Approximately 45 percent of the records also display images of the slides, making this a useful index to the collection for faculty and students. The images are also available as a local collection in ARTstor, a digital image database of approximately 500,000 art, architecture, design and landscape architecture images. Through a consortia agreement, students and faculty also have access to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s local image collections through ARTstor. Other libraries at NC State University also hold materials of interest to design researchers. A number of collections in architecture, horticulture, and natural resources are available in the Special Collections Research Center at D.H. Hill Library. Landscape architecture students and faculty may also find materials of interest at the university’s Natural Resources Library. Students and faculty can request that material at other libraries on campus be delivered to the Design Library. The NCSU Libraries is a member of the Triangle Research Libraries Network, and NC State University students and faculty may use the libraries at Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina Central University. They may also have materials delivered from Triangle libraries or from libraries across the nation through interlibrary loan. 9.4 Acquisitions The Director of the Design Library is responsible for collection development in landscape architecture. The director solicits requests from faculty members and works actively to develop a strong collection in this area. The Visual Resources Librarian handles collection development for the image collection, including landscape architecture. Advice and comments are solicited through the Design Library Committee, consisting of representatives from each department, the associate dean of the College of Design, and the director of the Design Library. Because landscape architecture faculty and students often use the Natural Resources Library, the directors of the Natural Resources and Design Libraries have worked out complementary collection development programs to ensure both strong coverage of all areas and minimal duplication of books and journals.




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Annual Appropriations The following represents the budget for new acquisitions for the Design Library during the 2007/08 academic year:

Monographs $97,702.27 Serials 27,448.77 Binding 2,901.72 Materials Budget Total: $138,052.76 Estimated salary appropriation $273,267.42 Operating fund from College of Design

$2,500.00

Total Budget $413,820.18 Equipment

Among the pieces of standard equipment at the Design Library are the following:

Public PCs 6 Public printer 1 Scanners 2 Light table 1 Copystand 1 TV/VCR 1 DVD player 1 Copiers 2

9.5 Effective Use and Incorporation into Course Work All incoming Design students are given an orientation to the library. There are also online guides to using the library available through the Design Library website (www.lib.ncsu.edu/design). Ph.D. students attend an in-depth session on using the catalog and databases and the research services available to them. Professors can request additional library instruction sessions for particular classes, and the library staff makes every effort to provide these. Students are frequently directed to the Design Library to collect reference materials for studio projects. In many ways, the Design Library is seen by the faculty to represent the strength of the college by its inclusion of all the college’s disciplines of Design in one space. The Design Library’s prominent and accessible location and responsiveness to the needs of all of the departments make it one of our greatest assets. 9.6 Maintenance and Management Describe how the maintenance and management of facilities, equipment and information systems affect the program’s mission and educational objectives. (Include updating of equipment and software, availability, hours computer labs are open, computer technician services, etc.) Facilities in the College of Design support the mission of the College and Program. While faculty and students occasionally complain about small problems, the facilities far exceed those of many top programs, and few faculty or students make the case that facilities restrict them from pursuing their educational goals. The professional staffing of the Materials and IT Labs relieves faculty from maintenance and supervision of these College spaces and provides professional teaching expertise that the faculty may not have. A loyal and efficient custodial staff maintains spaces and works well with students and faculty. The facilities are generally well maintained, painted, and renovated as necessary in accordance with the spirit of our Compact Plan.

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