Sarah B. Cohn
May 13, 2022
Exclusionary Architecture: Physical Barriers to Accessing a Children’s Collection
SoE Fall 2021
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1160 students
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400 undergraduate
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760 graduate
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Approx 11,000 titles of books for K-12
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Fiction & non-fiction
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Support the School of Education (SoE)
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Student teachers
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Children's literature classes in the English Dept
The Space
View from
the elevators
Same side, alternate angle
View of the left side
Entrance to the collection
Comparison to open stacks
With me--5ft 3 in--for scale
All the way to
the ceiling
1973 architectural floorplan
The Plan
Weeding. So much weeding.
Update the collection.
Move it out of the cage.
Promotion & outreach.
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The Collection
Condition of the collection
Weeding 70% completed
One-time allocation of $12,000
Nearly 600 new titles ordered
Progress
The Future
Comfortable
Welcoming
Open
Warm
Low to the ground
Inviting
Repurpose Existing Space & Furniture
Nicest furniture in the library
The prospective space
Before
After
Summer 2022: finish weeding
Fall 2022: shift bound gov docs & ready new space
Winter 2022-23: move collection
Timeframe
