Speaker Profile

Paul Glassman
Director of Public Services ,  Pratt Institute 

Paul Glassman is Director of Public Services at Pratt Institute Libraries in Brooklyn, New York and until recently served as Assistant Dean for Reference Services and Collection Development at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he participated actively in the development of an architectural program for the renovation of the public service areas of the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library. At Hofstra he led a group of thirteen full-time and twelve adjunct library faculty in shaping the direction of public services within a broad range of disciplines. An alumnus of Bowdoin College, he holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Colorado and a Master's Degree in Library Science from Simmons College.

Session Summary
Design for Learning: Success in Creating Library Instruction Classrooms
Session Format: Roundtable
Track: The Environment for Libraries
Theme: Passport to Success (effective practices)


Session Number/Code: RT
Room:  Baltimore Convention Center – Exhibit Halls A-D  9

Presenter(s):
  • Paul Glassman
    Director of Public Services, Pratt Institute 
  • Alexandra  de Luise 
     Coordinator, Instructional Services, Queens College, City University of New York 

Paul Glassman  Alexandra de Luise 
Program Description:
As hands-on instruction becomes essential in information literacy initiatives, library professionals must plan spaces that support their instructional programs and nurture students through responsive design decisions. We shall consider how to locate, design, and equip functional, flexible, and comfortable electronic classrooms. Through guided discussion you will discover which questions to ask for a plan that insures success. You will leave with a set of guidelines for managing projects of this type.

What spaces in your experience are right for library instruction?
How do we propose a project of the right magnitude?
What happens if the architect doesn't listen to us?