Which university libraries served as examples or models for the planning of the UC Merced library?
BM: We looked at quite a few of them. The model that I brought with me was from UC San Diego, where we had renovated a library and created the Center for Library and Instructional Computing Services, known as CLICS . It’s a model of ubiquitous access to online resources that includes support staff, a place to study, and access to print materials. The UC Merced building will be somewhat different in that we will expect our students to have laptops, so we plan to have ubiquitous physical network connections as well as wireless connections. TLtC: That leads to my next question: what role will personal computers play in the library, both in the physical facility and for remote access to its holdings? BM: The entire Merced campus, including the library, will be built with wireless access in mind and there is an expectation that students will have laptop computers. In the library we’ll also have ports throughout the facility for people to connect to the network. So, there won’t be many compu
