ABA Law School Facilities Conference
"Bricks & Bytes II"
March 5-6, 1993
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Friday, March 5  

9-11:30 a.m.

Guided tours of The Ohio State University College of Law Building. Hospitality Table is open. (Room 135)
11:30 a.m. Bus from OSU Law Building to University Ramada
11:00-12:00 Registration -- University Ramada
Noon Luncheon at University Ramada. Guest speaker: Gunnar Birkerts, Architect
1:30 p.m. Bus from Ramada to OSU Law Building
1:30-2:00 p.m. Guided tours. Hospitality Table is open. (Room 135)
2:00 p.m. Opening Remarks by Dean Francis X. Beytagh and ABA Consultant James P. White (Room 130)
Overview of Conference by Dean Beytagh

Session I: Classrooms for the Future: Skills Training Spaces: Study Spaces for Students; Faculty and Staff offices; Organizational spaces, Lounge and Special-Purpose Spaces
Professor Charles D. Kelso, McGeorge
Dean Robert K. Walsh, Wake Forest
Mr. Kenneth Rohlfing, Gunnar Birkerts & Assoc.
Professor Howard P. Fink, Ohio State
Professor Steven D. Hinckley, U. of Richmond
Associate Dean Karen B. Cutright, Ohio State

3:45 p.m.

Break
Tours of College of Law;
Soft drinks and snacks available at the Hospitality Table (Room 135)
4:00 p.m. Continuation of Session I (Room 130)
5:00 p.m. Bus to University Ramada from OSU College of Law
Hospitality Table closes.
6:00 p.m. Reception at University Ramada in Lounge area by fireplace. Cash bar.
7:00 p.m. Dinner-- University Ramada
Guest Speaker: President Josiah H. Blackmore, Capital 1
 

Saturday, March 6

 

8:00 a.m.

Hospitality Table Open (Room 135)
Continental Breakfast Available

 

 

 

8:15 a.m. & 8:30 a.m. Bus from University Ramada to OSU College of Law
9:00 a.m. Session II: Library Additions and Renovations; Working with Architects; No New Square Footage, Just Technology; Technology and Library Space
Panel I: Welcome and Introductions by Professor Albert Brecht, Southern California
Professor Blair Kauffman, Wisconsin, Speaker Dean Mary Doyle, Miami, Reactor
Questions and Answers
10:00 a.m. Continuation of Session II
Panel II: Introductions by Professor George Grossman, Northwestern
Professor James Hoover, Columbia, Speaker Dean William Hines, Iowa, Reactor
Questions and Answers
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.

Small Group Discussions (Self-Selective -- no assigned groups)
Non-Library Focus:

  1. Technology-related issues in planning classrooms, skills training spaces, faculty offices, and student spaces - Professor Howard Fink, Ohio State (Room 252)
  2. Computer availability and usage by students inside and outside the library - Professor Bruce Johnson, Ohio State (Room 250)

Library Focus:

    1. Library addition and renovation projects -Professor Richard Danner, Duke (Room 245)
    2. Working with architects on library additions -Professor Roy Mersky, U. of Texas at Austin (Room 251)
    3. Library renovations without additional square footage -- Professor Kathleen Carrick, Case Western Reserve (Room 244)
    4. Technology and library space (or, does every student need a computer?) - Professor Steven Hinckley, U. of Richmond (Room 130)
12:00 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch, Atrium and Room 135 Law Building
Presentations by:
OCLC - Ms. Phyllis B. Spief
Mead Data -Mr. Wayne Greenberg; Mr. Robert McConnell
West Publishing - Mr. William Lindberg
1:30 p.m. Guided Tours of the Ohio State Law Building
2:00 p.m.

Session III: Welcome and Introduction by Dean Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr., Washington U. (Room 130)
Panel I -- Planning, Phasing, and Operating during Renovations: Responsibility of User & Architect
Dean Robert L. Misner, Willamette
Asst. Dean William G. Goodman, U. of Illinois
Assoc. Dean Leah Wortham, Catholic U. of America
Mario H. Boiardi, Hartman-Cox Architects

3:00 p.m. Break Hospitality Table Open
3:15 p.m. Panel II -- Planning for Technology; Complying with ADA and other Regulatory Codes and Authorities (Room 130)
Assoc. Dean Michael Zimmer, Seton Hall
Professor Stuart Deutsch, Chicago - Kent
Assoc. Dean Laura Rothstein, U. of Houston
Professor Jane Hammond, Cornell
4:15 p.m.

Discussion Groups (Self-Selective -- no assigned groups)

  1. Planning, phasing, operating during remodeling -Deans Misner & Goodman (Room 244)
  2. Architects/user relations - Dean Wortham & Mr. Boiardi (Room 246)
  3. Technology outside the library - Professor Deutsch & Dean Zimmer (Room 250)
  4. Code compliance (including ADA) - Deans Rothstein & Zimmer (Room 252)
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
Shuttle Bus to University Ramada

 


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