University of Maryland, Baltimore, 601 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2010 Jan;98(1):40-3. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.98.1.014.
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL), University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), is located in an urban environment on the west side of downtown Baltimore. Founded in 1813, the library opened its current building in 1998 and is one of the largest health sciences libraries in the United States, with 6 floors and over 180,000 gross square and 118,000 net assignable square feet (NASF).
The initial discussions in late 2005 involved moving campus offices into the library. Almost immediately, it was recognized that a much larger renovation was needed due to the scope of the work. The vice president for academic affairs, the library executive director, and campus planners agreed that if the renovation was done thoughtfully, multiple needs could be met, including new office spaces, better user spaces, and synergy with the new campus center being built next door.
The planning, design, and construction process was multifaceted and on a fast track. Although the final piece of the renovation was completed in June 2009, the majority of the planning, design, and construction took place between March 2006 and June 2008. All tenants were involved with office design. Library staff were involved in designing the public spaces and planning the strategy for weeding and shifting.
Approximately 8,000 NASF was reallocated to new office space from shelving space, amounting to approximately 6.7% of the building NASF and approximately 10.6% of the public space in the building. The majority of new offices in the building report to the same vice president and are student focused and service oriented, with similar missions to that of the library resulting in a very harmonious cohabitation. Additional units with these missions and reporting structure are located in the new campus center, creating a synergy between the two buildings.
马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校（UMB）的健康科学与人类服务图书馆（HS/HSL）位于巴尔的摩市中心西侧的城市环境中。该图书馆成立于 1813 年，1998 年开放了其当前的建筑，是美国最大的健康科学图书馆之一，共有 6 层，总面积超过 18 万平方英尺，净可分配面积为 11.8 万平方英尺（NASF）。
2005 年底的初步讨论涉及将校园办公室搬进图书馆。几乎立即，由于工作范围，人们认识到需要进行更大规模的翻新。负责学术事务的副校长、图书馆执行主任和校园规划人员一致认为，如果精心进行翻新，可以满足多个需求，包括新的办公空间、更好的用户空间以及与隔壁正在建造的新校园中心的协同作用。
规划、设计和施工过程是多方面的，而且进展迅速。虽然翻新的最后一部分于 2009 年 6 月完成，但大部分规划、设计和施工都发生在 2006 年 3 月至 2008 年 6 月之间。所有租户都参与了办公室设计。图书馆工作人员参与了公共空间的设计和杂草清除及转移策略的规划。
大约 8000NASF 从书架空间重新分配到新的办公空间，占建筑 NASF 的约 6.7%，占建筑公共空间的约 10.6%。该建筑中大多数新办公室都向同一副校长汇报，以学生为中心，以服务为导向，与图书馆的使命相似，因此能够和谐共处。具有类似使命和报告结构的其他单位位于新的校园中心，这两座建筑之间形成了协同作用。
