Sudang Digital Library renovated into Creative Learning Center

Sudang Digital Library, located on the 3rd floor LG-POSCO Building, has been newly remodeled to ‘Sudang Creative Learning Center” (hereinbelow Sudang CLC). Sudang Creative Learning Center reflects the trend on Digital Transformation (hereinbelow DT) and seeks for space that enables DB search and free discussion to solve DT problems in business world. 

We have faced a transition to problem-based learning (PBL), one of the many changes from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Also, there had been concerns that the previous Sudang Digital Library does not reflect the recent trend considering its storage of paperbook and serials form. Therefore, KUBS remodeled Sudang Digital Library as part of the renovation business throughout overall education and research. The concepts of remodeling are ‘Challenge and creation, Synergy through cooperation and Contribution to common kind’.

Sudang CLC consists of two LABs and a lounge. First, CLC lounge is designed to be a rest area to enable students to think up an idea in a comfortable environment. Students can access databases that were provided on the previous Sudang Digital Library with 6 PCs in the lounge. 3 PCs among them have databases from △Eikon&Datastream (Financial statements and Index for worldwide companies) △ SDC Platinum (Stocks and M&A information for worldwide companies) △Bloomberg (Stock, bonds, derivative market information), to support research activities. Sudang CLC lounge is open from 9 AM to 5 PM during the semester.

CLC LAB is modeled after “PBL Classroom” in KU SK-Future Building. PBL classroom provides a high-quality classroom environment hardware-wise, overcoming the limits of a one-way teaching environment from the lecturer. This cutting-edge hybrid classroom enables both lecturer and students to conduct high-quality problem-solving and cooperative learning, especially when dealing with non-structured subjects.

CLC LAB was designed for debate class based on group seating for PBL study, with cameras and a recording system for student activities, a stereo system, an 86-inch movable TV monitor and a wireless link system. Each table has a PC connected to a TV monitor so that each group can share their PC monitor to the TV and vice versa. Therefore, it is now possible to share thoughts with worldwide businessmen and gain insight by discussing many pending issues regardless of space constraints.

Sudang Digital Library was founded in 2005 to commemorate Mr. Sudang Yeonsu Kim thanks to Sanghong Kim, an alumnus of Korea University. The library stored business paperbooks, serials form, and databases to support research for the faculty and used to be a study place for students. The paperbooks and serials form stored in the previous Sudang Digital Library were moved to KU Main Library Collection Maintenance & Learning Services Department Branch.