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The new Leo 13 learning center offers 90 individual and group workstations.
It is still under construction, important elements such as seating are still missing.
© Thomas Stöber
Too little space for learning and working in the university libraries.
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich would like to counteract this problem - and is therefore currently building new learning centers.
Munich – With around 50,000 students at Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, it is obvious that the need for learning and working spaces is great.
Thomas Stöber, head of the user services department at the LMU Munich University Library, also knows this.
There has been a great demand for learning places among students, especially since the switch to bachelor's and master's degree programs and during exam periods.
For this reason, the university initiated the construction of a new university library in 2019:
The so-called Philologicum offers students 740 workplaces on 6,000 square meters.
“Despite the reopening of the Philologicum, the learning and work spaces available in the existing libraries are no longer sufficient,” explains Stöber when asked by the editorial team - which is why the LMU has now started building two new learning centers.
Leo 13 offers 90 individual and group workstations
The university library plans to open the new Leo 13
learning center as early as March
, Stöber informs.
It will be located right next to the LMU cafeteria at Leopoldstrasse 13.
90 new individual and group workstations will offer students more space to work and learn, with a third of the workstations being able to be reserved by LMU students.
A lounge area with comfortable armchairs will also be part of
Leo 13
.
UniLounge as a place to work and relax: “money well invested”
The new UniLounge
, which will offer 60 individual and group workstations,
is currently being built in the main building of the LMU at Brüder-Scholl-Platz .
There will also be a lounge area with drinks and snack machines here.
It should also be a place of retreat for students where they can take a break and exchange ideas.
As Stöber informs, the LMU student representation campaigned for the
UniLounge
.
The spatial concepts of both learning centers were also coordinated with her in order to optimally adapt the new learning centers to the needs of the students.
The university's construction work has received a positive response from LMU students.
20-year-old Karim Melchior, who is studying political science, also sees the need for the project: “Especially in the exam phase it is difficult to find places and that is the time when it is particularly important to study.”
For him, the learning centers are “money well invested”.
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“more satisfaction and less overcrowded libraries”
“These two learning centers are intended to improve the study conditions on the LMU’s main campus,” is the university’s goal.
“The university library and the LMU hope that this will result in more student satisfaction and less overcrowded libraries.”
But she is also aware that with so many students at LMU, there cannot be enough learning and working places at all times.
It remains to be seen whether the two new learning centers can better meet the high demand for jobs.
The construction projects are certainly a step in the right direction.
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