The future of library space
Libraries are dealing with unprecedented changes on several fronts: technological developments, funding difficulties, and an increasing need to prove themselves to a demanding population. These factors understandably impact physical library space. Looking toward the future, what changes can we expec...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Bingley
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2016
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| Series: | Advances in library administration and organization
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| Collection: | Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prelims
- The right place at the right time: creative spaces in libraries
- The library as safe space
- Understanding and embracing service design principles in creating effective library spaces and services
- Socially constructing library as place and space
- This space wanted: how four academic medical libraries and one joint storage facility converted libraries from materials warehouses to usable spaces
- From "library as place" to "library as platform": redesigning the 21st century academic library
- Library spaces redefined: a case study at a liberal arts college
- Great expectations: (re)design motivator for merging traffic at the service desk
- Sending out an sos: being mindful of students need for quiet study spaces
- The learning theater: a library space to be re-designed by patrons
- A space for everyone and everyone in the space: re-designing existing library space to inspire collaboration
- The library store: a new place and space within the georgia tech library
- Building back better libraries: improving planning amidst disasters
- Using persona descriptions to inform library space design
- About the authors
- Includes bibliographical references