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Meng Qu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This paper introduces a Patron Counting and Analysis (PCA) system that leverages Wi-Fi-connection data to monitor space utilization and analyze visitor patterns in academic libraries. The PCA system offers real-time crowding information to the public and a comprehensive visitor analysis dashboard for library administrators. The system's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Users (Information), Use Studies, Space Utilization
APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (NJ3), 2012
Space is both an asset and a burden for colleges and universities. On the one hand, space holds enormous value for institutions; their campuses and buildings are worth, in many cases, hundreds of millions of dollars. Space is the medium in which the institution operates. Online courses have proven that education can be conducted anywhere, but most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Campuses, Space Utilization
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George, Gene; Erwin, Tom; Barnes, Briony – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
In April 2007 Butler Community College made learning spaces one of its five strategic priorities. The college had just completed a major renovation of the work spaces for the IT division and had started a project to build a student union and create informal learning spaces at the Andover campus. With learning spaces becoming a strategic priority,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Facility Guidelines, Strategic Planning
Kelsey, F. Lamar – School Administrator, 1989
Describes a Colorado school district's efforts to design and construct a compact, efficient, space-saving elementary school adapted to a wooded, aesthetically pleasing site. The project's complete cost, including interior furnishings and equipment, came to $52.60 per gross square foot, or $4,189 per student. The community is inordinately proud of…
Descriptors: Community Action, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Education
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Winicur, Daniel H. – CEFP Journal, 1988
Provides a sequence of planning considerations at the University of Notre Dame leading to the decision to construct a "generic" classroom building for use by the entire university. Discusses the building program, determination of its size and mixture of classrooms, and the definition of general purpose "generic" classrooms.…
Descriptors: Class Size, Classroom Design, Construction Costs, Educational Facilities Planning
Manley, Will; And Others – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1989
The innovative designs of three libraries are described: the Tempe (Arizona) Public Library, which emphasizes services for children and students; an underground library at Park College, Missouri; and a public library located in the Vancouver (Washington) Mall. The fourth article describes the work going on to restore the Los Angeles (California)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Facility Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Facilities
Gisolfi, Peter A. – American School Board Journal, 1998
To integrate the library fully into the educational life of an elementary school, the following design principles are offered: (1) locate the library centrally within the school; (2) provide separate areas for different functions; (3) design the entire space so that it can be observed by one adult; and (4) incorporate computers seamlessly into the…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
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Yazici, Hulya Julie – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
Teaching quantitative courses can be challenging. Similarly, layout modeling and lean production concepts can be difficult to grasp in an introductory OM (operations management) class. This article describes a simulation model developed in PROMODEL to facilitate the learning of layout modeling and lean manufacturing. Simulation allows for the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Manufacturing, Business Administration Education, Spreadsheets
Odell, John H. – 1995
A school construction guide offers key personnel in school development projects information on the complex task of master planning and construction of schools in Australia. This chapter of the guide provides advice on issues involving school space design and the kinds of spaces required in schools, including lecture spaces and seminar rooms,…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Guidelines
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Allen, Robert R., II; Lambert, Thomas E. – Planning for Higher Education, 1987
Office of Management and Budget Circular A-21 governs the accountability of indirect cost reporting for institutions of higher education. The University of Louisville's development of a timely and accurate space inventory per A-21 prescription is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Facilities Planning, Facility Guidelines, Facility Inventory
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Examines the notion of an early childhood education center organized as a series of houses around a common core of shared facilities. Discusses examples of child-care centers in Sweden and explores ideas that can promote functional facilities. Suggestions include ideas about physical-motor activities areas, administration offices, centralized…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Day Care Centers, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
The Educational Facility Planner, 1995
This document contains nationally recognized educational-facility designs, including the 1994 James D. MacConnell Award Winner--Heritage Oak Elementary School in Roseville, California. The architectural designs of other schools are also included--10 elementary schools, 6 high schools, 1 vocational school, 3 institutes of higher education, 1…
Descriptors: Architectural Programming, Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Plans
North Carolina Commission on Higher Education Facilities, Chapel Hill. – 1988
The status of space in North Carolina institutions of higher education at the end of the drop-add period of the 1987 fall term at each college is presented. Indications of the uses being made of the space are given, and norms and historical information are presented for the past 5 years to enable institutions to make their own assessments of their…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Classrooms, College Buildings, Educational Facilities
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Probasco, Jack – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1989
Inventories of space characteristics and utilization evolved into college space planning guidelines. Several approaches and methods for calculating space needs are described. The guidelines that an institution selects depends on its organization, the availability of the data the models call for, and the amount of work that one wants to do.…
Descriptors: Classrooms, College Buildings, Computation, Educational Facilities Planning
North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks. Dept. of Industrial Technology. – 1978
A research project was undertaken to develop a handbook for secondary school industrial arts programs in North Dakota relative to the educational specifications on facilities and instructional equipment. Among the procedures used to determine these needs were a literature search for such guidelines in other states, a review of the restructured…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities, Educational Specifications
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