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Samuel Owusu-Ansah – Journal of Access Services, 2024
This paper investigates the moderating influence of library size on the relationship between library space attributes and learning satisfaction. Employing a quantitative methodology, a sample of 196 university library users in Ghana was selected to investigate the perceived impact of repurposed library spaces on learning satisfaction. The author…
Descriptors: Organization Size (Groups), Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information)
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Baxter, Guy; Beard, Lorraine; Beattie, Gavin; Blake, Michelle; Greenhall, Matthew; Lingstadt, Kirsty; Nixon, William J.; Reimer, Torsten – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
Research Libraries UK is a consortium of 37 of the UK and Ireland's largest research libraries with the purpose of convening its members around the key issues that affect them, to represent their collective voice, to support them as they face shared challenges, and to be an effective advocate on their behalf. In fulfilment of these roles, RLUK…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Libraries, Consortia
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Breen, Michelle; Dundon, Mary; McCaffrey, Ciara – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
This study explores the library equivalent of the "towels on deck chairs" phenomenon of students reserving library seats: the practice of leaving personal belongings unattended at a library study space for long periods of time, rendering the desk unavailable for use by others. It presents highly inefficient use of high value academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Space Utilization, Library Facilities, Universities
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May, Francine; Swabey, Alice – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This study examines how students are using academic library spaces and the role these spaces are playing in the campus community. Data were collected on five campuses (two community colleges, two undergraduate universities, and one technical institute) via observational seating sweeps and questionnaires. The study found remarkably similar usage…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Universities, Technical Institutes
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Crook, Charles; Mitchell, Gemma – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
An imperative to develop the social experience of learning has led to the design of informal learning spaces within libraries. Yet little is known about how these spaces are used by students or how students perceive them. Field work in one such space is reported. The general private study practice of undergraduates was captured through audio…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Library Facilities, Social Experience
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Dewe, Michael – Information Development, 1989
The fourth in a series of articles on library buildings completed in the 1980s describes and evaluates new and remodeled buildings in Australia and New Zealand. The types of library buildings evaluated include state, public, academic, parliamentary, national, and special libraries. (30 notes/references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Facility Improvement, Foreign Countries
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Okerson, Ann – Microform Review, 1985
Outlines procedures and policies carried out by Simon Fraser University (SFU) in the microform conversion program initiated due to imminent space problems. Discussion covers background, space situation at SFU (seating, shelving), financial support for program, involvement of University Microfilms International and a book dealer, and conclusions.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wiley, Peter Booth – Library Journal, 1997
Re-examines seven major public library central facilities that were built or renovated in the past six years, including Chicago (Illinois), Los Angeles (California), Denver (Colorado), Phoenix (Arizona), San Antonio (Texas) and Vancouver (British Columbia). Topics include coping with crowds; new uses for the libraries; reorganization of space;…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Budgets, Building Design, Facility Improvement
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Sever, Irene – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A three-year study investigated the territorial behavior of children in a spatially unstructured library setting. The children's various solutions to the lack of spatial structure are described, and implications for libraries dealing with groups of children are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Foreign Countries, Furniture Arrangement, Group Activities
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Jamieson, Peter – Planning for Higher Education, 2005
Universities worldwide are reconfiguring their campus environments to respond to the emerging pedagogy within higher education with its emphasis on self-directed, collaborative, and problem-solving approaches to learning. In particular, there is an emphasis on forming "learning communities." In this context libraries are increasingly…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on library architecture, which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference focus on the effect of library networks on library design. Topics include: (1) "Some Problems in Designing of the University Library Buildings in China: A Developing Country University Librarian's View Based on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Architects, Building Design, Developing Nations
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Beckman, Margaret – Canadian Library Journal, 1990
Discusses ways to decrease costs when planning the design of a new library or an addition that also considers future needs. Topics discussed include space allocation considerations for the collection, users, and staff; entrances and exits; structural loading; building configuration; information technology considerations; and staff willingness to…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Building Design, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Expansion
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1988
Refinements of space standards and a survey of physical facilities are reported for Ontario-area universities. Part I, "1987 Refinements to the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Space Standards," updates the interim report issued in August 1986 and consists of the following: development of the COU space standards, the work of the…
Descriptors: College Buildings, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Planning, Facility Guidelines
Dewe, Michael – 1995
Now that fewer libraries are being built, it is particularly important to maximize space in the buildings available, and to ensure that library plans are determined by the needs of users. This book introduces the concept of space as a resource available to the library manager, along with stock, staff, and finance, which need managing in the same…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Children, Childrens Libraries