This article is on the development of the School Facility I.Q. Inventory (SFIQI), an instrument to assess the extent of knowledge a school administrator possesses in delivering their assignment to manage his/her school building. The instrument was designed based on the current literature. The validity of the instrument was verified by a panel of…

This case study explores the strategies used to redistribute materials among available shelves in a curriculum materials center after deaccessioning and relocation projects. The librarian estimated imposed fill ratios based on collection segments which were then mapped onto a floor plan to efficiently shift materials. The estimated imposed fill…

The Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Department at Charles F. Patton Middle School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, planted a garden to provide students with an organic horticulture experience. Although the garden provided the FCS Department space to grow plants, Patton Middle School FCS teachers Betsy Ballard and Kim Hislert believed it wasn't…

Space is a serious, expensive business on college campuses. Following a decade-long building boom, a crippling recession, a spike in energy prices (with further increases probable), and in some regions fierce competition for a shrinking pool of students, the stakes of managing campus space have never been higher. Students, it is often assumed,…

How one planning team solved the problem of getting the utmost out of the square footage and the budget provided for teaching spaces in a medical school. (Author)

Guidelines to help decision on whether to modernize or replace a school building. (MF)

A five-phase program has revolutionized campus mailing service at the University of Louisville. (Author/MLF)

Describes the Library Space Utilization (LSU) methodology, which demonstrates that significant information about the functional requirements of a library can be measured and displayed in a quantitative and graphic form. It measures "spatial" relationships between selected functional divisions; it also determines how many people--staff…

Although educators have succeeded in informing the public about the transformative power of electronic and telecommunications tools, they have frequently overlooked physical features of spaces needed to house them. This article discusses workspace, arrangements, flooring, environment, electrical wiring, lighting, acoustics, and security features…

Plans for alternate ways of using laboratories as either open-plan cluster laboratories or as multiple traditional unit shops are presented. (Author/EC)

Traditional factors of educational space design--cost, tradition, control, administration, and status--are contrasted with five new factors--students, educators, imagination, planning, and future utilization. (RAO)

The consideration of space adequacy can be divided into two major areas: (1) adequacy from the point of view of the physical attributes of the space and (2) the suitability of the space for activities of the occupant. A survey method is reported with a physical analysis rating system appended. (LBH)

Five cow barns were recently converted to provide additional space at a residential school farm facility for emotionally disturbed children. Provides pictures and drawings. (Author)

Describes the construction and operation of Idaho State University's stadium, the Minidome. (PG)

Briefly describes each of 56 exemplary school modernization and renovation projects throughout the U.S. and lists a person at each site to contact for more information. (JG)