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At Home in the Academic Library? A Study of Student Feelings of "Homeness"
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Mehta, Priya; Cox, Andrew – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
A recent focus in academic library design is as a third place: a home from home. Research has yet to interrogate what it means to be "at home,, and if academic libraries are treated like, and feel like home to students. Seamon's model provides a framework for understanding the qualities associated with homeness, across the five dimensions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
Student Perceptions of the Library during Times of Terror: Exploratory Research Surveying Students Affected by the October 1 Shooting and Their Impressions of Safety in the Academic Library Community
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Mazmanyan, Kelsey Lupo – College & Research Libraries, 2020
On October 1, 2017, the history of Las Vegas, Nevada was forever changed when a mass shooting claimed the lives of 58 innocent people at a concert site on the Vegas Strip. Only three miles away, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and its main branch, Lied Library, became a space where students sought shelter and answers. To understand how this…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Academic Libraries, School Safety
Design Matters: How School Environment Affects Children.
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Hebert, Elizabeth A. – Educational Leadership, 1998
The organization of space profoundly affects learning. Students feel better connected to a building that anticipates their needs and respects them as individuals. Built in 1971, Crow Island School, in Winnetka, Illinois, is a prize-winning facility that has provided generations of children with windowed classrooms, skylights, adjacent workrooms,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Physical Environment