Assessing Library Space for Learning
Assessing Library Space for Learning With the surge in electronic access to the library's resources, there has been an ongoing discussion about the need for a physical library building. Students,…
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Assessing Library Space for Learning
With the surge in electronic access to the library's resources, there has been an ongoing discussion about the need for a physical library building. Students, faculty and staff go to the library for various reasons. On a college or university campus, the library is a destination for its users.
However, not much is known about how the library space contributes to user learning. Their usage makes the academic library a valuable learning space on campus. In Assessing Library Space for Learning, chapters discuss library usage at academic institutions and how that usage is an integral part of the student learning experience.
Included are the perspectives of an architect who is tasked with designing library spaces with learning in mind, a psychologist whose professional research focuses on the concept of place, and a dynamic group of academic librarians who are dedicated to making the library