Assessing library space for learning

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z679.55 .A87 2017
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Available

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Summary

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. On a college or university campus, the library is a destination for its users. Students, faculty and staff go to the library for various reasons. Their usage makes the academic library a valuable learning space on campus. However, not much is known about how the library space contributes to user learning. 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 conducive to the needs of their learners. This book is a combination of theory, practical and research based chapters with an overall focus on the intersection of library space and learning. The authors demonstrate the importance of the library space in our users' lives. In addition, the authors discuss the importance of determining ways to learn how library space contributes to user learning. Readers will gain an understanding of the library space as a valuable learning space and the steps librarians need to take to assess learning in the academic library.

Contents

Part I. Library space assessment background -- Space assessment : an interdisciplinary look at past and present studies / Karen R. Diller -- Library space and learning theory / Susan E. Montgomery -- A place to think, feel, and act : psychological approaches to understanding library spaces / Paul B. Harris and Stephanie N. Schweighardt -- The evolving role of the architect in library design / Tom Sens and Sarah Parisi Dowlin -- Part II. Applying library space assessment -- Academic libraries and accreditation : a theory-based framework for assessing modern library spaces / James Zimmerman -- Designed to meet our institutional mission : a case study from Grand Valley State University Libraries / Kristin Meyer and Erin Silva Fisher -- Satisfying the electric youth : maximizing student success through space, resources, services, and outlets / Mary Beth Lock, Meghan Webb and John Champlin -- Creating a learning culture for student-athletes / Jason Dodd and Dale Lackeyram -- Research-creation : library space and resources for fine arts students / Shailoo Bedi, Christine Walde, Tad Suzuki, and Bill Blair -- Are they different? : an investigation of space and learning in a STEM branch library / Ian McCullough and Jo Ann Calzonetti -- First-generation undergraduate students and library spaces : a case study / Karen A. Neurohr and Lucy E. Bailey -- Library space redesign : stimulus and respons: University of California, Santa Cruz / Gregory Careaga -- Part III. Library space and routine assessment -- Watch this space! : viewing assessment as a continuous process / Camille Andrews, Tobi Hines, and Sara E. Wright -- Future of academic library space assessment / Danuta A. Nitecki.

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