Planning library spaces to encourage collaboration.
Most librarians can give examples from their own experience in which a library's physical space was either ill suited to the work to be performed or, in some unfortunate cases, a genuine barrier to productivity. In an effort to correct or avoid these situations, planners of library renovations or new construction make pre-design studies of individual workers' tasks and workflow at the work-unit level. In this article, the authors discuss how a pre-design review of library and institutional values influenced the course of a library renovation. The identification of collaboration as the major theme of the library and the institution's strategic directions drove renovation decisions and resulted in a facility that supports and promotes this concept.
Adamson
Martha C
MC
madamson@ccccd.edu
Bunnett
Brian P
BP
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013781:Texas