Library Space Assessment: User Learning Behaviors in the Library

Authors

Susan Montgomery, Rollins CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2014

Abstract

Library space assessment in academic libraries is beginning to attract attention in the research literature. Libraries need to uncover how as an informal learning space, it contributes to student learning on campus. The Olin Library sought to learn the role of library space in our users’ learning. We surveyed users about their learning behaviors in a specific space prior to a scheduled renovation and then in the same space afterward. We wanted to determine how the renovation changed users’ perceptions of their learning behaviors in that space.

Published In

Published originally in Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 40, no. 1 (2014): 70-75.

Publication Title

Journal of Academic Librarianship

ISSN

0099-1333

DOI

10.1016/j.acalib.2013.11.003