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Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces
About this book
Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces presents first-hand case studies and practical advice on transforming health sciences library spaces in the 21st century.
Collected here are the experiences and thoughts of librarians on the transformation of health sciences library spaces. They provide insights into planning, budgeting, collecting, and integrating user feedback, collaborating with leadership and architects and thriving in the good times and the tight times.
The book has three main sections:
The Realities of Making Virtual Work
Library Spaces that Work for Users
Library Spaces Working with What They've Got
These tackle crucial issues including:
Identifying and overhauling dated spaces that lack flexibilityGathering information on usage behavior and user feedback in relation to our spaces.Working with feedback to increase satisfaction, and use of the library space with little funds. Removing a large percentage of the physical collection and deciding what to replace it with.Maximizing relationships with stakeholders such as leadership and external departments to transform the library space.Understanding what going 100% virtual means in practice. Managing usage of materials not traditionally well suited to online access.
Collected here are the experiences and thoughts of librarians on the transformation of health sciences library spaces. They provide insights into planning, budgeting, collecting, and integrating user feedback, collaborating with leadership and architects and thriving in the good times and the tight times.
The book has three main sections:
The Realities of Making Virtual Work
Library Spaces that Work for Users
Library Spaces Working with What They've Got
These tackle crucial issues including:
Identifying and overhauling dated spaces that lack flexibilityGathering information on usage behavior and user feedback in relation to our spaces.Working with feedback to increase satisfaction, and use of the library space with little funds. Removing a large percentage of the physical collection and deciding what to replace it with.Maximizing relationships with stakeholders such as leadership and external departments to transform the library space.Understanding what going 100% virtual means in practice. Managing usage of materials not traditionally well suited to online access.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part I: Library Spaces That Work for Users
- Chapter 1: Consumer Health Library Spaces
- Chapter 2: Space Utilization Study by Ithaka S+R
- Chapter 3: Services and Space in Support of Innovation
- Chapter 4: Rethink, Redo, Repurpose
- Part II: Working in Unique Spaces
- Chapter 5: From There to Here to Virtual
- Chapter 6: Showing Leadership in Virtual Library Spaces
- Chapter 7: Reimagining Special Collections Spaces
- Part III: Library Spaces Working with What They’ve Got
- Chapter 8: How One Library Streamlined, Slimmed Down, and Became More Efficient after Losing 50 Percent of Their Space
- Chapter 9: Surviving Tight Budgets and Proving Value Added in Library Spaces
- Chapter 10: Nickel and Diming Library Space Improvements with the Annual Library Budget
- Epilogue: To Be a Building or Not to Be
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- About the Editor and Contributors