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Quality and Assessment – Case Study LibQUAL+ and ACA’s Visual Scan
VISUAL SCAN© SPACE AUDIT   LibQUAL+® is a suite of services that libraries use to solicit, track, understand and act upon users' opinions of service quality.  The Visual…
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Can Technology Save the Economy?
America needs to get back to investing in technology again. It has been a struggle for many US libraries to improve their environments and adapt to new technology. Â Since…
Accurate measurement of current collection space is crucial for effective planning
For librarians and libraries who are thinking about why they should invest and digitize historical collections. Â We believe that digitization projects are very good at:Â 1. Â Embracing digital technology to…
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library – the tech answer
The Pew Report Internet and American Life Project did a survey on mobile devises and how its changing the way we live. It stated that 61 percent do not feel…
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WAYS TO IMPROVE LEARNING SPACES WITH TRACKING SENSORS
How well does the "library as place" support learning? It is important for the library building to provide natural flow and movement. When there are bottlenecks in the flow of…
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WAYS TO IMPROVE LEARNING SPACES
TRACKING SENSORS What tools can we use to make "library as place" better? It is important for the library building to provide a natural flow and movement. When there are…
Reimagining the printed page
The future of the book is very important to our work. There was an article in the New York Times, April 4, 2009 about Bradley Inman - the inventor of…
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Library Interview Questions
The following are interview questions that our firm has been asked to address for an academic library project. We are posting them because they are important for those to consider…
