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According to the American Library Association<\/a>, there are 120,096 libraries in the United States. Although the U.S. is a complex and dynamic country, too many libraries are housed in out-dated facilities that, in their rigidity, de-emphasize the potential aspects of their use. It is difficult to represent the rich world of today\u2019s multifaceted experiences in flat-lands that look backward, and, essentially, ignore the on-going information revolution. <\/p>\n

Although staffs continue to migrate library services toward e-resources, their work environments in these buildings emphasize traditional, paper-based operations. Too many of them contain imposing desks; reading rooms outfitted with almost indestructible tables and chairs; walls and walls of book stacks; outmoded, low tech program rooms; too large and out-dated technical services\/operations areas. <\/p>\n

Escaping from these flat-lands means re-envisioning the facilities by emphasizing library performance related to customer needs. Simplicity is the key according to Christine Congdon, Donna Flynn and Melanie Redman Harvard Business Review balancing “We” and “Me”<\/a> <\/p>\n

HRB States – “The best collaborative spaces also support solitude” – From our perspective, the best libraries and learning spaces support 7 different spatial modes of learning. Any up-date or major renovation must take into consideration functional relationships, and be driven by the 7 library interior spatial modes: <\/p>\n

  • touchpoint<\/li>\n
  • social<\/li>\n
  • reflective<\/li>\n
  • collaboration<\/li>\n
  • presentation<\/li>\n
  • physical collection<\/li>\n
  • services\/operations <\/li>\n

    Five of these modes directly interface with customers. A sixth mode relates to the deposit print collection, if it still exists. The seventh mode concerns staff services\/operations.<\/p>\n

    \"modes<\/a>
    modes of learning in libraries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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