Post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings / / ed. by Karen Latimer, Dorothea Sommer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Bostick, Sharon L.,; Chen, Koli,; Forrest, Charles,; Franzkowiak, Anette,; Latimer, Karen,; Lukkari, Anna-Maija,; Millán, Mercè,; Omella, Ester,; Romero, Santi,; Scherer, Jeffrey A.,; Sinikara, Kaisa,; Sommer, Dorothea,; Viladrich, Assun,; Werner, Klaus Ulrich,
• HerausgeberIn: Latimer, Karen,; Sommer, Dorothea,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: IFLA Publications , 169
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 p.)

Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries. Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is the final step in this process. It provides a opportunity to assess whether the construction and design of the building has indeed met the library's and users' requirements and how effectively the building functions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- About IFLA -- Introduction -- Approaches to Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Libraries -- 1 Welcoming, flexible, and state of the art -- 2 Working with focus groups as a part of a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) at the German National Library of Science 2 and Technology / University Library Hannover (TIB/UB) -- 3 How to improve existing library buildings after evaluation -- Architects on Library POEs -- 4 Post-occupancy evaluation of ten public libraries in Barcelona Province -- 5 A Review of post-occupancy evaluation of libraries in Taiwan from the perspective of the architecture profession -- 6 Post-occupancy evaluation: Fayetteville Public Library -- POE Case Studies: Different Time Frames -- 7 The Law Library of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany revisited -- 8 The “Berlin Brain” -- 9 The McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast -- 10 A Case study on a post-occupancy evaluation of the new Helsinki University Main Library -- Appendix: Post-Occupancy Evaluation Questionnaire in English, French, German, and Spanish -- Questionnaire about library buildings: characteristics – operation – evaluation -- Questionnaire sur les bâtiments de bibliothèques: caractéristiques – fonctionnement – évaluation -- Fragenkatalog zu Bibliotheksgebäuden: Kennzeichen – Betrieb – Evaluation -- Cuestionario sobre edificios de biblioteca: caracteristicas – uso – evaluación -- Contributors