Post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings /

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

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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 d...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (247 p.)
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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

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