Screen LibraryUniversal design : a practical guide to creating and recreating interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning and research /
"Universal Design provides practitioners, graduate students, and other professionals interested in obtaining practical advice on how to effectively create and re-create interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning, and research. The academic library 'as place' continues to e...
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Chandos,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Chandos information professional series
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843346333 |
| Summary: |
"Universal Design provides practitioners, graduate students, and other professionals interested in obtaining practical advice on how to effectively create and re-create interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning, and research. The academic library 'as place' continues to evolve around the idea that the existing environment can have multiple uses. Partnerships with other college and university agencies, such as centers for teaching excellence and writing centers have compatible missions with those of academic libraries. Established within the building-proper these facilities will |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 157 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-150) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780633077 1780633076 |
| Index Number: | Z679 |
| CLC: | TU242.3 |
| Contents: | Why interior design matters -- Creating user-centered spaces in academic libraries -- Universally-friendly spaces -- Universal Design of learning spaces -- Potential collaborations -- Transforming spaces through the use of vignettes -- Conclusion. |