Guerrilla redesign: Use of visitor navigation and focus group research to assess and redesign a mid-sized academic library.

Authors

Patricia C. Pettijohn, University of South Florida St. PetersburgFollow
Kaya van Beynen, University of South Florida St. PetersburgFollow
Marcy Carrel

SelectedWorks Author Profiles:

Patricia C. Pettijohn

Kaya van Beynen

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

This presentation describes a research project in which reiterative visitor observation and focus group research was conducted over the span of one year, during which high-impact and low-cost design changes were made to the first floor of a mid-sized academic library. Research results were used to assess user needs, shape design changes, and track user response to redesign. By grounding library redesign within the framework of observational and focus group feedback, we can better understand how visitors negotiate their movements through library spaces and interact with library resources, in order to better meet student and faculty research and learning needs.

Language

en_US

Publisher

University of Chicago, Illinois

Recommended Citation

Pettijohn, P., van Beynen, K., and Carrel, M. (2009). Guerrilla Redesign: Use of visitor navigation and focus group research to assess and redesign a mid-sized academic library. Small-Scale, High-Impact Renovations: Redesigning Library Spaces on a Budget, Inaugural Kathleen A. Zar Symposium. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

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