Hozan Rauf, Münevver Özgür Özersay

Rethinking Contemporary Library Environment

as a Social Learning Centre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the era of digitalization and dominance of Internet search, student needs related to contemporary academic library spaces have changed. In search of ways for answering these changing needs of students, most universities have started to transform their spaces. Architects and interior architects/designers have done little research to guide such a transformation. This study aims to overcome this gap by thoroughly examining and analyzing existing literature and providing an in-depth investigation on Eastern Mediterranean University main library as a case. The research design is a "mixed methods" one, involving the combination of qualitative and quantitative research and data in the study. It starts as a qualitative one with onsite observations and informal interviews. The outcomes from this phase are used to construct the second quantitative phase at which the data are collected through structured questionnaires. The results reveal that, EMU main library does not fully coincide with the essential characteristics for contemporary academic libraries. The criteria of this research could be used as guidance for evaluating academic libraries, which need a transformation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9783330015531
• ISBN-10: 3330015535
• Artikelnr.: 47315243

Autorenporträt

Hozan Latif Rauf is a PhD candidate in Architecture at Eastern Mediterranean University in North of Cyprus. Also she finished her Master in Interior Architecture at the same university. Münevver Özgür Özersay, is an Assistant Professor in Eastern Mediterranean University.