1. North Texas Library Assessment Group Summer Meeting July 11, 2014
Library Space Use Assessment
Tiffany LeMaistre UT Tyler
Zoltán Szentkirályi SMU

2. Muntz Library at UT Tyler Headcount Planning & Results
Library Space Assessment
Muntz Library at UT Tyler Headcount Planning & Results
Planning for the Project
-The Why and How of Data Collection
Results
-What We Can Learn from Headcounts
Remaining Questions
-What We Still Want to Know

3. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Planning
Why we needed headcounts
Piecemeal improvements
Need for a comprehensive renovation
Competition for space and resources

4. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Planning
How we collected data
Spreadsheet for data storage and analysis
Worksheet for data collection
Public Services collaboration

5. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

6. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

7. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

8. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

9. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

10. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

11. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

12. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

13. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What does the data look like?

14. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What can we learn from the data?

15. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What can we learn from the data?

16. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What can we learn from the data?

17. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What can we learn from the data?

18. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What can we learn from the data?

19. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What do we still want to know?
Number of Visitors is Jens Haaning and SUPERFLEX’s contribution for Populism, an exhibition which took place in 2005 in Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt; National Museum og Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2005).

20. Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Results
What do we still want to know?

21. Fondren Library Center at SMU Measuring Info Commons Usage
Library Space Assessment
Fondren Library Center at SMU Measuring Info Commons Usage
Evolution of Measurement Process
3 approaches attempted:
Detailed Template by Area
One Overall Map
Simple Counts

22. How do patrons use this space?
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
How do patrons use this space?

23. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Info Commons – 5 Areas:
North Bay Windows
Study tables, sofas, browsing, PCs
Table Computers
PCs and Macs at open view tables
Carrel Computers
PCs and Macs at privacy carrels
Print/Scan/Ref Desk
Short burst production traffic
South Bay Windows
Study tables and sofas

24. Evolution of Info Commons Measurement Templates
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Evolution of Info Commons Measurement Templates
Detailed by Area
Five templates, one for each area
Observation of patrons over time
Log complex counts of activities
One Overall Map
One map of entire Info Commons
Snapshot of seat/space occupied
Log patron counts by Area
Simple Counts
Ongoing Library Patron Counts
Overall Count for each Area
Usage Capacity by Area

25. Detailed Template by Area
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template by Area
One specific area – observed over minutes time
Seat/space occupied
Activity being performed
Solo vs. Group behavioral dynamics
Functional needs & mismatches
Transition effects? (difficult to track in 15 minutes)
Inefficiencies

26. Detailed Template by Area
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template by Area

27. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template

28. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template

29. Data from Detailed Template
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Data from Detailed Template

30. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template
Advantage: Details!

31. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template
Disadvantages
Observations require extended time and intensive focus
Logging of multiple activities, etc., difficult to capture it all
Different template for each Area, need multiple sessions to capture one picture of Info Commons activity
Template not conducive to quantitative coding

32. Detailed Template Disadvantage: Unsustainable Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Detailed Template
Disadvantage: Unsustainable

33. One Overall Map Snapshot of the entire Info Commons
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map
Snapshot of the entire Info Commons
Log each seat or space occupied “x”
Circle the x’s that are conversing
Note functional mismatches
Count the x’s in each area

34. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map

35. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map

36. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map
Advantage:
Map markings enable quantitative exploration of Info Commons activity after-the-fact

37. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map
Advantage:
Map markings enable quantitative exploration of Info Commons activity after-the-fact

38. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
One Overall Map
Advantage:
Map markings enable quantitative exploration of Info Commons activity after-the-fact

39. Simple Counts From Ongoing Library Patron Counts
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Simple Counts
From Ongoing Library Patron Counts
Overall head count for each of the 5 Areas in the Info Commons
Can use this to calculate % capacity of available seating in each Area

40. Library Space Assessment Info Commons Usage at SMU
Simple Counts

41. Simple Counts from Ongoing Library Patron Counts
Library Space Assessment
Info Commons Usage at SMU
Simple Counts from Ongoing Library Patron Counts
Advantage:
Simple & Sustainable
Disadvantage:
Need more detail

42. Questions? Library Space Assessment Library Head Counts at UT Tyler
Info Commons Usage at SMU

43. Library Space Assessment
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