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“A space for myself to go:” Early patterns in Small YA spaces
Public Libraries (2009)
  • Anthony Bernier, San Jose State University
Abstract
While young adults (teenagers) are routinely recognized as constituting nearly 25 percent of the nation's public library users, the vast majority of libraries devote more space and design attention to restrooms than to young people. Worse, there are currently no consistent or established metrics, no evaluation criteria, few conceptual standards of best practices, and little consistency in the methods by which we collect empirical evidence about young adult (YA) spaces. This study is the first systematic attempt to both collect and analyze empirical data on libraries' recent trend toward providing greater spatial equity for YA library service.
Publication Date
October, 2009
Publisher Statement
The original article was published in 2009 in Public Libraries.
Citation Information
Anthony Bernier. "“A space for myself to go:” Early patterns in Small YA spaces" Public Libraries Vol. 48 Iss. 5 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anthony_bernier/11/