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Using pedestrian choice research to facilitate resource engagement in a midsized academic library.
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
  • Kaya van Beynen, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
  • Patricia C. Pettijohn, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
  • Marcy Carrel
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Kaya van Beynen

Patricia C. Pettijohn

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Abstract

For a one year period, visitors to the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, University of South Florida St. Petersburg were observed regarding how they negotiated through the first floor and interacted with the library resources and educational displays. Pedestrian choice research was applied to the library to better understand visitor movement and facilitate greater interaction and engagement. To encourage greater interaction, future library design needs to strategize the high demand services and resources along the natural pathways and to the immediate library entrance, while remote locations should be redesigned as desirable destinations that provide high benefits to students and library visitors.

Comments

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Editorial and formatting changes may have been made to this version since it was submitted for publication. The final version was published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship, Sept 2010, 36(5), 412-419. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.06.005

Language
en_US
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Citation Information
van Beynen, K., Pettijohn, P.C. & Carrel, M. (2010) Using pedestrian choice research to facilitate resource engagement in a midsized academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(5), 412-419. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.06.005