Space: The Final Frontier

• Published in: The Journal of academic librarianship Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 632 - 633
• Main Author: Little, Geoffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01-11-2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Academic libraries; Communication. Information transfer; Digital libraries; Exact sciences and technology; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information service management; Library and documentation centre management; Library and information science. General aspects; Sciences and techniques of general use; Space; Technology adoption; User needs; User service management; Space
• ISSN: 0099-1333; 1879-1999
• DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2014.10.006

The relationship between space and the mission and work of academic libraries has also changed enormously in the last decade and a half. Although providing access to printed information is one of the most important things libraries do, people can no longer claim that it is the primary service of college and university libraries. As many of them know, circulation figures across academic libraries have been falling for many years at the same time that enrollments have been increasing. This means that while libraries continue to acquire books and journals, materials on shelves are going unused while more students walk through entrance turnstiles. Here, Little details the use of spaces in new ways and with more regularity.