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Can a Library Building's Design Cue New Behaviors?: A Case Study
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 17, Number 4, October 2017
- pp. 843-862
- 10.1353/pla.2017.0049
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This study explores the relationship between architecture and interior space on student engagement at a newly constructed academic library. Using an action, mixed-methods approach with a convenience sample, researchers evaluated 744 photographs, 125 behavioral observations, and six group interviews. Analysis revealed four key attributes of engaging library design: engagement culture, core connectedness, environmental messages, and transformational challenges, thus affirming that spatial designs can influence behaviors.