Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. About IFLA VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Approaches to Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Libraries
6. 1 Welcoming, flexible, and state of the art 9
7. 2 Working with focus groups as a part of a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) at the German National Library of Science 2 and Technology / University Library Hannover (TIB/UB) 28
8. 3 How to improve existing library buildings after evaluation 51
9. Architects on Library POEs
10. 4 Post-occupancy evaluation of ten public libraries in Barcelona Province 83
11. 5 A Review of post-occupancy evaluation of libraries in Taiwan from the perspective of the architecture profession 98
12. 6 Post-occupancy evaluation: Fayetteville Public Library 105
13. POE Case Studies: Different Time Frames
14. 7 The Law Library of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany revisited 129
15. 8 The “Berlin Brain” 147
16. 9 The McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast 161
17. 10 A Case study on a post-occupancy evaluation of the new Helsinki University Main Library 175
18. Appendix: Post-Occupancy Evaluation Questionnaire in English, French, German, and Spanish
19. Questionnaire about library buildings: characteristics – operation – evaluation 195
20. Questionnaire sur les bâtiments de bibliothèques: caractéristiques – fonctionnement – évaluation 207
21. Fragenkatalog zu Bibliotheksgebäuden: Kennzeichen – Betrieb – Evaluation 220
22. Cuestionario sobre edificios de biblioteca: caracteristicas – uso – evaluación 233
23. Contributors 246