Toward the Environmental Design of Library Buildings.

Veatch, Lamar

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ERIC Number: EJ366400

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Publication Date: 1987

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Toward the Environmental Design of Library Buildings.

Veatch, Lamar

Library Trends, v36 n2 p361-76 Fall 1987

Reviews four environmental design and environmental psychology concepts and summarizes their implications for library building planning: (1) privacy; (2) proxemics and personal space; (3) territoriality; and (4) ergonomics and human factors. (34 references) (MES)

Descriptors: Building Design, Facility Planning, Furniture Arrangement, Human Factors Engineering, Interior Design, Library Facilities, Personal Space, Privacy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Administrators; Media Staff; Practitioners

Language: English

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