Library Spaces for Urban, Diverse Commuter Students: A Participatory Action Research Project

Brown-Sica, Margaret Library Spaces for Urban, Diverse Commuter Students: A Participatory Action Research Project. College & Research Libraries, 2012, vol. 73, n. 3, pp. 217-231. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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A data-gathering project using elements of Participatory Action Research was conducted at the Auraria Library, which serves the University of Colorado Denver, the Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Community College of Denver. The project was administered in order to shape a plan to develop a Learning Commons environment at the library. The researcher thought that the needs on a campus with many non-traditional, commuter students might differ from the needs of a more traditional college campus. Information was gathered using surveys, spontaneous focus groups, flipcharts and observation. Results were used and interpreted by students in an architecture class.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Participatory Action Research, Academic Libraries, Library Design, Service Learning
Subjects: D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
K. Housing technologies. > KB. Library, archive and museum buildings.
K. Housing technologies. > KF. Planning, Design, Removal.
Depositing user: Margaret Brown-Sica
Date deposited: 19 Jun 2013 00:24
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:26
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19518

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