Engaging design : creating libraries for modern users

Title:

Author:

Decker, Emy Nelson, 1978- author

ISBN:

9781440856129

Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2018]

Physical Description:

viii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

How good design works and why -- Reaching library users -- Designing library spaces -- Designing instruction -- Designing e-learning.

Abstract:

"This book demonstrates how aesthetics, design elements, and visual literacy can be implemented in the library to enhance spaces, programs, services, instruction, and outreach so that your library will appeal to all users"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term:

Library architecture.

Library buildings -- Design and construction.

Library decoration.

Library architecture. (OCoLC)fst00997633

Library buildings -- Design and construction. (OCoLC)fst00997651

Library decoration. (OCoLC)fst00997707

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Added Author:

Porter, Seth M.

Other Format:

Online version: Decker, Emy Nelson, 1978- Engaging design. Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, [2018] 9781440856136 (DLC) 2018035818

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This book demonstrates how aesthetics, design elements, and visual literacy can be implemented in the library to enhance spaces, programs, services, instruction, and outreach so that your library will appeal to all users.

Libraries have come to accept that they must rethink how they appeal to users, and harnessing the power of design can be a powerful means for addressing the changing needs of the community. Decker and Porter introduce "engaging design"--an umbrella term that incorporates multiple design frameworks with a focus on a three-prong approach: aesthetics, design thinking, and service design. These frameworks can be used to guide design choices that will aid in teaching and engaging current and potential library users.

In the course of a lively and interesting narrative, Engaging Design introduces basic concepts of aesthetics and good design and explores examples of its successful uses in the academic, public, and special library. It provides simple steps for implementing subtle, but powerful, techniques to improve instruction, human-computer interaction, e-learning, public services spaces, wayfinding signage, and all manner of library programs, events, and services. In addition, the authors recommend easy-to-implement best practices that will help librarians to enhance library-goers' experience. Library administrators will also look to this book for assistance in best addressing the needs of the modern library user.

Author Notes

Emy Nelson Decker is NextGen public services manager at Georgia Tech Library. She holds an MLIS from Valdosta State University.

Seth Porter is the head of Stokes Library for the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

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The focus on user experience within libraries has expanded from simplifying access to services to rethinking the design of physical and digital spaces. Decker (NextGen public svcs. manager, Georgia Tech. Lib.; coeditor, Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries) and Porter (Stokes Lib., Woodrow Wilson Sch. of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Univ.) call this "engaging design." They posit that by taking a holistic approach to design, libraries can enhance user experience and encourage lifelong learning. The authors follow a fictional librarian's journey through the renovation of a university library. Decker and Porter define good design and discuss how to incorporate it into interior and exterior spaces, websites, and in-person and online instructional technology and programs. They also emphasize creating spaces and programs that are accessible to people with special needs. However, while this is a good literature review on design principles and pedagogical e-learning, the lack of real-life examples and paucity of illustrations prevent it from being as practical a tool for librarians and administrators as the authors claim. VERDICT An additional purchase for librarians curious about library design.-Donna Marie Smith, Palm Beach Cty. Lib. Syst., FL © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Chapter 1 Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 2 How Good Design Works and Why	p. 21
Chapter 3 Reaching Library Users	p. 53
Chapter 4 Designing Library Spaces	p. 75
Chapter 5 Designing Instruction	p. 95
Chapter 6 Designing E-Learning	p. 119
Chapter 7 Conclusion	p. 145
Index	p. 151

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