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- Title
IZAZOVI KNJIŽNIČNE ARHITEKTURE ZA MLADE.
- Authors
Kasap, Marta; Aparac-Jelušić, Tatjana
- Abstract
This article is written with the intention to fill up the gap in the Croatian professional literature concerning the topic of building and designing the library space for young adults. The first part of the paper presents the methodology, and the second discusses the results and the conclusions of the investigation conducted in the City Library in Zadar. This Library was chosen for the two main reasons, the first was the announcement that the Library needed an extension, and the second was the fact that the need for the new library space for young adults was recognized both by the librarians and by the city policy and decision makers. The first research goal was to see and describe the young adults' reactions after seeing the visual presentations of various library buildings. The second goal was related to expressing their own views about their needs when it comes to adapting the existing library space and introducing new activities, using the available areas for the extension of the City Library in Zadar. Their attitudes concerning organization and design of the space were also investigated. The third goal was to identify the attitudes of the professionals working with young adults about the library space for young adults, its design and furnishing. The assumptions of the research were that young adults desire their own library space and that they have ideas about how to organize and design it, and also that the professionals working with young adults expect that the City Library would attract more users if the attractive, functional and pleasant premises were offered. The research was based on the use of the qualitative methodology (focus-groups and interviews) and was conducted in 2015. The research results showed that all respondents were aware of the need for new, attractive, functional, and pleasant premises which would enable the library to offer a number of new services for young adults.
- Publication
Vjesnik Bibliotekara Hrvatske, 2017, Vol 60, Issue 2/3, p153
- ISSN
0507-1925
- Publication type
Article