OPTIMIZING LIBRARY SPACE IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN VARNA
OPTIMIZING LIBRARY SPACE IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN VARNA

Summary/Abstract: The current article discusses the possibilities for improving the existing library environment in relation to the contemporary needs of the readers. Public library space includes the sum of premises where books, albums, documents are stored, as well as reading spaces, premises where readers are offered services, library storage places, digital library etc. The main principles and characteristics of library space are analyzed, which allows for the content of the activities of contemporary public libraries to be presented. The object of the study is the proposing of design and ergonomic strategies for modifying library space. The subject of the study is the ergonomic furniture in the library work space. The goal of the research is to study and describe the existing positive and negative practices in furnishing contemporary urban library space, as well as to offer adequate solutions for compensating for the bad examples. The objectives set in order to achieve the goal include the following: * Identifying the needs of contemporary readers in using the library environment; * Selecting ergonomic and adequate furniture which corresponds with the ergonomic characteristics of readers. The research methods include: * Sociological approach; * Descriptive approach; * Comparative approach. Results and findings of the study: recommendations for the contemporary furnishing of the library work space.

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