How to Identify and Reframe Design Problems in Your Library Space

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How to Identify and Reframe DESIGN PROBLEMS in your library space | When looking at our library spaces, we can often intuitively tell when something is wrong. By identifying these problems and reframing them in a way that focuses on their effects on students, we can advocate for change.

Figuring out the Design Problems in Your Space

In my latest post at AASL Knowledge Quest, I focus on how to identify the various design problems in your space and how to advocate for changing them.  Check out this preview below:

Many of us are rethinking and redesigning our library spaces. We have visions of flexible, mobile furnishings on wheels, beautiful charging stations, tools to support technology.  And these are all great and wonderful. But if we go to our administration/school board/people who have money to give us and all we do is paint pretty pictures of what our space could be, they may or may not give us money. By identifying the specific design problems in our space and how they impact student learning, we are much more likely to secure that funding that we need.

Check out my post to learn about how I have dealt with a variety of design problems in my 1950s era used-to-be-the-cafeteria space.  Some of the problems include:

  • Setting up the space for meetings
  • Inflexible furniture blocking books during events
  • Non-stackable chairs that can’t be stored elsewhere
  • Shelving that’s too deep
  • Awkward layouts of the space
Go check out the post to learn how I reframed these design problems and found solutions for them.