When and where: Patron Use of Banks and Study Rooms
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2013-10-07
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Library Philosophy and Practice
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This article details the utilization of student workers to conduct patron population
surveys of library computer banks and study rooms at the Clark Memorial Library at
Shawnee State University in Portsmouth Ohio. The number of patrons was counted by
student employees at hourly intervals over three ten-day periods, garnering 9,295
separate observations with little interruption in day-to-day work flow. The survey
resulted in a far more detailed portrait of library usage than is possible with simple gate
statistics. Results indicate that usage is heaviest from Monday through Wednesday for
both computer banks and study rooms and lowest on Friday and Saturday before
climbing sharply on Saturday. Results also seem to show a student preference for study
rooms on higher floors of the library.
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Academic libraries -- Use studies, Public access computers in libraries -- Use studies, Clark Memorial Library
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Johnson, Michael, and Craig Finlay. “When and Where: Patron Use of Computer Banks and Study Rooms.” Library Philosophy and Practice, 2013, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/991/.
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