Transforming Health Sciences Library Spaces

Part I: Library Spaces That Work for Users

Chapter 1
Consumer Health Library Spaces: 'If you build it, will they come?'
Stevo Rocksandic and Allison Erlinger

Chapter 2
Space Utilization Study by Ithika S+R
Mellanye Lackey, Jean P. Shipman, Camille Salmond, and Darell Schmick

Chapter 3
Services and Space in Support of Innovation
Valrie Minson, Christine Driver Yip, Sara Russell Gonzalez, Neelam Bharti and Adam Brown

Chapter 4
Rethink, Redo, Repurpose: Transforming the Library Space to Meet Clients' Needs
Stevo Roksandic and Allison Erlinger

Part II: Working in Unique Spaces

Chapter 5
From There to Here to Virtual: Transformative Change at Chamberlain University
Lisa Blackwell

Chapter 6
Showing Leadership in Virtual Library Spaces
Helen-Ann Brown Epstein

Chapter 7
Reimagining Special Collections Spaces
Esther Carrigan and Nancy Burford

Part III: Library Spaces Working with What They've Got

Chapter 8
How One Library Streamlined, Slimmed Down and Became More Efficient After Losing 50% of Their Space
Jessica Decaro and Shannon Butcheck

Chapter 9
Surviving Tight Budgets and Proving Value-Added in Library Spaces
Margaret Hoogland

Chapter 10
Nickel and Diming Library Space Improvements with the Annual Library Budget
Alanna Campbell and Patty Fink


Epilogue: To Be a Building or Not to Be
Looking Toward the Future
Jean Shipman and Alanna Campbell