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Tippecanoe County Public Library
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Tippecanoe County Public Library
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Square Feet: 600
Function/Use/Environment:
Public entrance and exit for the building. On the exterior, a covered entry should be included. Consider a small air lock followed by general lobby area. Small exhibits, displays in wall cases and community bulletin board included. If wall space is limited, a kiosk could be used, but not obstruct view into library.
An active, noisy traffic area which should be inviting, airy and non-congestive. Consider non-resilient flooring for acoustical advantages. Area could include artwork, banners, neon, special lighting, ceiling treatment or other means to make it visually stimulating.
A janitorial closet needs to be included in the lobby area.
Staff:
Check out of materials could be accommodated by extending the circulation counter into this area. Three check out stations should be planned.
Other requirements are outlined in the Circulation section of the program.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to/included with circulation department. Display area for new books and other materials will be just inside entrance.
Square Feet: 750
Function/Use/Environment:
Return of borrowed materials as people enter and check out of materials as they exit. This is the materials security checkpoint before exiting into the air lock. This is one of the noisiest areas in the library, with conversation (occasionally adversarial), movement of materials, and machines contributing simultaneously to the decibel level.
The circulation desk should be unobtrusive, as it is not the main function of the library, even though almost everyone must deal with it. The user's eye should not be drawn to the circulation desk, but to the library which lies beyond.
In addition to staff-assisted check out, there will be self-check out stations.
Staff:
1 Circulation Supervisor
2 Circulation Aides
5 Work-Study Aides
5 Pages/Work-Study Pages
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to/included in Lobby area. Self check out stations will be immediately before reaching check out desk. Beyond the circulation desk in the interior will be new books and other library materials display area. Circulation area will be immediately adjacent to Staff Work area. Optimally, exterior book return slots will empty into enclosed fireproof space within Circulation area.
Square Feet: 1,000
Function/Use/Environment:
Diverse uses, including work area for all staff, temporary storage of library materials being delivered to/from Main library, minor processing and repair of library materials, library supply depot, and general library storage. Deliveries from other campus buildings, Main library, vendors, and general delivery vehicles should enter directly into this area.
This multi-purpose area should be designed in plan and acoustically to be conducive to work environment. Acoustically, but not visually, separated from the public areas.
Staff:
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to Circulation area and exterior delivery area. Visually adjacent to main floor public area.
Square Feet: 5,000
Function/Use/Environment:
The Youth area is comprised of several smaller areas devoted to youth services: Public service desk, story hour/crafts room, periodicals, electronic resources, multi-media, and collections for juvenile reference, fairy tales, picture books, early readers, juvenile illustrated fiction, fiction books and fact books. The area is used by both children and adults, including parents, teachers, higher education students, and caregivers.
The area should be flexible and open, decorated in a colorful and inviting manner, and buffered from reference and study areas. Consider the use of neon or other artistic treatments. Furnishings should generally be child size and child friendly and shelving should not exceed 66".
Staff:
Public service station with two staff positions with flexibility to expand number of staff. Station must be large enough to accommodate up to four computers with associated printers and peripherals. Space should include files and storage for supplies and ready reference materials.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Youth area should be adjacent to main entrance or stairs and elevator. Within the area, the Picture Book, Early Readers and Fairy Tales areas are adjacent to each other and to the Story Hour/Crafts room and entrance to the Youth Area. The Reference area is adjacent to the Public service desk and Juvenile Fact collection. The Fiction area is most proximate to the Young Adults area.
Square Feet: 500
Function/Use/Environment:
Provides materials and services for middle school and high school students. It includes library materials along with space for study and relaxation. The area should be easily identified by and inviting to its user group. For supervision, the area should be visible to staff and other library users, yet convey a feeling of isolation. Flexibility for rearrangement over time is important for display, furnishings, and space allocation. It is expected that the atmosphere will be conversational, requiring attention to acoustics to minimize disruption to other users.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Area should be adjacent to Juvenile Fiction, Adult Fiction and Periodicals areas.
Square Feet: 500
Function/Use/Environment:
Area to house the non-print media available for loan. Flexible open space which provides for easy rearrangement and addition of new formats. A "quick service" area, usually adjacent to entrance, but need not necessarily be so.
Furniture & Equipment:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to entrance and new materials browsing area, but may be more remote from the entrance.
Square Feet: 17,750
Area 1: Fiction Collection: 7,750
Function/Use/Environment:
Stacks to house the adult fiction collections, including general fiction, mysteries, science fiction, westerns, and large type.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Near new books display area and other adult areas.
Area 2: Non-Fiction Collection: 10,000
Function/Use/Environment:
Area to house the general non-fiction collections. Due to incompatible classification systems -- Library of Congress for the College and Dewey Decimal for the Public Library -- collections will be housed separately, but about equal in size. Generally, area will be a concentration of stacks with study spaces around the perimeter, but study tables and carrels may be interspersed with stack areas. Specialized collections, such as automotive repair, careers, and finance may be housed in ranges of shelving separate from the general collections.
Periodical display, reading, and storage is included in this area.
The area should be designed to be conducive to study. Flexible group study rooms and one larger conference space are to be included.
This is an open public area, which must be flexible for future rearrangement with minimal disruption.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to reference area
Square Feet: 2,500
Function/Use/Environment:
Provide general reference and bibliographic materials and services to both walk-ins and telephone inquiries. Public service station should be highly visible and proximate to people entering the space. All furnishings and equipment should be low in height, giving unobstructed view to general collections adjacent to Reference. Conversations between staff and users should not be disruptive to others outside the area.
Staff:
Public service station with two staff positions with flexibility to expand number of staff. Station must be large enough to accommodate up to four computers with associated printers and peripherals. Space should include files and storage for supplies and ready reference materials.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Central to Adult Non-Fiction and study area. Immediately adjacent to primary entrance to area. Adjacent to other non-fiction shelving and study areas.
Square Feet: 400
Function/Use/Environment:
Area to provide bibliographic instruction to students and general public in formal classroom setting. Room will also likely be used for distance education.
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Near offices and study rooms. Proximate to general non-fiction collections.
Square Feet:
Joint-Use Library Manager's Office 180
College Librarian's Office 180
Function/Use/Environment:
Enclosed offices for managerial level personnel. Acoustically separated, but visually connected to public area. Easily accessible to staff work area.
Staff:
Each an office for one individual and two guests
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Office should be adjacent to each other. Proximate to Reference public service station, conference room, and orientation classroom. Easy access to staff workroom.
Square Feet: 600
Function/Use/Environment:
Closed storage area for video tapes and staff work space to maintain collection.
Staff:
1 Support staff workstation
Furniture & Equipment:
System Needs:
Adjacencies:
Adjacent to orientation classroom
Posted 12/8/2000 by Tom Funkhouser