Abstract

MIRELES CARDENAS, Celia  and  PENA LANDEROS, Jorge Alejandro. Post occupancy evaluation in libraries: a systematic review. E-Ciencias de la Información [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.3-18. ISSN 1659-4142.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/eci.v7i2.26405.

Faced with the questioning about what are the characteristics that the library spaces must have to be relevant to the practices and behaviors of the users of the XXI century, his study establishes as a general objective to identify the main characteristics of the scientific literature that refers to the Subject of post-occupancy evaluation in libraries in the last ten years. In order to achieve the established objective, a systematic review of the literature referring to post-occupancy evaluation studies in libraries was carried out in the following languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese, published between 2006-2016, in the Academic Search Complete of EBSCO, Web of Science (WOS), Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Network of Scientific Journals of Latin America and the Caribbean (REDALyC), DIALNET, INFOBILA, Google and Google Scholar. The results show that there is a balance between the theoretical and empirical studies on the subject that are carried out mainly by architects and librarians in both university and public libraries, as well as the use of different methods and techniques in their implementation. The conclusions emphasize the importance of this type of studies for the improvement of the use of spaces and the optimization of the resources invested in the construction or remodeling of libraries, as well as of the collaborative and interdisciplinary work to carry them out.

Keywords : Post occupancy evaluation; evaluation of buildings; library buildings; library space utilization; library architecture.

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