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  • Analysis of users' activities in the Libraries.
  • Analysis of use of specific equipment and spaces in the Libraries.
  • Identification of 2 most desired times to extend open hours.
  • Identify 2 priority areas to align services, spaces, or equipment to better support these.
  • 1 Heat map for each library showing how spaces are currently used.
  • Space inventory of equipment and furnishings that are in our spaces

Possible Measures

  • Service/Assistance
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • # of desk stats
    • # door count?
    • # hours spent staffing within service/assistance spaces
    • # of staff per hour in service/assistance spaces
  • Social/exhibits space
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • # of attendees to exhibits and events
    • # exhibits per year
    • demographics of people attending exhibits
    • # of events held per year in our spaces
    • # of exhibit locations
    • total square footage of space allotted to social needs of users
    • # of users who use library for social/networking
  • Reading rooms
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • # seats
    • # soft seating
    • # of rest rooms near reading rooms
    • percentage of reading room space allotted to stacks/browsing collections
  • Collections
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • total # bays of print materials
    • % of collection circulating at any one time
    • # of sub-collections (browseries, new books displays, Sanborn maps, DVD collections, etc.)
  • Instruction spaces
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • # of instruction spaces
    • # seats allotted to instruction; # of seats in DIRC
    • list of equipment allotted to instruction
  • Equipment
    • # of machines by type
    • Reliability indicator (e.g., # of fix-lib tickets for machine X, Y, Z)
    • # of public computers; ratio of public to MIT-only computers
    • list of equipment by owner; id non-Libraries equipment
    • # of electric outlets and locations
  • Study rooms (individual and group)
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • total # of seats in all study rooms
    • # of large screens available
  • Storage
    • total square footage allotted to this kind of space
    • # of bays
    • # of boxes
    • % of collections in storage; total, books/journals/other
    • # of storage locations
    • cost of storage per square foot (or other?)

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