This PowerPoint was developed for Dr. Ron Bergquist's Public Libraries Seminar (INLS 843) at UNC-CH in the spring of 2010.

1. The Library’s “Place” Image from http://librisdesign.org/docs/SiteSelectionLibraries.pdf Lucy Hart Peaden | Dr. Ron Bergquist | INLS 843: Public Libraries Seminar | 26 February 2010

2. A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.--Shelby Foote Is a community just a group of buildings gathered around a library? Doeslocation matter?

3. Agenda A Brief History Themes throughout History and Summary Points What’s your opinion? Library Spatial Research Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Closing Thoughts Reading Suggestions

5. Carnegie; library building expiration date; libraries a mile apart from each other

6. Joseph Wheeler; downtown; location first (then the rest), no old buildings, rent

7. Great Depression; “superbranches”; post-WWII; suburbia; automobiles

8. Library Services Act (1956); more ALA involvement

9. War on Poverty, Civil Rights Movement, counterculture; Library Services and Construction Act (1964)

10. more diversified; focus on ethnic service centers; Public Library Mission Statement and Its Imperatives for Service

11. less social reform; more research about location; libraries without walls

12. less construction because of economy; focus on location

13. Internet; creative spaces; PLGDB2010s and beyond…?

15. no clear consensus; ebb and flow1) location is a major determinant of use 2) optimal location = accessible to greatest number of users 3) retail site selection methods are considered valuable by librarians 2010s and beyond…?

16. What’s your opinion? downtown vs. near school, park, etc? stand-alone building vs. part of larger structure (such as mall) parking lots vs. side street parking old vs. new structures

18. market area distance range

19. distance and elasticity of demand

20. distance and quality or attractiveness of service

22. Library Spatial Research Demographic user and potential user characteristics univariate studies degree of urbanization and population density income age political activity multivariate studies education, life cycle, urban residence education, sex, age education, age education, income, occupation education, income, family life cycle education, occupation Race Re-siting, closing, and opening

23. Geographic Information System Use simplifies the process of analyzing market area data GIS: produces geographic references such as address and voting district maintains and is capable of calculating the relationship among geographic features indentifies and analyzes library market profiles capable of providing descriptions, explanations, predictions and judgements community analysis, market area profile, land selection http://www.geolib.org/PLGDB.cfm

24. Closing Thoughts Does location matter? Is the idea that the location makes or breaks the effectiveness of the library too doom and gloom? How can librarians be active players? What are some approaches you think are correct? Which ones are incorrect?

25. Additional Reading The County of Fresno. (2003). The Heart of a Community: Its Public Library. Meeting Library Needs for Fresno County Residents: 2002-2020. Fresno County, CA: Fresno County Board of Supervisors. Koontz, C.M. (2007). A History of Location of U.S. Public Libraries Within Community Place and Space: Evolving Implications for the Library’s Mission of Equitable Service. Public Library Quarterly, 26(1/2). doi: 10.1300/J118v26n01_05 ---. (1997). Library Facility Siting and Location Handbook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ---. (2001). The Location of Your Library Building: Why It Is Important, and How to Do it, Using GIS (Geographic Information System Software). In M.-F. Bisbrouk (ed.), Library Buildings in a Changing Environment (pp. 141-153). München: K.G. Saur. ---. (1992). Public Library Site Evaluation and Location: Past and Present Market-Based Modeling Tools for the Future. Library & Information Science Research, 14 (4), 379-409. ---. (1994). Retail Location Theory: Can It Help Solve the Public Library Location Dilemma? In J. M. Greiner (ed.), Research Issues in Public Librarianship (pp. 171-181). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ---. (2002). Where do Our Library Customers Live (and Why Should We Care?). Retrieved from http://www.geolib.org/pdf/MLSGeoMarketSize.pdf Marcum, Deanna B. (1996). Redefining Community through the Public Library. Daedalus, 125 (4, Books, Bricks, and Bytes), 191-205. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20027393. WBDG Staff. (2009). Public Library. Retrieved from http://www.wbdg.org/design/public_library.php