Identifying the 'go-to spots': using map surveys to elicit perceptions of space and place in an academic library

This paper presents results from a face-to-face survey that elicited users' perceptions of space and place in an academic library. The survey required respondents to annotate maps of an academic library, and to answer open-ended survey questions. The survey identified two overlapping sets of places and student practices in the library. These places and practices reflect two contrasting paradigms of library space provision: a current book-centered paradigm, and an emerging technologically-supported learning-centered paradigm.