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Intentionality & Access: Designing a User-Centered Library for Literacy Source

Project tags:

equity & inclusion

information behavior & user research

social justice

Project poster

Literacy Source is an educational non-profit in Lake City that offers classes in English for speakers of other languages and adult based education to low-income adults. Though they have a Reading Library with many great materials for students and tutors, circulation is low. We worked with Literacy Source and the various users of the Reading Library to gather data and perspectives, leading to a re-design of the space. As a result of more concrete leveling criteria, re-organizing the ways books are shelved, and inclusive signage, users are now able to more easily browse the library space independently.

Project participants:

Annabella Abrao Abrao

MLIS

Amanda Chin

MLIS

Fatima Machado

MLIS

J. Clare Morrison

MLIS