Good afternoon

Laura Moran, Branch Mngr, Delaware Free Branch of Western Sullivan Public Library in Callicoon, NY. In dream stage of redesigning children's room.

Joey (he/him) from Baltimore County Public Library! I work in Collection Development.

Michele Foley from San Mateo Libraries. Project Manager.

Sarah Gilchrist, Reference and Instruction Librarian and UX doctoral candidate at The University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

MaryFaith from Elizabeth Public Library in Elizabeth, NJ. ALWAYS interested in design!

James Lutz, Director of Library Administrative Services @ TCU, Fort Worth, TX

Greetings from Las Vegas!

Hi, I’m Zoë. I’m in my second semester of the MLIS program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign!

Denise Smith from Hill College Library in Hillsboro Texas

Kelly Wilson (she/her), Reference & Instruction Librarian, Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo, CA

Kevin Trice - Strauss Health Sciences Library (Aurora, CO) - UX Specialist

Stephen Thomas, DeKalb County Public Library

Hi! I'm Lindsay (she/her), Library Services Specialist working with teens at the Strathcona County Library in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.

Jerry Lund, Circulation Manager, Fogler Library, University of Maine

Hi, from KCMO! Professor at a small college now, aspiring UX designer.

Chris Johnson, Waterford Public Library in CT, thinking about creating new Teen space...

Suanne Wymer, Tulsa City-County Library in OK. Also attending for ideas on teen spaces.

Hello from Syracuse, NY! I'm a UX Librarian, looking for ideas and new approaches

Stephen Thomas, DeKalb County Public Library

Academic library. We try to create a variety of spaces for study and relaxation for students.

Hello from SUNY Brockport - looking for ideas for academic libraries.

Hello from Concord (New Hampshire) Public Library!

Same here. Vive la variete

Same

Hi from Inclusive Services at Brooklyn Public Library.

Public library. Looking for ideas for all ages, shapes and abilities!

Hi Carrie! I just finished watching your webinar about programming for adults with developmental disabilities!

Will you be discussing impact of lighting as well?

@Lindsay, Cool! I hope your liked it.

Hello from Ventura County Library in CA

You might want to update that slide. Cavemen and dinosaurs weren't contemporaries. 🙂

Hey from Timmonsville Public Library in South Carolina!

@lindsay can you share where you found the webinar on adults with developmental disabilities? Or @Carrie!

@Suanne https://learn.webjunction.org/course/view.php?id=530

Lindsay - THANK YOU!!

You're welcome! It's a great webinar

If you've got questions, you can reach me at cbanks@bklynlibrary.org

❤️ “closeted sustainable nuts”

??Will you be speaking about accommodations for health - like COVID-driven design changes??

+1 to Kate's question

Hi from Soka University of America in southern CA

Not cost effective

Hi from Valdosta Georgia

Thanks @Carrie!

Curious if you might speak specifically about considerations with teens & furniture, knowing that teens often like to cluster close together and use furniture in non-standard/unexpected ways.

Hi tables/chairs can be difficult for people with mobility issues like seniors

High tables are difficult for some people. Will you address ADA accommodations and also age related challenges?

+1 Carrie & Michelle

I really wish airports had more spacing between seats.

Yes, that is so accurate about airport seating.

I think the accessibility comment is part of the reason why you can't have just one type of seating. You need spaces for each type of person.

@jane Yep!

Is there a gender conditioning component to some of these space considerations, e.g., men preferring more space in their environments?

is there an handout/resource guide?

High tables / laptop bars are often preferred by teens and younger adults. So they need to be chosen for the audience. Another seniors issue is to include wheels on chairs in some areas for ease of flex but no wheels on areas preferred by seniors who lean on the chair to sit and potentially have it roll away. Easily lockable wheels (by foot) are good.

What about spaces that are conducive for naps?

+1 to Millie's question

+1 to Millie's question - especially in academic spaces

@Stephen yes, exactly. @Millie my school had furniture that was designed for napping. It was more cavelike so you get that security zone.

Study carols are also good to minimizing distractions.

If you remember being a male teen you know you never sat in a chair properly - just languished and slouched. Beanbag chairs as a option can be tested cheaply and work for teens and tweens to get more boys in the library and comfortable.

How do you consider various people sizes in your furniture in these egg shape carols?

Was that over 39” or over 49” for diminished returns

Rounded shapes literally are more natural, even womblike.

Yet our students will drag the lounge wider soft furniture up to our tables.

Agreed, Kim

Students LOVE to redecorate

@Stephen "Not sitting in chairs properly" is also a characteristic of neurodivergent individuals. A variety of seating options might help them feel more comfortable and welcome.

All of our furniture upstairs in the commons is easily moved - we encourage students to "make the space fit their needs."

Its also fairly typically for people who are either shorter or taller than average to sit in furniture differently. I know I almost always sit with my feet up in the chair in some way because my feet never reach the ground. Taller people sometimes have difficulty fitting into spaces as well. Its important to have a variety because of this.

Yes, variety is essential.

@David for sure but sometimes I think all teens and tweens and temporarily neurodivergent at that stage.

I would love to have access to the powerpoint after the presentation to help me remember and illustrate important points.

??What about adjustable seat heights?? As a 'short person', I often need to raise my seat to have the work surface at a comfortable level.

I'm appreciating this presentation-- lots to think about. This will be helpful to guide our decisions

most libraries have an area that looks like that first photo 🤣

@Denise--a link to the slides and recording will be sent out via email by the end of tomorrow!

will the chat transcript be included as well?

The Zoom recording will include a playback of the chat, yes.

We have some of that furniture on the right

👍🏻

Yeah! Thank you so much!

The fireplace photo looks like my local public library. It’s a very popular spot.

Cheap fixes can include those step stools being available for short-legged people. They often stack for storage and help with kids too.

Thank you JOe for your expertise. I appreciate it

Thank you so much for all of the information

Great presentation!

Thank you so much! So many great ideas and things to consider that I hadn’t realized.

Thank you for this! It was great!

Thank you!

This has been a great presentation! Thank you so much!

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

Thank you so much

Much to think about, thanks!

Thank you.

Very interesting! Thank you.

Thanks so much for sharing your work and ideas with us!

Thoughts on children's library rooms? How might space, haven, comfort shift?

Wonderful, informative presentation. Thanks!

Can you talk about how some of these design principles might relate to displays? (i.e. book displays)

Even your presentation took space, haven, comfort and aesthetics into consideration, Joe! Time well spent with worthwhile information.

I'd appreciate more of these presentations about space planning. This is very helpful

Any suggestions for how we might think about these awesome physical space considerations in digital spaces?

Thanks another webinar to get to now.

thanks for that answer!

Thank you for the great presentation!

Thanks so much!

thank you!!!!

thank you

Thanks very much - very useful information!

thanks - really interesting session

Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!