Creating Research Infrastructures in the 21st-Century Academic Library : Conceiving, Funding, and Building New Facilities and Staff 9781442252424, 9781442252417

The Evolution of the American Academic Library Building 0810832194, 9780810832190

As a consultant on the design of academic library buildings, David Kaser often wondered why certain libraries were desig

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Evaluating Staff Perceptions of Supportive Healing Environment in Healthcare Facilities

Evidence-based design strategies can improve stress-free environments in healthcare, by emphasizing strategic opportunities to influence the design of health facilities. Evidence-based design (EBD) as a tool for healthcare planning is a method that began in healthcare having a general purpose of providing evidence based medicine. It involved Gathering information and evidence and using this evidence to mold the environment which supports the programming stage in design problem-solving. The connection between the theories and use of findings in (EBD), have not been adequately revealed enough to be used as a tool in design. As such, several factors, or characteristics, evident in numerous studies about healing environment and (EBD), require categorization into tangible and non-tangible dimensions in order to apply them during the design process successfully. Among others, four distinct variable or factors summarized from the work of two researchers – Dilani (2009) and Ulrich (1991) have been selected to be tested in this research; (1) enhancement of social support, (2) stimulating design features, (3) flexibility and coherence (4) connection to nature, focusing on the hierarchy of the above mentioned attributes according to their relevance in application and outcomes. Two research questions served as a foundation for the investigation of attributes in healing environments: What critical attributes can be identified by healthcare staff related to Dilani and Ulrich’s research findings? Is a hierarchy of attributes perceived by healthcare staff? The aim of this research is to closely examine the factors of Psychosocial Supportive Design theory by Alan Dilani (2001) and Supportive design theory (SDT) by Roger Ulrich (1991) on the staff in Eastern Mediterranean university health centre. Questioners and site visit were used for data collection. SPSS was used to obtain percentages from data collected. The result of the study reveals a hierarchy of factors perceived by the staff that can promote supportive healing. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(1), 13-25. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4678

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Marketing and Outreach for the Academic Library : New Approaches and Initiatives 9781442262553, 9781442262546

Volume 7 of the series Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library is focused on new approaches and initiatives in market

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Academic Library Metamorphosis and Regeneration 9781442273085, 9781442273078

Academic Library Metamorphosis and Regeneration continues the discussions around change and transformation that are taki

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Everyday HR : A Human Resources Handbook for Academic Library Staff [1 ed.] 9781555708177, 9781555707989

In clear and concise language Gail Munde cuts through the complicated and complex laws and practices of human resources

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The beginnings of Macedonian academic research and institution building (19th ‒ early 20th century) 9789989159909

This current collection of articles, entitled The Beginnings of Macedonian Academic Research and Institution Building (1

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Partnerships and New Roles in the 21st-Century Academic Library : Collaborating, Embedding, and Cross-Training for the Future 9781442255418, 9781442255401

The fifth volume in this series focuses on creating partnerships and developing new roles for libraries in the 21st cent

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Conceiving sexuality ; approaches to sex research in a postmodern world

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Cutting-Edge Research in Developing the Library of the Future : New Paths for Building Future Services 9781442250475, 9781442250451

In this third volume of the series, Cutting-Edge Research in the 21st-Century Academic Library explores examples of exci

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Academic Library Impact : Improving Practice and Essential Areas to Research [1 ed.] 9780838989777, 9780838989760

Building on established best practices and recent research, Academic Library Impact clearly identifies priority areas an

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