The physical elements affecting student’s concentration in libraries

Thao Hien Dang, Wenzhi Chen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of physical elements in a library’s interior design on the concentration of students using the library for their work. The research question is as follows: which physical factors have, from their perspective, an impact on the concentration of students using the library for work? Also, this study compares the importance of the effect of the physical factors on the concentration of different users and activity profiles. There were 24 participants from 3 different Universities located in Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan answering the questionnaires and interview questions. Results showed that there were 11 factors rated as the most important factors affecting concentration ability namely: “Cleanliness”; “Aesthetic appearance”; “Noise level”; “Air movement”; “Amount of light”; “Air quality”; “Amount of space”; “Accessibility to facilities”; “Visual comfort”; “Crowdedness”; “Temperature”; and “Comfort of furnishing”.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Ergonomics in Design - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Ergonomics in Design
EditorsMarcelo Soares, Francisco Rebelo
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages299-310
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319419824
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventInternational Conference on Ergonomics in Design, AHFE 2016 - Walt Disney World, United States
Duration: 27 07 201631 07 2016

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume485
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Ergonomics in Design, AHFE 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWalt Disney World
Period27/07/1631/07/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.

Keywords

  • Concentration
  • Library
  • Physical elements

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