Free books : how to use open access spaces

The strategic choices made in setting an open access collection into space may induce possible consequences on the adult users' behavior. Here are the results of a study conducted in four municipal libraries. Six types of reading method are appearing; although all of them are represented in each library, there is no possible link between the space strategies and the common behaviors. Users seldom approach the library - and therefore the classification used - as a whole. Yet in each case it seems necessary to assess the different kinds of behavior (which differ according to the socio-professional distribution of the public) and to pay more attention to the equipment.
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