Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Beginning Assignment #3 - The cost of change is costly!

In all honesty I started working on assignment three about a week ago.  However, due to a busy schedule, lots of marking and a bit of procrastination I never really got into the research aspect of assignment three.

I decided to address furniture and shelving.  I believe that their is not enough shelving at my school library and the shelving we do have could be arranged in a more functional and user friendly way.  The same goes for the furniture.  With some new additions and a different arrangement, our library space would be much improved.

While I thought these would be easy and inexpensive changes I am learning tonight that this is simply not the case.  Shelving is REALLY expensive!  I could save money on furniture if I purchased at IKEA type stores.  However, after reading some posts in LIBE 465 and 461, buying cheap furniture might cost more in the long run.

As a result of my new findings I am realizing that the amount of changes I can make will have to be limited.  While I can address shelving and furniture concerns, the changes will have to be scaled back.  I hope that despite the cut back, I can still create a better space for the library users of EPS.

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