Along with the human desire to record and provide knowledge, library has constantly evolved and advanced. Languages are created for the mutual communication, and letters are for record. Library has evolved with the development of and printing technologies for the purpose of disseminating knowledge and conveying it to future generations. Recently it plays a role of housing digital data. Whereas in the traditional university library only the functions of collecting, storing and browsing the materials were required, more functions are needed today due to the development of information and communication environment. The access to information and the ownership of it are nowadays available not only within the buildings of the university library, but also outside the university library at any time and anywhere. Therefore, the university library cannot be considered as playing its full role if it only stores and browses the information. Library space has changed from a closed-access stack system which only stores information to an open-access stack system which allows access by users. With this change, the communication and interaction among librarians, information, and users have been produced. Beyond the communication among librarians, information and users, the communication among users has become significant with the introduction of the digital environment. For the users to create a new type of third knowledge through sharing their own knowledge with other users, it is required to have the space for community in the university library. To comply with the stream of times, it is necessary to recast the space of a university library from the viewpoint of communication among librarians, information, and users. It is of great significance to redefine the classification system of spatial composition of the library to the concept of Commons and also to analyze the types and characteristics of the Commons for the community. Community Commons are different from the individual spaces of the previous university libraries which are divided clearly by the walls according to the function of the space. The boundaries of space disappear, and the space is instead open to perform the complex functions. For the use of the library, therefore, the element space layout by floor and its connecting method in Community Commons have become important. Also, the noise, which was not an issue in the static and quiet atmosphere of the previous university libraries composed of unit rooms centered on stack rooms and reading rooms, acts as a significant factor in the space plan of the university library. In order to design university libraries in the form of open space where active communication is performed, therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between the noisy and dynamic element space and the quiet element space and to consider the connecting method between them. This study is about the types and characteristics of Community Commons in the university library. In the study, it is pursued to discover the favored type of Community Commons based on the result of the data analysis of Community Commons as well as the survey of college students. To do this, the author gathers the information from the case analyses on the current space plans of the university library together with that from the result of the library-user preference. The main purpose of this study is to suggest the models of element space plan and the floor plans of the Community Commons in the university library. According to such research method and analysis, the followings are discussed in this study. Firstly, the classification system of the space composition of the university library was made into the 'Analog Commons', the 'Digital Commons' and the 'Community Commons'. The Analog Commons is subdivided into the Reading Room, the Stack Room and the Office. The Digital Commons is subdivided into the Media Workstation, the Multimedia Room and the Server Room. The Community Commons are largely divided into four sections: Information Service Section, Education and Culture Section, Cooperation Section, and Resting Section. The four sections are then subdivided into fifteen element spaces, such as the Information Desk, the Lecture Room, the Exhibition Hall, the Theater, the Auditorium, the Multipurpose Room, the Open Multipurpose space, the Media Production Studio, the Group Study Room, the Learning Commons, the Cafe, the Terrace, the Lobby Lounge, the Reading Lounge, and the Common Lounge. Secondly, the university library is divided into the 'Analog-Type University Library' and the 'Community-Type University Library' according to the proportion of the Community Commons. As a result of analyzing the types and the numbers of the element space of the Community Commons, the Analog-Type University Library has the smaller number of auditorium, multipurpose room, exhibition hall, theater, open multipurpose space, and media production studio, while the Community-Type University Library has the various Community Commons relatively evenly. Thirdly, as a result of studying the unit space distribution of the Community Commons, it is divided into the 'Space-Intensive Type' where the Community Commons are placed mainly on the 1st~3rd floors and the 'Space-Dispersion Type' where the Commons are evenly placed on the multiple floors. Such a distinction of space types has an influence on the university library use type. The Space-Intensive Type, found in most of the Community-Type university libraries, has the merits of high traffic-line efficiency and good space recognition. The Space-Dispersion Type, found in most of the Analog-Type university libraries, on the other hand, is not composed of the various element spaces and its Community Commons of is low in proportion. Fourthly, as a result of analyzing the relationship between the connecting method of the element space in the Community Commons and the space integration of the university libraries, it is classified into the 'Space-Integration Type', the 'Space-Separation Type', and the 'Space-Mixed Type.' It is found that the connecting method of the element space affects the openness and closeness of the university library space. This particular result is closely related to the following element spaces of the Community Commons: Lobby Lounge, Reading Lounge, Common Lounge, Learning Commons, and Open Multipurpose space affect greatly. Fifthly, we set Lobby Lounge, Reading Lounge, Common Lounge, Learning Commons, and Open Multipurpose space as the representative element space of the Community Commons. We analyze and draw the types of each of the composition of section, the plan composition, the circulation system, the connected element space, and the furniture composition and arrangement. The Lobby Lounge is located at the main entrance floor and serves as a lobby and an aisle. It is equipped with the high-tech devices such as smart table, E-news, OPAC. And it provides the users with the library guidance and cultural activities in connection with the element spaces such as cafe and the exhibition hall. The comprehensive type of lobby lounge is classified into the 'Integrated-Open Type', the 'Integrated-Closed Type', the 'Standalone Type', and the 'Semi-Integrated Type'. The users' purposes and the methods of using lobby lounge are different depending on these types. It is found that there is a close relationship between the types and the acceptance of the noise. The Reading Lounge is a space where users can have a chat and rest while browsing. Unlike the archives consisting only of reading desks and chairs, it is also composed of sofas, tables, and creative furniture. The reading lounge is specified into the cases applied to the whole space and to the partial space within stack room. In the case of the lounge applied to the whole space, the divisions such as the 'Separated Type', the 'Centered Type' and the 'Mixed Type' according to the space arrangement of the sofa and the bookshelf are made, whereas the division such as the 'Near-Access Type', the 'Between-Bookshelf Type' and the 'Around-Bookshelf Type' are made depending on the location in stack rooms. Each type influences the user's browsing behavior, rest, and chat. The Common Lounge is formed in connection with the common space and other element spaces and its main functions are rest and chatting. The type of common lounge is divided into the 'Furniture for Group', the 'Furniture for Four', the 'Furniture for Two', the 'Furniture for One', the 'Bench-type Furniture' and the 'Creative Furniture' based on the composition of the furniture. The lobby lounge, the reading lounge, the common lounge, the cafe and the terrace belong to the Resting Section of element space in university library. It was found that they are evenly distributed in all floors so that the users can easily access to them for meeting and resting. The Learning Commons is a space for group discussion and is open. There is the various furniture composition such as the reading desk and chair, the computer desk, table and sofa. The high-tech equipment such as computers, printer machines, scanners, etc. is equipped for collaborative work. The type of open group study space can be divided into the 'General-Mixed Type', the 'General-Single Type', the 'High-Tech-Mixed Type', the 'High-Tech-Single Type' according to the composition of furniture and the furnished facilities. The more diverse the composition of the furniture, the freer layout is arranged. It is possible to support the professional cooperative works as much as provided with high-tech digital equipment. The Open Multipurpose Space is an open space in the form of a grand stair and is located over the 2~3 floors. It is usually used for inter-floor movement. In addition, users can also browse or chat while resting on grand stair and hold the cultural events such as lectures and exhibitions. Although there is an advantage to contact cultural events casually by drawing users' attentions, it significantly influences the atmosphere of the university library because it exists in an open form over more than two floors. It must be separated from the conflicting element spaces in terms of noise during planning the space of the university library. Sixthly, as a result of a questionnaire survey on the preferred type and library use type of Community Commons for college students, it was found that they mainly use the cafe for free time or group discussion. The necessity of the Community Commons is high. The preferred composition of section of the lobby lounge is the 'Integrated-Open Type' and the 'Semi-Integrated-Open Type' and the preferred circulation system is the 'Centered Type' and the 'Central-Axis Type'. The preferred space composition of the reading lounge is 'Mixed Type'. They preferred a composition of low creative bookshelves, sofas for group and tables. The group study room and the learning commons are preferred to be connected together as the cooperative space. The preferred furniture composition of the group study room is mostly the reading desk, the chair, the sofa and the table. The learning commons is preferred to be furnished with furniture for group discussion and the high-tech equipment. The preferred uses in the learning commons are in the order of group discussion, computer work, chat and rest. The composition of furniture is preferred to be the 'High-Tech-Mixed Type'. The intention to use the open multipurpose space appeared high. It was understood that the intention to participate in the cultural events is high due to easy access to open space. The reading lounge, the common lounge and the group study room are preferred to be distributed in every floor and to be connected to 'a space for chat and rest'. It is understood that college students prefer to have more space for the community in the university library. As described above, through a comprehensive consideration of the analysis results, we propose a composition of section, a plan composition and a connecting method in the university library according to the characteristics of the Community Commons, and derive the spatial composition model of the community-oriented university library. The composition of section of the university library is divided into the low, middle, and high-level sections and classified into the 'Lounge Zone', the 'Group Study Zone' and the 'Reading Zone' according to the floor space composition. According to the composition of Community Commons of zone, the standard for the noise allowance is differently applied. This is classified into the 'loud space', the 'whisper space' and 'quiet space'. We proposed a final model of the plan composition by arranging element spaces of the Commons according to zones. We also proposed a floor plan model of the lobby lounge, the reading lounge and the learning commons, which are element spaces of Community Commons. In summary, we proposed the floor plan model of the annex Community Commons cluster. Finally, we proposed the process of establishing a university for the community and the space planning process of the annex Community Commons cluster. In the near future, it is necessary to perform a university library spatial planning from the viewpoint of community hub for the active communication among information, librarians, and users, rather than a simple university library spatial planning centered on the space arrangement of stack room and reading rooms and the area ratio. Research for that has to be done from various angles. Now is the time when humans are media. Knowledge makes an exchange with each other, lives, moves and grows via media called human beings. If university libraries have existed as 'knowledge container', they will have to be reborn into a 'space containing humans' from now on. ，韩语论文网站，韩语论文题目 |
