Description: This professional reference provides a complete discussion of library facility siting and relocation issues, discusses marketing concepts of relevance to library managers in siting library facilities, and offers practical advice on how to locate library facilities to most effectively serve the local population. The volume provides a thorough review of the history of library siting and library location research, and it examines statistical models for site selection. Special attention is given to the use of Geographic Information Systems, and the handbook includes several case studies.
Review Quotes:
"[The author] provides a history of facility siting, comprehensively reviews the scant research on public library location theory, and discusses a variety of models available to decision-makers. Koontz presents the effects of resiting and closing, as well as opening, libraries, and shows how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be useful in library market analysis." --Library Journal
"The book is well organized [and] is to my knowledge, the definitive book to date on the subject of locating library facilities." --The MLS Book Review