LIBRARY AS A HUB: CHANGING ROLE AND FUNCTIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY

Abstract

The importance of learning is rising in the sphere of knowledge. The beginning of human learning occurs at birth. In the past, books served as the main educational, administrative, and industrial resource. A library is a location that has a sizable book collection. It can therefore be used as a main source of education. But as time goes on, the use of libraries declines due to the development of computers and the internet. Customers only need to perform one search on the internet to find the information they want. Furthermore, geographical distance is removed. It was not necessary for the person to go somewhere in order to get information. This puts the survival of libraries in jeopardy. The goal of the current research is to increase library utilization through the addition of additional resources. I explain how to turn a conventional library into an educational center. A learning hub is an advanced technology learning environment with physical and virtual components that offers formal and informal learning opportunities for students to interact with instructors, classmates, and other subject matter experts. The purpose of redefining and refocusing traditional library responsibilities is to support the expansion of knowledge via research. Ten libraries from architectural colleges provided data for the project, and when the data was analyzed, none of the libraries had redesigned their physical spaces to become hubs for learning.