A STUDY ON INFLUENCES OF LIGHTING ON RESOURCE USAGE IN AN INSTITUTION LIBRARY

G. Thangaraj, S. Suresh Balaji

Abstract: Library is the place which provides resources for knowledge; those resources are books and sometimes e-libraries. The efficient usage of those resources requires proper reading environment which provides comfort and environmental aspects required for undisturbed reading. But the reading environment can be easily affected by environmental factors such as light, noise etc. in the study the lighting factor is considered and how it influences readers in using resources is studied. Questionnaire has been used to collect the details regarding resource usage in a library as a quantitative measure and lux meter has been used to measure light intensity inside and outside of library environment as a qualitative measure.

Keywords: Lighting, Library, resource usage.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0323049