Transportation Library Quick Guide: Space Planning: Justifying Space

There are numerous benefits for transportation agencies fortunate to have a physical library space. Primarily a repository for information and services crucial for the effective operation of a state DOT, this space also may have significant positive impacts on agency staff and even the community.

An expression of why this space and these services are of value to the agency can be prepared. This is important whether an agency is trying to keep the space it has, expand it or acquire new space.

• In articulating the value and purpose, consider how the space and services should be referred to, or branded. For example, information center is more holistic than library, and thus representative of a broader scope of services and functions.
• Stress the ease of access of information. When staff members need information, a physical library helps them find it quickly and easily.

Refer to the Outreach and Education Quick Guide for more information.