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Universal Branch Building Program:
7.0 Periodical Area

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7.1 Function

This area will house current and a limited number of back issues of magazines and newspapers and will also provide lounge seating. A warm, living room atmosphere is desired, if possible with natural light and a view outside.

7.2 Adjacencies

Large Print Collection
General Seating Tables

7.3 Design Issues

Magazines and newspapers must be housed in accordance with ADA requirements.

Magazines and newspapers should be displayed face out on hinged, sloping periodical shelving units with room for back issue storage behind each section.

Shelves displaying newspapers should have a top-hinged acrylic sheet to hold them in place.

Back issues beyond those that can be accommodated on the periodical shelving will not be kept. No back issues will be kept behind the scenes. Electronic access increasingly will replace physical collections.

This area may be more remote from the entrance than other areas and largely self-service although a clear sight line from a service desk is highly desirable.

Young Adult and Children's magazines will be housed with the age-level book collections.

Comfortable lounge chairs should be selected with durability in mind. The upholstery should be of a non-porous fabric such as leatherette or naugahide and the arms should have wooden caps.

The chairs should also meet the needs of seniors; fairly high, firm seats and arms to assist in sitting down and rising.

7.4 Components and Furnishings

66" hinged, sloped shelving
Lounge chairs and side tables
Task lighting if needed