My new article (with co-author Heather Archibald), published in Library and Information Science Research, presents a new technique for spatial analysis to map patterns in user behaviour. This visual traffic sweeps approach combined traditional observational methods for assessing library space with geographic information system visualization techniques. By demonstrating the power of visualization techniques for analyzing results, this study provides evidence for space planning decisions that are grounded in users’ real activities within the library space.

Visual traffic sweeps (VTS): A research method for mapping user activities in the library space is freely available online until July 29, 2015.