The diagrams illustrate the changes in the layout of a library’s ground floor from 2001 to 2009.
Overall, the ground floor was substantially renovated, with an expanded variety of book genres and the addition of modern amenities.
In 2001, upon entering the ground floor of the library, visitors were welcomed by a librarian’s desk directly facing the entrance. To the left of the desk were two shelving units dedicated to self-help and history books, while to the right, nestled in the corner, were the stairs. Several tables were arranged in the middle of the room, with newspapers and periodicals situated on the right-hand side and fiction books located at the rear.
By 2009, no changes had been made to the librarian’s desk or the stairs. However, the bookshelves on the left were reorganized not only to accommodate the relocation of history, fiction and self-help books, but also to make way for several new genres, namely kitchen, economics and law. The move of the fiction section at the back allowed for the addition of a large selection of children’s books and a children’s area. Newspapers and periodicals, meanwhile, were replaced by films and DVDs, accompanied by new computers located nearby. Finally, the tables in the center of the room were rearranged into rows.