"Health science library spaces still hold significant meaning and value in the digital age of electronic resources. There is opportunity now more than ever for library leaders to creatively rethink, reimagine, and repurpose libraries as physical destinations that users will want to visit. This is the takeaway message from this new Medical Library Association title edited by Allana Campbell, a public services librarian at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine Health Sciences Library. The text contains ten chapters written by contributors with extensive combined experience in health sciences librarianship. The majority of the chapters are written as practical case studies of initiatives that have proven successful. Images, figures, and tables illustrate key points and examples. The majority of the book explores user-centeredness in library space design as well as how to create unique library spaces (both physical and virtual). The book's final section focuses on a challenge that the majority of today's libraries are surely experiencing: how to do more with less.

While the topic of transforming library spaces is not new, this book fills a gap in available literature specifically addressing health science, medical, and hospital libraries." -- Choice Reviews "With a specific focus on health sciences libraries, this book offers a unique look at recent transformations of library spaces. Health sciences librarians beginning space transformations will find the variety of chapters useful and will be able to build on the shared experiences of colleagues." -- Doody's Review Service "Transforming Health Sciences Spaces explores the need to consider all aspects surrounding how we regard the "library as place" whether it is a physical or virtual space. From new spaces, to reimagining old spaces, to contemplating no space, to the importance of aligning with user and community needs, this book leaves no corner of the conversation unexamined. It is a complete and critical resource for those involved or interested in any conversation regarding library "space."" --M.J.

Toovey, MLS, AHIP, FMLA, Executive Director, Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore "This book provides excellent first-hand experiences of the trials, triumphs, and innovative ways that health sciences library spaces have been transformed to meet the needs of the users." --Rebecca O. Davis, MSLS, PhD, assistant professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University.