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This study analyzes the scientific productivity on library buildings and spaces based on the analysis of the publications indexed in Scopus and LISTA in the period 2010-2020. The data extracted allow us to draw the general panorama of research works on this subject. The results include 305 papers pertinent to the research topic, related to 284 authors, 120 journals, 304 institutions, 46 countries and 9 languages. The most productive years are 2015 and 2016. The topics are grouped according to these 4 categories, which have emerged from the analysis itself: spaces, design and construction, remodeling, and trends. The conclusions show an outstanding scientific productivity on buildings and library spaces, quantitatively abundant and at the same time stable with fairly constant figures throughout the period. In the authorship variety and a certain dispersion can be appreciated. Co-authorship is present in 58 % of the works. 91.4 % of the publication sources are scientific journals, 6.5 % conference proceedings and 1.9 % book chapters. Scientific production is concentrated in university-level institutions. The variety of perspectives on which the theme of library buildings and spaces is addressed indicates that it is consolidated as an area of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this work is to check if the libraries of the universities of Madrid and Catalonia offer the use of some of their spaces as a library service. The information of the websites of the libraries is studied and a questionnaire is sent to the libraries that do not have this information. The analyzed aspects are: quantity and variety of spaces, use or not use of the websites to promote the offer of this type of services, location of this information on the websites and content provided. Among the results of the analysis of the 30 universities studied, it has been proven, for example, that 23 universities offer some of their library spaces as a service, of which 20 indicate it on the websites of the libraries; that the variety of spaces offered includes 26 different types, highlighting for their greater presence the space available for group work (21 universities), individual and / or silence work spaces (12 universities) or computer spaces (10 universities), etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]