Peeking at the Potty: Learning from Academic Library Bathrooms and Advocating Change. Issue 7 (3rd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Poggiali, Jennifer; Margolin, Stephanie
• Is Part Of: Journal of library administration. Volume 59:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 743
• Page End: 767
• Publication Date: 2019-10-03
• Subjects: bathrooms -- restrooms -- toilets -- facilities -- renovations -- academic libraries -- user-centered space design -- library space; Library administration -- Periodicals; 025.1
• DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2019.1649965
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-0826

Abstract

Abstract: The authors present the checklist which they created and used to examine twenty academic library bathrooms located in the New York City area. They focus on the most pressing themes they have observed: libraries without restrooms, bathrooms that are difficult to find, cleanliness and maintenance of restrooms, and ensuring library bathrooms address the needs of patrons with disabilities, and of transgender and gender non-conforming patrons. This work is a call to action. Readers are invited to adapt the checklist to their own institutional needs, and then consider the authors' practical recommendations for improvements based on their findings.