Interactive mindfulness technology: A walking labyrinth in an academic library

Matt Cook; Janet Brennan Croft

doi:10.7282/T3SF2XXR

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Interactive mindfulness technology: A walking labyrinth in an academic library

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Interactive mindfulness technology: A walking labyrinth in an academic library

Matt Cook and Janet Brennan Croft

College and Research Libraries News, Vol.76(6), pp.318-322

2015

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https://doi.org/10.7282/T3SF2XXR

Abstract

Library space design

Libraries--Space utilization

Labyrinths

Mindfulness (Psychology)

Meditation

Stress (Psychology)

Anxiety

Academic Libraries

We placed a Sparq Meditation Labyrinth at the bottom of the main stairwell in the Bizzell Memorial Library on the University of Oklahoma (OU) Norman Campus. The Sparq is a temporary, portable installation that projects a labyrinth design on the floor using a theatrical spotlight.

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Title: Subtitle: Interactive mindfulness technology: A walking labyrinth in an academic library
Creators: Matt Cook (Author) - University of Oklahoma
Janet Brennan Croft (Author) - Research and Instructional Services, Rutgers University
Publication Details: College and Research Libraries News, Vol.76(6), pp.318-322
Date published: 2015
Publisher: American Library Association
Number of pages: 5 p.
Academic Unit: Rutgers University Libraries
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Comment: This PDF file displays images in black and white. The images can be seen in color in the article on the publisher's website, available at http://crln.acrl.org/content/76/6/318.full
Identifiers: 991031549879104646