Re: How to improve an ascii diagram.
From Don Saklad <dsa...@nestle.csail.mit.edu>
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· 22 Jun 2005 19:20 · View full thread
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Thank you!... that's nifty!
I used only spaces.
The you are here will be deleted. It's intended for people not in
the building. An additional diagram in ascii would help people
get a more clear idea of the organization of our library.
There are circumstances where ascii is preferred.
A smaller diagram with legend is a good thing along with the
labelled diagram. Both can be made available.
The pdf is at http://cambridgema.gov/cpl/hours/newlibmap.pdf
Here's an online viewer for the pdf http://view.samurajdata.se/
Please send along more critique! Here's another draft of the
labelled one...
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | |
| __ Reference __ Newspapers | | | | Audio books |
| | assistance | | | | Audio visual | Language collection 400s |
| Reference | desk | Current magazines | | | collection | |
| collection | | | | Internet computers | | Test books |
| | | | | | Large print books | Careers, resumes, job search |
| | Database research | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Books in Spanish, French |
|_________________________| |_|___________________| |_|____________________|______________|___________________________|_________________| |__|_________________________________________|
| |
| Library catalogs |
| |
| |
|_________________________ ___________________________ _______________________________________ __________________ __________________ ____________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lavatory | Nonfiction Nonfiction | Lavatory | | |
| | men | 300-359 000-299 | women | | Children's |
| | | | | | programs |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|__________________________ |______________|_____________________________________|________________________________|_____________________________| |____________________________|
| | | | Children's | | |
| Library catalogs | | department | |_ New books |
| | | | _ Graphic novels |
| | | _| | Travel guides |
| Stacks | | _ | Paperbacks |
| 899 <---------------------------- 360 | | | |____________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Circulation |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_ Registration |
| | | | _ |
| 900s Mysteries | | | | Reserved |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Express | Books |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | circulation| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | desk | DVDs |
| | | | | |
| Biography Science fiction Fiction | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |+ | Return |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |You are | library |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Young adults |here | materials |
| | | | | here |
| | | | | |
|______________________________________________| |_______________________| | |
| |
| |
|____________________________|
Front door
Cambridge Public Library
359 Broadway
Cambridge Massachusetts 02139
1st room on right
Circulation
DVDs
Express circulation desk
Registration
Reserved books
Return library materials
1st room on left
Young adults
Childrens department
Children's programs
2nd room on right
New fiction books,
New nonfiction books
Graphic novels
Paperbacks
Travel guides
2nd room on left
Lavatory women
4th room on right
Library catalogs
Audio books
Audio visual collection
Careers, resumes, job search
Language collection 400s
Large print books
Spanish, French books
Test books
5th room on right
Internet computers
5th room on left
Lavatory men
6th room on right
Database research
Reference assistance
Reference collection
Reference desk
Current magazines
Newspapers
Library catalogs
Nonfiction 000-299
Nonfiction 300-359
360-899 stacks
900s stacks
Biography
Fiction
Mysteries
Science fiction
360-899 stacks
900s stacks
Audio books
Audio visual collection
Biography
Careers, resumes, job search
Children's programs
Children's department
Circulation
Current magazines
DVDs
Database research
Express circulation desk
Fiction
Graphic novels
Internet computers
Language collection 400s
Large print books
Lavatory men
Lavatory women
Library catalogs
Mysteries
New fiction books,
New nonfiction books
Newspapers
Nonfiction 000-299
Nonfiction 300-359
Paperbacks
Reference assistance
Reference collection
Reference desk
Registration
Reserved books
Return library materials
Science fiction
Spanish, French books
Test books
Travel guides
Young adults
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