Room Use Codes & Definitions

characteristics, may just as easily be earmarked by selected, additional codes according to particularneeds.The coding structure separates specific room use from control by, or assignment to, any campusorganizational unit or division, function, or academic discipline. Additional coding structures arefrequently used for more specific classification of rooms in these categories. Special physical characteristics(see Appendix 4) and degrees of room suitability (see Appendix 5) are also more appropriatelydefined in separate classification systems.For those institutions that have developed room use codes that tie to or include meanings within any ofthese separate classification systems, it is recommended that they develop and maintain a method ofmapping or crosswalking to the core room use codes presented here. This recommendation, in theinterest of standardization for interinstitutional comparisons and surveys, applies also to thoseinstitutions that have implemented coding extensions or completely alternate coding systems for classificationby room use.Room Use Codes 41