Better Library Design

Rebecca T. Miller; Barbara A. Genco

doi:10.5771/9781442239616

Summary

Few librarians build more than one library in their careers and renovating or building a whole new library is a very expensive investment. Thus, new or refurbished structures need to be fresh and up to date. While some librarians have the means to visit exemplary buildings as they develop their own library’s master plan, most library leaders and stakeholders won’t actually see the full range of potential projects. Hence, this unique book is both a resource and a brainstorm prompt. It helps library leaders and key stakeholders surface the ideal programmatic aspects that drive exciting design, and offer recent design solutions that have been effectively implemented.

Better Library Design: Ideas from Library Journalidentifies and celebrates the top trends in library design, capturing current state and provides an authoritative overview for those planning their own projects. This is a colorful, high content survey of dynamic library building projects completed in the last five years, in both public and academic settings. Anchored by Library Journal’s New Landmark Libraries competition, here is the nation’s best examples of innovative, functional, appealing design --- all in glorious full-color so you’ll be both inspired and informed as you make important design choices.

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Copyright year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3960-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3961-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 169
Product type: Edited Book

1. AN ERA OF INNOVATION No access
1. IN THE INTERIMS No access
2. MEET THE BOOKLESS MOBILE No access
3. REPURPOSING RETAIL No access
4. INFLATO DUMPSTERS PROVIDE MOBILE LAB SPACE No access
5. LOOKING THROUGH THE LABRARY LENS No access
6. STOREFRONT SOLUTION No access
7. THE OFF-SITE LIBRARIAN No access
1. POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS No access
2. NOVEL LIBRARY, NOVEL DESIGN No access
3. CAPITOL DESIGNS No access
4. SERVING TWO MASTERS No access
1. GROWING ROOM No access
2. HISTORY UPDATED No access
3. A CUTTING-EDGE UNDERTAKING No access
4. LIGHTING QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY No access
5. IS YOUR LIBRARY ACCESSIBLE? No access
1. LIGHT DONE RIGHT No access
2. SAN JOSÉ'S GREEN ART No access
3. STATE OF THE ART IN DARIEN No access
4. A WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH No access
5. EMBRACING AUSTIN, INSIDE AND OUT No access
6. BEGIN YOUR GREEN BUILDING No access
7. A ZEN-INSPIRED APPROACH No access
8. NOVA SCOTIA SUSTAINABILITY CENTER GIVES NEW LIFE TO LIBRARY DISCARDS No access
9. LIVING UP TO LEED SILVER No access
1. WITH KIDS IN MIND No access
2. INSPIRED TO CLIMB HIGHER No access
3. THE THEATRICAL LIBRARY No access
4. LOOK, A NOOK! No access
5. MURAL MAGIC No access
6. OVER 13 NOT ADMITTED No access
7. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPANDS YOUMEDIA LABS No access
8. CLIMBING THE SHELVES No access
1. EXPERT MAKEOVERS No access
2. LIBRARY INSIDE OUT No access
3. LET "GREEN" CREEP No access
4. KEEP EXCITEMENT HIGH, COSTS LOW No access
5. SAME BUDGET, NEW BRANCHES No access
6. KICKSTART A SCHOOL LIBRARY No access
7. 10 STEPS TO A BETTER LIBRARY INTERIOR No access
8. ONE STEP AT A TIME TURNING TO THE FUTURE No access
1. ...AND THE KITCHEN SINK No access
2. A LEARNING COMMONS FOR KIDS No access
3. TOMORROW VISUALIZED No access
4. MAKING SPACES No access
5. BRIGHT LIGHTS, GIG CITY No access
6. CUSTOMIZED USER DESIGN No access
1. DESIGNING 21ST-CENTURY LIBRARIES No access
2. GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT No access
3. HOW SOCIAL MEDIA BUILT A LIBRARY No access
4. SLAYING A SACRED COW WITH A DECK OF CARDS No access
5. TRANSFORMING TECH No access
6. THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS No access
7. THE COMEBACK KIDS No access
1. THE NEW ICONS No access
2. TEN MORE THAT WILL INSPIRE No access
3. STANDING TALL ON CAMPUS No access
4. TWO MORE TO EXPLORE No access
1. PHOTO CREDITS No access
2. INSTITUTIONAL INDEX No access
3. ARCHITECT & DESIGNER INDEX No access