Better Library Design

Author : Rebecca T. Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442239611
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Library Design written by Rebecca T. Miller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ayub Khan
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856046508
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better by Design written by Ayub Khan and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries today are faced with rapidly shifting populations of users with differing needs, who require a range of new communications links that are transforming our concept of the library space. This developing role has created a set of new and complex challenges for those delivering library services. There is no such thing as the 'perfect' library building. However, a well designed building will enable a project both to gain local acceptance more easily and to ease the process of securing planning permission. It also needs to be cost effective to run, support the organization's objectives well, offer an improved service to the user and make an impact on the community. This much-needed book takes as its starting point the fact that few architects know very much about libraries, and fewer librarians know about architectural planning and designing. It steers a clear path for library managers through the language and processes that they need to understand as members of a team overseeing the planning of a new library building project, major refurbishment or remodelling of an existing library. Key topics include: twenty-first century libraries developing a business case project management the design/project team selecting an architect partnership and community engagement the design brief design quality space planning and access occupancy and post-occupancy evaluation building libraries for the future. Appendices offer top tips and checklists, together with a glossary of common terms used within the construction environment to help further de-mystify the design process for librarians. Readership: This practical and accessible book is an invaluable guide not only for new entrants to the library profession, but also for experienced practitioners who are approaching for the first time the important task of creating a new library or major refurbishment of existing facilities. It will also be of great relevance to architects unfamiliar with library building requirements.

Author : Les Watson
Publisher : Facet Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856047636
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Library and Learning Space written by Les Watson and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the most important things a 21st-century library should do with its space? Each chapter in this cutting-edge text addresses this critical question, capturing the insights and practical ideas of leading international librarians, educators and designers to offer you a ‘creative resource bank’ that will help to transform your library and learning spaces. This is an innovative and practical toolkit introducing concepts, drawing together opinions and encouraging new ways of thinking about library learning spaces for the future. The book is structured in three parts. Part 1 – Projects and trends describes features of library space around the world through a selection of focused case studies painting a global picture, identifying common directions and ideas as well as highlighting country and regional diversity. Part 2 – Trends and ideas looks at the why and how of library space, covering topics such as contextual factors, current ideas in library space development, and the creative design of new spaces. It examines how library spaces are adapting to new forms of learning, digital literacies and technological fluency. Finally, Part 3 – Ideas and futures looks to the future of libraries and their learning spaces, inviting future-scanning contributions from a diverse range of authors, including librarians, learning specialists, academics, architects, an interior designer, a furniture designer and a management specialist. Readership: This is a must-have text for those involved in designing and developing library and learning spaces, from library and university management to designers and architects. It’s also a useful guide for students taking courses in library and information science to get to grips with the importance of library design.

Author : Diane Koen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110614820
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library Design for the 21st Century written by Diane Koen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants. Libraries of all types work with an almost limitless range of constituent groups for input, buy-in and successful implementation. Securing support for new library buildings and renovations of libraries engages many people: library clients, community members, faculty, funding agencies, donors, governing authorities, librarians, architects, interior designers and planners. Telling the right story and getting to the end game demand carefully crafted approaches, wide-ranging skills, a unified vision and productive teamwork. The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section has selected the best papers presented by award-winning architects and international thought leaders from the academic and public library sector at our recent satellite conferences and seminars: "Collaborative Strategies for Successful Library Design" (Chicago, Illinois), "What comes after the Third Place?" (Columbus, Ohio); "Key Issues for Library Space: International Perspectives" (Maynooth, Ireland); "Storage, the final frontier" (Munich, Germany) and "Telling and selling the space story" (Wrocław, Poland). The stories by the library and design professionals within this publication illustrate how powerful a role partnerships, outreach and cooperation play in a library project’s success.

Author : Richard Charles McCarthy
Publisher : Demco (Highsmith)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Better Libraries written by Richard Charles McCarthy and published by Demco (Highsmith). This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition has been updated to reflect recent changes in standards and procedures in the architectural and building professions. It includes new resources added to the bibliography and a completely new chapter on "Project Delivery", which thoroughly describes the alternatives to the traditional "design-bid-build" form of project completion. The author explains how to select and work with an architect and other professionals in designing and implementing the project, including site selection, remodeling, expansion, completely new facilities, renovations, restorations, landscaping, interior design, and improving accessibility. As an experienced architect and an active library trustee, the author provides valuable insight into the role and responsibilities of trustees, staff, administration and building professionals. Includes updated proposal forms, helpful checklists, and a bibliography. This book will prove useful to public libraries as well as for school librarians contemplating renovation or new facilities.

Author : Emy Nelson Decker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging Design written by Emy Nelson Decker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how aesthetics, design elements, and visual literacy can be implemented in the library to enhance spaces, programs, services, instruction, and outreach so that your library will appeal to all users. Libraries have come to accept that they must rethink how they appeal to users, and harnessing the power of design can be a powerful means for addressing the changing needs of the community. Decker and Porter introduce "engaging design"—an umbrella term that incorporates multiple design frameworks with a focus on a three-prong approach: aesthetics, design thinking, and service design. These frameworks can be used to guide design choices that will aid in teaching and engaging current and potential library users. In the course of a lively and interesting narrative, Engaging Design introduces basic concepts of aesthetics and good design and explores examples of its successful uses in the academic, public, and special library. It provides simple steps for implementing subtle, but powerful, techniques to improve instruction, human-computer interaction, e-learning, public services spaces, wayfinding signage, and all manner of library programs, events, and services. In addition, the authors recommend easy-to-implement best practices that will help librarians to enhance library-goers' experience. Library administrators will also look to this book for assistance in best addressing the needs of the modern library user.

Author : Gail Staines
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1780633076
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Design written by Gail Staines and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universal Design provides practitioners, graduate students, and other professionals interested in obtaining practical advice on how to effectively create and re-create interiors of academic libraries for teaching, learning, and research. The academic library ‘as place’ continues to evolve around the idea that the existing environment can have multiple uses. Partnerships with other college and university agencies, such as centers for teaching excellence and writing centers have compatible missions with those of academic libraries. Established within the building-proper these facilities will better serve students and faculty. The book fills the need for current information about how to effectively design and re-design academic library spaces to meet the ever-changing needs for today’s and tomorrow’s students, faculty, and researchers. Provides practical advice that can be applied immediately Includes brief and to-the-point explanations and information for the time-crunched reader Easy-to-locate references are provided if the reader seeks additional information

Author : Aaron Schmidt
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 1555707815
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries written by Aaron Schmidt and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User experience (UX) characterizes how a person feels about using a product, system or service. UX design incorporates the practical aspects of utility, ease of use and efficiency to make your web design and functionality decisions with patrons in mind. This results in a better design, a more intuitive interface, and a more enjoyable experience. This book shows you how to get there by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons online and build the best web presence for your library. You ll find out how to conduct a usability test, perform a card sort, make decisions on how to build the architecture of your site, create personas as a cornerstone of your website planning process, create a content strategy, and perform an experience-based evaluation of your site.

Author : AYUB. THEBRIDGE KHAN (STELLA.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783305704
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better by Design written by AYUB. THEBRIDGE KHAN (STELLA.) and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated, practical and accessible book is an invaluable guide for practitioners who are approaching the daunting task of creating a new library or major refurbishment of existing facilities.

Author : Arup Ghose
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482270765
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combinatorial Library Design and Evaluation written by Arup Ghose and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-06-26 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text traces developments in rational drug discovery and combinatorial library design with contributions from 50 leading scientists in academia and industry who offer coverage of basic principles, design strategies, methodologies, software tools and algorithms, and applications. It outlines the fundamentals of pharmacophore modelling and 3D Qua