http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html Official Blog of the Public Library Association Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-5388 Chris Hausmann Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:08:36 +0000 http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html#comment-5388 What ideas can be offered for a library that is presently constrained to its present size of 7300 square feet in a town of 15,000 people What ideas can be offered for a library that is presently constrained to its present size of 7300 square feet in a town of 15,000 people

]]> http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-2689 General Considerations for Library Layout « Library Layout Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:03:06 +0000 http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html#comment-2689 [...] PLA blog provides several lists of customer needs when designing library [...] [...] PLA blog provides several lists of customer needs when designing library [...]

]]> http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html/comment-page-1#comment-2150 Kim Bolan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:30:25 +0000 http://plablog.org/2008/03/21st-century-library-design-a-thought-provoking-program.html#comment-2150 Thanks for blogging about our presentation. I had a few updates that I thought might help. I've also posted the complete PowerPoint of my portion of the presentation to my blog if you're interested. Here are a few updates to the post: Multi-functional children’s areas (special sized furniture to accomodate 0 - 12 and interactive art and activities). Food service (vending can be more practical than coffee shops, but it depends on the environment. Look to strong local collaborations.) Also, I showed a few examples where libraries have swapped reference and teen space to accomodate changing needs and services. Swapping square footage of various service areas based on needs should be considered. In regard to children's space, the idea with children’s space is to create sub-spaces within the children's area as what's appropriate for preschool children does not serve third graders well, etc. Thanks again for sharing this information. Thanks for blogging about our presentation. I had a few updates that I thought might help. I’ve also posted the complete PowerPoint of my portion of the presentation to my blog if you’re interested. Here are a few updates to the post: Multi-functional children’s areas (special sized furniture to accomodate 0 – 12 and interactive art and activities). Food service (vending can be more practical than coffee shops, but it depends on the environment. Look to strong local collaborations.) Also, I showed a few examples where libraries have swapped reference and teen space to accomodate changing needs and services. Swapping square footage of various service areas based on needs should be considered. In regard to children’s space, the idea with children’s space is to create sub-spaces within the children’s area as what’s appropriate for preschool children does not serve third graders well, etc. Thanks again for sharing this information.

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