LJ’s New Landmark Libraries
The New Icons
The Ten New Landmark Libraries Poplar Creek Public Library Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center Cesar Chavez Branch Library Hamilton Mill Branch Library Durango Public Library Sammamish Library Appaloosa Branch Libra...
LJ’s New Landmark Libraries
The New Icons
The Ten New Landmark Libraries Poplar Creek Public Library Palo Verde Library/Maryvale Community Center Cesar Chavez Branch Library Hamilton Mill Branch Library Durango Public Library Sammamish Library Appaloosa Branch Libra...
Expert Makeover: Library Transformers Bring Savings and Smart Design | Library by Design
As in many areas of the country, New Jersey libraries are struggling to meet higher demand and maintain critical services in the face of reduced state and local funding. And library space is at a premium without a lot of renovation money to go around....
Expert Makeover: Library Transformers Bring Savings and Smart Design | Library by Design
As in many areas of the country, New Jersey libraries are struggling to meet higher demand and maintain critical services in the face of reduced state and local funding. And library space is at a premium without a lot of renovation money to go around....
Changing Spaces: Exploring Future User Needs, Sustainability, and Value | Library by Design
In this Article
The Sponsors
Library Journal ’s ninth Design Institute, held May 10, 2011, at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis (and preceded by a tour of libraries on May 9), revolved around the idea that libraries’ role as a community c...
Changing Spaces: Exploring Future User Needs, Sustainability, and Value | Library by Design
In this Article
The Sponsors
Library Journal ’s ninth Design Institute, held May 10, 2011, at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis (and preceded by a tour of libraries on May 9), revolved around the idea that libraries’ role as a community c...
The Quiet Plug Crisis
Thirty years ago, the only person in a library looking for an electrical outlet was a blue-smocked cleaning person who had to plug in a vacuum cleaner with a very long cord.
Now, hordes of patrons outfitted with amp-devouring laptops and cell phones ex...
Clemson’s Road Map
In this Article
Mapping Clemson's Road Ahead
Road Map Resources
The bricks and mortar of academic libraries are seemingly permanent, yet the activities and services they are designed to deliver have been radically transformed in recent years. Mor...
Clemson’s Road Map
In this Article
Mapping Clemson's Road Ahead
Road Map Resources
The bricks and mortar of academic libraries are seemingly permanent, yet the activities and services they are designed to deliver have been radically transformed in recent years. Mor...
Library by Design Cover Story: In the Interims
DCPL's Washington Highlands Interim Library. Photo c/o DCPL
Residents had seen temporary libraries before. In the 1970s in the District of Columbia, 1000 square foot portastructures were built to serve as libraries for seven years. They were closed ...