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View article: THE DESIGN OF LIBRARY BUILDINGS: SOME RECENT TRENDS
THE DESIGN OF LIBRARY BUILDINGS: SOME RECENT TRENDS Open
This paper looks at trends in library design in the 21st century drawing on examples mainly in the UK and Ireland. Early trends are identified before a more detailed review of the recent trends of sustainability and wellbeing. A wider defi…
View article: Future in Focus
Future in Focus Open
2020 Virtual Summit Snapshot Total registered attendees 6206 Member registered attendees: 3856 Power Huddles: 84 Poster Presentations:61 Member overall meeting score (Continuing Education): 9.25/10.00 Vizient® members, suppliers, and other…
View article: The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably
The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably Open
The chapter takes a broad overview starting from the premise that reuse of buildings has obvious benefits in terms of recycling materials and retaining the embodied energy contained within the structure. It focuses on the opportunity for l…
View article: New Libraries in Old Buildings
New Libraries in Old Buildings Open
This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows w…
View article: 3 The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably
3 The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably Open
The chapter takes a broad overview starting from the premise that reuse of buildings has obvious benefits in terms of recycling materials and retaining the embodied energy contained within the structure.It focuses on the opportunity for li…
View article: Editorial Themed Issue
Editorial Themed Issue Open
Student engagement takes many forms varying somewhat, as this themed issue demonstrates, from country to country and culture to culture. In this editorial and in selecting papers for publication, t...
View article: LIBER Webinar: Planning Library Spaces
LIBER Webinar: Planning Library Spaces Open
This webinar will introduce the key factors in planning library spaces, followed by a case study of the recently completed and much acclaimed Student Centre at University College London (UCL). The first talk by Karen Latimer — Library Des…
View article: Vanity Project or Reflective Space : holding the mirror up to library buildings in the 21st century
Vanity Project or Reflective Space : holding the mirror up to library buildings in the 21st century Open
Fox News host, Greta Van Susteren, re-opened the debate on the virtual versus the physical library recently. This article briefly examines trends in library building design and the emergence of a new typology in the 21st century citing a n…
View article: Post-occupancy evaluation: Queen’s University Library Belfast
Post-occupancy evaluation: Queen’s University Library Belfast Open
The talk will set the session in the context of the IFLA Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee’s project on post-occupancy evaluation 2010-2015. The project was initiated by the speaker when Chair of the Standing Committee. A qu…
View article: The Green Library
The Green Library Open
Contributions and case studies from Germany and other European countries, as well as from Asia, Australia and the US, demonstrate different aspects of reducing the "ecological footprint" in libraries. As well as looking at everyday procedu…