Designing library space for children / edited by Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, and Karen Latimer.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bon, Ingrid.

Cranfield, Andrew.

Latimer, Karen.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section on Library Buildings and Equipment.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section.

Conference Name:

World Library and Information Congress (75th : 2009 : Milan, Italy)

Series:

IFLA publications ; 154.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 154

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Space utilization--Congresses.

Libraries.

Library buildings--Design and construction--Congresses.

Library buildings.

Library architecture--Congresses.

Library architecture.

Children's libraries--Congresses.

Children's libraries.

Young adults' libraries--Congresses.

Young adults' libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries engage with their users in a digital age. This means that librarians, architects, politicians and patrons must develop new visions, concepts and ideas for the design and building of libraries. This book brings together a number of articles based on presentations from the IFLA World Congress 2009: historical view of the development of children's libraries over the last century, a look at how children use

Contents:

The history of children's library design : continuities and discontinuities / Alistair Black and Carolynn Rankin

Children's media culture : a key to libraries of the future? / Kirsten Drotner

A children's public library in Muscat, Oman / James R. Keller

Building excellent libraries with and for children / Inci Önal

Programme : Jacksonville Public Library Children's and Teens' Libraries / Alex Lamis and Barbara A.B. Gubbin

Santiago Public Library : a challenge for children and youth adults / Gonzalo Oyarzún

The red thread in Hjoerring / Tone Lunden

Here you can go everywhere you want, sort of

: building a new children's library / Karen Bertrams and Monique Mosch

Children's spaces from around the world / Kathleen R.T. Imhoff.

Notes:

Papers presented at a joint session of the Library Buildings and Equipment and the Libraries for Children and Young Adults sections at the IFLA World Congress in Milan in 2009 under the title "If I was the Library Director."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110232172

3110232170

OCLC:

772845147