Better Library Design : Ideas from Library Journal.

Better Library Design -- contents -- INTRODUCTION -- AN ERA OF INNOVATION -- CHAPTER 1 flexible strategies POP-UP LIBRARIES, INTERIM SPACES, AND MORE -- IN THE INTERIMS -- MEET THE BOOKLESS MOBILE -- REPURPOSING RETAIL -- INFLATO DUMPSTERS PROVIDE MOBILE LAB SPACE -- LOOKING THROUGH THE LABRARY LENS -- STOREFRONT SOLUTION -- THE OFF-SITE LIBRARIAN -- CHAPTER 2 building partnerships MIXED-USE BUILDINGS -- POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS -- NOVEL LIBRARY, NOVEL DESIGN -- CAPITOL DESIGNS -- SERVING TWO MASTERS -- CHAPTER 3 classic buildings updated REVITALIZING LOCAL LANDMARKS -- GROWING ROOM -- HISTORY UPDATED -- A CUTTING-EDGE UNDERTAKING -- LIGHTING QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY -- IS YOUR LIBRARY ACCESSIBLE? -- CHAPTER 4 green "LEEDers" ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND AFFORDABLE STRATEGIES -- LIGHT DONE RIGHT -- SAN JOSÉ'S GREEN ART -- STATE OF THE ART IN DARIEN -- A WHOLE SYSTEMS APPROACH -- EMBRACING AUSTIN, INSIDE AND OUT -- BEGIN YOUR GREEN BUILDING -- A ZEN-INSPIRED APPROACH -- NOVA SCOTIA SUSTAINABILITY CENTER GIVES NEW LIFE TO LIBRARY DISCARDS -- LIVING UP TO LEED SILVER -- CHAPTER 5 kids &amp -- teens NEW SPACES AND PLACES -- WITH KIDS IN MIND -- INSPIRED TO CLIMB HIGHER -- THE THEATRICAL LIBRARY -- LOOK, A NOOK! -- MURAL MAGIC -- OVER 13 NOT ADMITTED -- CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPANDS YOUMEDIA LABS -- CLIMBING THE SHELVES -- CHAPTER 6 strategies SMALL SOLUTIONS FOR SMALL BUDGETS -- EXPERT MAKEOVERS -- LIBRARY INSIDE OUT -- LET "GREEN" CREEP -- KEEP EXCITEMENT HIGH, COSTS LOW -- SAME BUDGET, NEW BRANCHES -- KICKSTART A SCHOOL LIBRARY -- 10 STEPS TO A BETTER LIBRARY INTERIOR -- ONE STEP AT A TIME TURNING TO THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 7 top trends ITERATIVE SPACE, LEARNING COMMONS, MAKER SPACES, AND MORE -- ...AND THE KITCHEN SINK -- A LEARNING COMMONS FOR KIDS -- TOMORROW VISUALIZED -- MAKING SPACES -- BRIGHT LIGHTS, GIG CITY -- CUSTOMIZED USER DESIGN.

CHAPTER 8 keeping current VISIONING THE FUTURE -- DESIGNING 21ST-CENTURY LIBRARIES -- GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT -- HOW SOCIAL MEDIA BUILT A LIBRARY -- SLAYING A SACRED COW WITH A DECK OF CARDS -- TRANSFORMING TECH -- THE HEART OF THE CAMPUS -- THE COMEBACK KIDS -- CHAPTER 9 the next generation NEW LANDMARK LIBRARIES -- THE NEW ICONS -- TEN MORE THAT WILL INSPIRE -- STANDING TALL ON CAMPUS -- TWO MORE TO EXPLORE -- INDEXES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INSTITUTIONAL INDEX -- ARCHITECT &amp -- DESIGNER INDEX.

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.

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