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LIBRARY SPACE
Inspiration for building and design
Edited by Hellen Niegaard, Knud Schulz and Jens Lauridsen
ISBN 978-87-90849-55-9
New publication
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ENGLISH, updated version of the 2008 bestseller ’BIBLIOTEKSRUMMET’
The public library is changing radically both in terms of services and buildings, from product-orientated to user-orientated. Developments in information technology and user habits, new media formats and cultural experiences call for a transformation of the library concept and building.
But how do we meet the many new demands and expectations? And how do we create a successful library building?
With LIBRARY SPACE the Danish Library Association wants to stimulate a rethinking of library layout and construction. To encourage library 'owners' to work for new library buildings of high quality, flexibility and creativity - as well as to have the courage to seek new directions in design, architecture and urban location. And furthermore, to position the public library as a visible and powerful asset of the 21st century knowledge society.
The book is aimed as a starting point for the building process, and as a practical handbook for all parties involved in preparing for a new or updated library: architects and designers, politicians and other decision makers, library management and staff - and last but not least, the users.
Articles written by Danish and foreign architects, consultants, library professionals etc. on:
The NEW Library, World Class Library Buildings, Transformation of the Library Concept: six examples, Children and Libraries, New Types of Library Branches, The Building Process – Citizen Involvement – Tools and New Library Buildings: a Danish Directory.
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