Designing Library Space for Children

Ingrid Bon

ISBN 10: 3110232162 / ISBN 13: 9783110232165

Editore: De Gruyter Saur, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 new media, libraries of the future, innovative design projects for children's libraries from around the world. current theme historical view and new projects.

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• Titolo: Designing Library Space for Children
• Editore: De Gruyter Saur
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3110232162
• ISBN 13: 9783110232165
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 236 L x 160 A x 15 P (millimetri) 236 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 15 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 398 grammi

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Riassunto

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 new media, libraries of the future, innovative design projects for children's libraries from around the world.

• current theme
• historical view and new projects

Informazioni sull?autore

Ingrid Bon, Biblioservice Gelderland, Arnhem, Netherlands, Andrew Cranfield, Director EBLIDA, The Hague, Netherlands and Karin Latimer, Queen's University Belfast, N. Ireland, United Kingdom.