Designing Library Space for Children

150 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• Reihe: IFLA Publications
• ISBN: 9783110232165
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.12.2011
• Genre: Medien, Kommunikation/Buchhandel, Bibliothekswesen
• Verlag: De Gruyter Saur
• Herausgegeben von: Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, Karen Latimer