Library as Place

We can’t let schools become book free zones

by Tara Brabazon

Times Higher Education, May 29, 2008

The best of both worlds: the State Library of New South Wales New Building and Refurbishing Project

by David Jones

published in Australian library journal vol 37 no 2, May 1988, pp 81-96

The Macquarie Street Wing of the State Library of New South Wales was officially opened in April 1988. This article... more The Macquarie Street Wing of the State Library of New South Wales was officially opened in April 1988. This article describes the new building project and the refurbishing of the historic Mitchell Wing, from the original concept of the scheme and its promotion, through the detailed planning to the construction and staged occupation. Attention is given to the design philosophy for the new building, which is intended to have a warm, welcoming environment, and to the constraints imposed both by the proximity of adjacent historic structures and by the limited site area. Brief information on building services is also provided.

Surveying User Activity As a Tool for Space Planning In An Academic Library.

by Lisa Nickel

'The Academic Library and Democratic Development in the Knowledge Society: the changing role of a classical knowledge institution'

by jori van cranenburgh

A place for everything: a personal view of library architecture: the 2011 Whyte Memorial Lecture at Monash University

by David Jones

The Whyte Memorial Lecture is given each year at Monash University recognise sisters Emeritus Professor Jean Whyte AM (HonDLitt 1996) and Ms Phyllis Whyte whose generous bequests have enabled the Faculty of IT and Monash Libraries to carry out important research.

Drawing upon six decades wandering around libraries and three decades helping plan them, the speaker reflects on the... more Drawing upon six decades wandering around libraries and three decades helping plan them, the speaker reflects on the evolution of library spaces. In this illustrated lecture he identifies planning and design fashions and describes some of the forces which continue to shape libraries as ‘people places’. Looking to the future he sets out some essential factors in planning libraries and kindred facilities for ever-changing functions and new generations of users.

Completing the University Library at Portsmouth

by timothy collinson

Accessibility of library space for people with destroyed cognitive processing (partially dyslexia)

by Nadya Stamatova

co-authored with Stella Kalmukova

This interdisciplinary report treats the challenge of the problems not solved by the designers of library buildings... more This interdisciplinary report treats the challenge of the problems not solved by the designers of library buildings yet, problems of the people with damaged cognitive processing (partially dyslexia) still ignored among readers as a whole.
          Cognitive ability is secured by the joint course of psychic processes: sensation, perception, memory, thinking, imagination. Perception is a basic psychic process which includes organization and interpretation of sensory messages into a sensible experience. Optic and auditory perceptions of many people with cognitive deficiency are characterized with vagueness and undifferentiation.
          Dyslexia is characterized with strong hindrances in reading and writing, overturning of symbols, disorientation in time and space, lack of receptivity of information. Thinking is effected by images, not words. Reality is perceived by forms, lines and colours. Disorientation is used on a subconscious level to receive multidimensional perception. Powerful imagination. 
There are traced the directions of search in the architectural design of space in view of the needs of the people with these specific damages.

Selected articles and papers on library buildings, 1988-2001

by David Jones

Contains the full text of major articles and papers published by the Australian Library Building Consultant, Dr David... more Contains the full text of major articles and papers published by the Australian Library Building Consultant, Dr David J. Jones between 1988 and 2001, dealing with library planning and design.

People places: public library buildings for the new millennium

by David Jones

Outlines trends which affect use and perception of public library buildings. Drawing upon experience in New South... more Outlines trends which affect use and perception of public library buildings. Drawing upon experience in New South Wales, Australia, describes planning and design issues to be addressed to help ensure that public library buildings will be able to meet the needs of their communities for many years to come.

Toyo Ito's Philosophy Platform at Designing the Mediatheque in Sendai as a New Architectural Prototype of a Library Building

by Nadya Stamatova

LIBRARIES IN THE INFORMATION-ORIENTED SOCIETY

by Nadya Stamatova

Neue Lernorte: Learning und andere Grids an der Universität von Warwick

by Tina Hohmann

Joint-use libraries: libraries for the future

by Sarah McNicol

Die Zentralbibliothek Irmão José Otão an der Päpstlich-Katholischen Universität von Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beispiel für Innovation

by Michelângelo Viana

Published in Bibliothek - Forschung und Praxis, jul. 2011.
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This article presents the structure, services, and resources of the Irmão José Otão Central Library of the Pontifical... more This article presents the structure, services, and resources of the Irmão José Otão Central Library of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which re-opened in 2008. New concepts and technology standards were adopted, to foster user autonomy, room for academic research, and multimedia environments with access to electronic information sources.

AN APPROACH TO REPRESENTATIONS OF LIBRARIES IN ANDALUSIA FROM THE STATEMENTS OF POTENTIAL USERS

by Jose Antonio Cerrillo Vidal

Published (Spanish Only) with JORGE RUIZ RUIZ in BOLETIN DE LA ASOCIACIÓN ANDALUZA DE BIBLIOTECARIOS Nº96-97, pp. 49-66 (JUNE-DECEMBER 2009). A library research and management journal published by the Andalusian Librarians Society.

In the last decades a new model to understand libraries and librarianship has been making its way. Instead of... more In the last decades a new model to understand libraries and librarianship has been making its way. Instead of reservoirs of knowledge, isolated from the environment, libraries are currently postulated as places of sociocultural animation of the lives of their people, open to multiple uses by different audiences. This paper explores the place of libraries in the popular imagery of the citizens of Andalusia, based on the analysis of discourses produced in eight groups with Andalusian population in general, that is, without discriminating on the degree of use or non-use of library services. These groups were conducted in the framework of a study about the use of library services by the Andalusians by the IESA-CSIC commissioned by the Public Company Management of Cultural Programs.

The discourse analysis shows the persistence of a traditional image of the libraries, an image that would be a barrier, or at least a difficulty, to access to these potential users, in particular those who have used them less and are less aware of them. According to this traditional image, libraries are seen as an area primarily devoted to study, which set it as an uncomfortable and strange space. Thus, although new activities and services provided by libraries are well known and positively valued by the Andalusians, these factors are insufficient to encourage greater use of them by the population.

Daylighting In Cambridge Libraries: Shifting Focus Over Time

by Ayona Datta