Designing Library Space for Children

Ingrid Bon

ISBN 10: 3110232162 / ISBN 13: 9783110232165

Verlag: De Gruyter Saur, De Gruyter Saur Dez 2011, 2011

Beschreibung

Neuware -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 projectsWalter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 156 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783110232165

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Designing Library Space for Children
• Verlag: De Gruyter Saur, De Gruyter Saur Dez 2011
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3110232162
• ISBN-13: 9783110232165
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 236B x 160 H x 15 T Millimeter Breite: 236 mm, Höhe: 160 mm, Tiefe: 15 mm
• Gewicht: 398 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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