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Slaying a Sacred Cow with a Deck of Cards | Library by Design

By Sarah Bayliss When architecture firm GouldEvans participated in LJ’s Design Institute (DI) last year in Phoenix for the first time and took on the task of suggesting design ideas to Clark College’s...

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What’s Hot: The Latest in Library Products & Furnishings | Library by Design

Compiled by Ann Kim ARCHIVAL/ PRESERVATION Assembles in seconds Set up the Archival Miracle Box™ by simply pushing down to assemble and lock in place. The multifunctional buffered boxes with separate...

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Customizing User Design To Fit Your Community’s Needs | Library by Design

The Denver Public Library’s Green Valley Ranch Branch focuses on children and their caregivers using the library together. Photo by Paul Brokering The challenge of providing services to a changing...

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How To Design Library Space with Kids in Mind | Library by Design

When creating special spaces where children can experience joy in learning and investigation, public and school libraries often are inclined to produce primary-colored themed spaces that may appear on...

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The Best of Interior Design: Public and Academic Library Winners | Library by...

Attendees of the annual American Library Association (ALA) conference in Anaheim, CA, this past June got an overview of stellar new library interior design when ALA’s Library Leadership and Management...

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Librarians Pick Their Favorite Furniture for Teens | Library by Design

From Roller Rink to Teen Center When remodeling a roller rink to be a branch library, the Scotts Valley Branch Library, CA, was told by its teens that they wanted a space of their own, preferably with...

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Looking to Apple for Tech Lab Inspiration | Library by Design

THE COLORS OF TECHNOLOGY Cleveland PL’s TechCentral uses as much white as possible to focus on the multimedia. A mural-sized orange-and-green tile wall was grandfathered into the space, and lighting on...

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Less Clutter, More Useful | The User Experience

Clutter — Attribution-NonCommercial License Keeping libraries free from clutter shouldn’t be solely the purview of the fastidious. It’s something we all can and should be able to achieve. With less...

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Libraries and Their Landscapes

‘‘Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil.’’ (If you have a garden in a library, nothing is missing.) So wrote Marcus Tullius Cicero to his friend Terentius Varro on June 13, 46 BCE, later...

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Looking at Logos | The User Experience

With the monthly report due, a budget to balance, or a program to book, thinking about your library’s logo might not be high on your to-do list. After all, logos can seem like pieces of visual fluff...

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Catalog by Design | The User Experience

Aside from paying very little attention to visual design and not caring about the impact of horrible typography, the big problem with library catalogs is that they are not designed to help people...

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Libraries Open Doors, Data to Digital Art Displays

“Filament Mind” at the Teton County Library in Jackson Hole, WY This January, hundreds of people attended the grand opening of an addition to the Teton County Library in Jackson Hole, WY. The big draw...

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Putting the “You” in UX | The User Experience

Even simple library tasks can require library members to use multiple aspects of the library. For instance, take discovering an item, reserving it, and picking it up at the library. Here’s a typical...

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The Mobile Challenge | The User Experience

A good example of responsive web design from the Canton Public Library, MI Right now, the biggest trend in website design is responsive web design (RWD). In a responsive design, a website elegantly...

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Making Room for Innovation

Two library service prototyping spaces, in two very different places, have a remarkable amount in common. Nate Hill runs and operates the 4th Floor in Chattanooga, a large public library loft space...

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