What Wallets Have To Do with Libraries | Design4Impact
This is the first edition of Design4Impact, a monthly column on library design that was conceived in conversation with library architect Margaret Sullivan to explore the innovation taking place in the...
View ArticleMeasuring Outcomes | Design4Impact
Whether a library is designing a building or a program, the first premise of designing for impact is figuring out what impact you’re trying to make and how you’re going to assess whether that impact is...
View ArticleStarting from Scratch | Design4Impact
Richland Library, COLUMBIA, SC, (LJ‘s 2001 Library of the Year) has been making steady, thoughtful progress toward transforming its library space for some time, even though the building is not yet...
View ArticleRaising the Genius Bar | Design4Impact
In “A Genius Idea?,” Michael Stephens’s recent Office Hours column (LJ 3/15/14), Stephens refers to a post on the Librarian Shaming Tumblr that called for libraries to have their own “Genius Bars,”...
View ArticleMaking Room for Community | Design4Impact
The West Jordan Library, UT, is the new central headquarters for the Salt Lake County Library (SLCL) system. You might think a building of more than 70,000 square feet would not have to worry about...
View ArticleThe Way Upward | Design4Impact
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP The underside of VCL’s five-story floating staircase provides patrons with strong wayfinding from the start Wayfinding in libraries is too often an afterthought. But not in...
View ArticleCreating Clear and Simple Signage | Design4Impact
At California’s Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD), we have discovered that 48 percent of patrons prefer finding information themselves rather than asking staff members for help. This led us...
View ArticleBringing Boston In | Design4Impact
The average age of users in the newly renovated second floor of Boston Public Library’s (BPL) Johnson Building has come down at least a decade, and it’s easy to see why. Philip Johnson’s massive...
View ArticleUser-Designed Libraries | Design4Impact
TeenHQ Grand Opening at Dr. Martin Luther King LibraryPhoto courtesy of San José Public Library These days, collecting deep public input before the design phase of a new construction or renovation of a...
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