• NEW Project for Public Spaces: Building Community, Creating Places, Using Common Sense (US)
  Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public places that build communities. The website has a fantastic image gallery, a discussion forum, a special libraries section and newsletter and a bookstore. [link]
• Community profiling (UK)
  Roddy, K. Library and Information Update 4 (5) (May 2005): 40-41
  Using the SMART formulation to gather information about the composition of the local population. [Journal paper]
• Creative Spaces: a toolkit for participatory urban design (UK)
  A quietly inspirational site - Creative spaces is a toolkit of methods and case studies from the Architecture Foundation Roadshow, which toured London and brought together residents with designers to think creatively about the future of local sites. Although now quite a long time ago there are still some useful stories and practical advice. [link]
• Leisure role of public libraries:user views (UK)
  Hayes, A., Morris, A.,Journal of Librarianship and Information Science , Sept. 2005, Vol 37, No. 3: p.131 (9pgs)
  The second of two articles describing a study to examine the role of UK public libraries in the provision of leisure activities. The results indicated that libraries provide opportunities and choices for people of all ages and backgrounds and that the leisure role of libraries is essential to the lives of many people. [Journal paper]
• NEW The Library Campaign (UK)
  To advance the lifelong education of the public by the promotion, support, assistance and improvement of libraries through the activities of friends and user groups [link]
• NEW Neighbourhoods (UK)
  A weblog set up Kevin Harris to explore issues to do with neighbourhood relations, citizenship, social capital, space and place, and related areas that inform our understanding of what makes a viable neighbourhood. Kevin used to work for the Community Development Foundation, and now runs a consultancy 'Local Level'. [link]
• The public library as a meeting-place in a multicultural and digital context: the necessity of low-intensive meeting-places (UK)
  Audunson, R., Journal of Documentation (UK), 2005, Vol 61, No 3, p. 429 (13 pages)
  To develop an improved conceptual framework for researching and discussing the public library's role as a meeting-place in a multicultural and digital society. [Journal paper]
• Reading Room (UK)
  Shonfield, K. Library + Information Update 4 (5) (May 2003): 40-41
  A useful article for information gathering prior to planning a building - tips on how to carry out a community profile. [Journal paper]
• Your third place or mine? Public Libraries and local communites (UK)
  Harris, K. Public Library Journal 18 (2), (2003): 26-29
  Libraries should take more of a lead in promoting community cohesion, says Kevin Harris. Available as pdf. [Journal paper]

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