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Designing Libraries - The gateway to better library design

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Interior Design

  • Better by Design - building solutions (UK)
    Khan, A., Warwickshire County Council.
    Talk given by Ayub Khan at the Umbrella 2005 Conference. Available as pdf. [Conference Presentation]
  • Design Council (UK)
    Demonstrates and promotes the vital role of design in a modern economy - case studies and practical help in choosing and briefing a designer. [link]
  • A Guide to photographing your library
    Remploy Library Solutions
    Simple and practical guide on how to take the best photographs of your library - for posterity, your literature or funding purposes. [online][pdf].
  • The Library Brand (UK)
    Gloucestershire Libraries & Information and James Ford Design teamed up to create the graphics for Bishop’s Cleeve Library. They are now making their design template available to other libraries around the UK, at a fraction of the cost. [link]
  • Library Design as Marketing: the Swedish experience (UK/Sweden)
    Dove, A., Library + Information Update 5 (3), (April 2006
    Inspirational use of space is an expression of vision and provides a great marketing opportunity, says Angela Dove. It is in their attention to details that matter to their users that Swedish designs for public libraries are at their most impressive. [Journal paper]
  • Self-issue: not a quick win (UK)
    Snelling, C.Library + Information Update 4 (4), (April 2005): 32-34
    Many public libraries are achieving a dismal level of self-issue, says Cathering Snelling. But one success story stands out. What are they doing right? [Journal paper]

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