Designing library space for children [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, and Karen Latimer

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Saur, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 022/.31625
• Soggetto topico: Libraries - Space utilization; Library buildings - Design and construction; Library architecture; Children's libraries; Young adults' libraries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: AN 69550
• Altri autori: BonIngrid CranfieldAndrew LatimerKaren
• Note generali: Papers presented at a joint session of the Library Buildings and Equipment and the Libraries for Children and Young Adults sections at the IFLA World Congress in Milan in 2009 under the title "If I was the Library Director."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The history of children's library design : continuities and discontinuities / Alistair Black and Carolynn Rankin -- Children's media culture : a key to libraries of the future? / Kirsten Drotner -- A children's public library in Muscat, Oman / James R. Keller -- Building excellent libraries with and for children / Inci Önal -- Programme : Jacksonville Public Library Children's and Teens' Libraries / Alex Lamis and Barbara A.B. Gubbin -- Santiago Public Library : a challenge for children and youth adults / Gonzalo Oyarzún -- The red thread in Hjoerring / Tone Lunden -- Here you can go everywhere you want, sort of-- : building a new children's library / Karen Bertrams and Monique Mosch -- Children's spaces from around the world / Kathleen R.T. Imhoff.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Designing library space for children
• ISBN: 3-11-023217-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465549303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IFLA publications ; ; 154.