- New York Public Library unveils plans for new lending library
- The New York Public Library has published the plans for the Norman Foster designed construction of its new lending library.
- 20/12/2012
- Bromsgrove library to move to community facility
- Worcestershire County Council is to go ahead with the relocation of Bromsgrove library to the former Parkside School building as part of a new services hub.
- 17/12/2012
- £1.6m Lottery grant to fund new home for York archive
- City of York Council has secured a £1.6 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant to create a new home for the internationally important city archive.
- 12/12/2012
- Bill Bryson renames Durham University library and opens new wing
- The new East Wing is part of a £22m investment in Durham University's modern and historic libraries.
- 10/12/2012
- The year in architecture 2012
- This year's library architectural survey in the Library Journal provides a showcase of new and refurbished public and academic libraries in the US.
- 28/11/2012
- Pembrokeshire library and archives on the move
- In Spring 2013, a major project will get underway to redevelop the County Library at Haverfordwest.
- 26/11/2012
- Learning resource centres to benefit from funding
- The Skills Funding Agency is investing £110m in FE college buildings, which will be more than matched with £302m from the 56 colleges who will benefit.
- 23/11/2012
- Making marketing work in libraries
- Terry Kendrick, speaking to Ned Potter in American Libraries, talks about the difficulties libraries have in linking strategic planning to a marketing plan.
- 19/11/2012
- Green library for Nottingham Trent University
- Work on a new eco-friendly library is underway at the NTU Brackenhurst campus. The 1,000 sq.m. building is due to open next summer.
- 16/11/2012
- Wakefield One - aspiring and inspiring
- A new multi-service hub at Wakefield One provides a modern library service in an inspiring community space.
- 09/11/2012
- Forster Ecospace awarded Bodleian contract
- The specialist library shelving supplier, Forster Ecospace, has been awarded a contract to supply mobile shelving for the new Bodleian Library.
- 05/11/2012
- Bold designs for York's new archive facility
- Bold designs for a new archive storage and customer facility for the City of York are currently being considered by the city's planners.
- 26/10/2012
- How to photograph your library
- A new Designing Libraries Essential Design Guideline has been published: 'Photographing your library', produced by library interior designers Point Eight.
- 25/10/2012
- The Hive - planning and managing the new facility
- Taking another persepective on The Hive, FM World looks at the sustainability, security and facilities management aspects of the library operation.
- 23/10/2012
- White, shiny and intuitive: Aberdeen University Library
- Writing in Panlibus Magazine, University Librarian and Director Chris Banks reviews the approach to the new library building, and some of the outcomes.
- 22/10/2012
- New public library designed as a mountain of books
- The Spijkenisse Book Mountain, close to Rotterdam's dockland, invites readers to climb a 480 metre route lined with bookshelves.
- 12/10/2012
- Library interior design winners profiled
- The best of North American academic and public library interior design projects chosen from 117 competition entries.
- 08/10/2012
- The Duston School wins SLA Library Design Award
- The winner of the SLA Library Design Award 2012 is The Duston School, Northamptonshire, a specialist business and enterprise college of 1,200 students.
- 02/10/2012
- Organic design concept for new Chinese library
- A heavily glassed building facade will connect the surrounding waterways and woods to the inward-focused courtyards and rooftop gardens.
- 28/09/2012
- New Weston-super-Mare library opens in shared services hub
- The refurbished building, open seven days a week, brings North Somerset Council's customer services and a new central library together for the first time.
- 26/09/2012
- How library spaces are changing
- How e-books, online databases, audio files and technology labs in libraries are changing the nature of library spaces.
- 21/09/2012
- University of Essex to expand library
- The University of Essex has received planning permission to construct a new student centre extension to the Albert Sloman library on the Colchester campus.
- 20/09/2012
- The designed librarian
- A permanent career choice? An illustrated guide to tattooed librarians.
- 18/09/2012
- Liverpool Central Library reaches a new height
- The topping out ceremony celebrates a milestone for Liverpool Central Library as it heads towards its Spring 2013 reopening.
- 10/09/2012
- Shops for libraries
- Demco and Northamptonshire have launched a 'Shops for Libraries' video about introducing merchandising outlets into library spaces.
- 07/09/2012
- IFLA issues second 2012 newsletter of the Section on Library Buildings and Equipment
- The useful newsletter, written in the run-up to the IFLA Conference in Helsinki in August, has been released.
- 06/09/2012
- York University Learning Commons, Toronto, Canada
- The university and its architect designers have reconceived the 1960s interior as a collaborative learning space.
- 03/09/2012
- Manchester Central Library takes shape
- With one year to go, the Manchester Evening News shows the library taking shape behind the hoardings.
- 30/08/2012
- Better together - the potential of library partnerships
- This innovative Danish project, Out of the Box!, has created a toolkit for building partnerships for library strategic development.
- 29/08/2012
- Dedicated children's library and discovery centre
- The new library in Queens is focused on science and discovery for children, and designed to engage the whole community.
- 24/08/2012
- Managing a successful library design project
- Designing Libraries has revised and reissued its Essential Design Guideline, Managing a Successful Library Design and Furnishing Project.
- 20/08/2012
- Self-service libraries prove popular in China
- Self-service libraries are becoming increasingly popular with Beijing residents, according to a report in the China Daily.
- 31/07/2012
- Libraries in repurposed buildings
- Following an extraordinary amount of interest in the repurposing of an abandoned Walmart as a library, here are ten more libraries in reborn buildings.
- 25/07/2012
- The bookless library
- David A Bell, writing in The New Republic, believes we should not get into denial about the changes that will affect libraries, but direct them wisely.
- 23/07/2012
- Lancashire to make £3m investment in libraries
- Lancashire County Council's Regenerate initiative, which has seen 23 libraries refurbished already, is investing a further £3.25m over the next three years.
- 16/07/2012
- The Queen and the Hive
- The Queen officially opens the Hive, Europe's first fully integrated and jointly run university and public library.
- 13/07/2012
- The Passmore Edwards Centre opens
- The recent conversion of Newton Abbot library, renamed the Passmore Edwards Centre, officially opens 18 July.
- 12/07/2012
- New ISO standard for library buildings
- ISO/TR 11219:2012 specifies data for the planning of library buildings.
- 06/07/2012
- Lending laptops in libraries
- D-Tech has launched the Diplomat™ range of self-service laptop cabinets, allowing laptops to be securely stored but easily accessed by students and users.
- 05/07/2012
- The library as an inventive space
- 'Libraries have always adapted to what their communities need,' says Westport's library director, launching the 'Maker Space' concept.
- 03/07/2012
- New library for BFI Southbank
- The new BFI library opened on 12 June, providing an oasis of calm amid the hubbub of riverside cultural life.
- 28/06/2012
- School Library Design Award 2012 finalists announced
- This is the second year of the Award that aims to highlight the innovation, commitment, flair and foresight found in school libraries across the country.
- 25/06/2012
- The library design test kitchen
- As the digital revolution gathers momentum, what are the issues for library spaces - and the challenges for library design?
- 21/06/2012
- Bisset Adams to design Monza library
- UK architects Bisset Adams, in partnership with Area Progetti, has won an international competition to design a new library in Monza.
- 20/06/2012
- JB Morrell Library, University of York, reopens
- Novelist Anthony Horowitz officially re-opened the University of York's JB Morrell Library on June 16 following its three-year refurbishment.
- 18/06/2012
- Durham University Library on the move
- The library storage and conservation facilities are being enhanced, with building work due for completion in July 2012.
- 13/06/2012
- Think services, not buildings
- Are we too attached to a nostalgic view of our library heritage and its buildings?
- 12/06/2012
- Work starts on Leicestershire's biggest library
- Work is starting on a £1.3 million project at Loughborough library to provide social care and adult learning services at the county's biggest library.
- 11/06/2012
- World's first green library for kids
- A new library to be located in the Singapore National Library Building is steered by green principles in all facets from design to its collections.
- 08/06/2012
- The Hive scoops national sustainability award
- The Hive scooped another impressive national award at a prestigious event in London last week (Thursday, May 31).
- 07/06/2012
- A vine idea for an outdoor library
- Massimo Bartolini has created this outdoor library installation in a Belgian vineyard.
- 03/06/2012
- Library of Birmingham building project changing lives
- The Centenary Square construction project has created a blueprint for bringing benefits to Birmingham's homeless, the young and the unemployed.
- 29/05/2012
- Qubiqa supplies shelving system for Library of Birmingham
- When the new Library of Birmingham opens in 2013, Qubiqa will have fulfilled the most complex library and archive storage system in its history.
- 10/05/2012
- The Hive to open July
- The UK's first fully integrated University and Public library, The Hive, Worcester, is due to open at the beginning of July 2012.
- 09/05/2012
- Kent History and Library Centre opens its doors to the public
- Demco Interiors worked with Kent County Council on the design and installation of the interior of the new build flagship Kent History and Library Centre.
- 01/05/2012
- Big screen collaboration hits academic libraries
- A Hollywood-style trend is emerging on some campuses, reports the Chronicle of Higher Education: large-scale video walls.
- 26/04/2012
- Library design and architecture 2012
- Glass and concrete, stairs, ceilings, lights, colour and signage: a slideshow of the latest trends in library design and architecture.
- 18/04/2012
- The Link opens doors for the community
- D-Tech has launched a new functional interface to its RFID SelfCheck kiosks that allows users to access other council services.
- 16/04/2012
- Evolving library designs from around the world
- A Prezi presentation of Civica's 'Redesign Your Library' competition.
- 12/04/2012
- University of Exeter library to open in May
- The extended and refurbished library is part of a £48 million development at the heart of Streatham Campus.
- 29/03/2012
- New library for Wiltshire
- A brand new library and cafe in Trowbridge is set to open in September in newly refurbished shared service premises.
- 28/03/2012
- Dudley Libraries team wins EDGE award
- Dudley scooped first prize for innovation and development at the prestigious International EDGE Awards 2012 ceremony in Edinburgh.
- 27/03/2012
- Library design showcase 2012
- American Libraries' annual review of the best in new and renovated library facilities.
- 26/03/2012
- Designing Libraries gets its own makeover
- At an uncertain and challenging time for libraries, the new-look Designing Libraries website is a showcase for new investment and innovation.
- 20/03/2012
- City library to move to Wakefield One
- Wakefield Central Library is to move to a new shared services location in the council's civic offices building.
- 14/03/2012
- A Nimble way to read
- Sures Kumar invents the future of reading in the library - perhaps.
- 07/03/2012
- Llanelli Library reopens after £3.8m refurbishment
- Celebrations are planned to mark the reopening of Llanelli Library following a £3.8m makeover.
- 29/02/2012
- New libraries added to the Designing Libraries database
- Blackpool Central Library and Brierley Hill Library in Dudley are among twelve recent additions to the Designing Libraries database.
- 28/02/2012
- The Library Journal's quest for the new landmark libraries
- The first newsletter of 2012 from the IFLA Section on Library Buildings and Equipment is devoted to an in-depth report on the winners and runners-up.
- 17/02/2012
- Demco has designs on cool campus
- The dramatic new campus for Central St Martins University of the Arts is located in a landmark Grade II listed granary building at Kings Cross.
- 16/01/2012
- Hackney Council ready to open brand new library in Dalston
- The Dalston C.L.R James Library, the first new Council library to be built in Hackney for over 20 years, is set to open its doors to the public on 23 January.
- 09/01/2012
- Croydon College showcases new learning commons
- Demco has designed and provided furnishings for the new Learning Resource Centre at Croydon College, part of a £33m refurbishment project.
- 08/01/2012
- New library for University of Aberdeen
- The first major new building in Aberdeen for a quarter of a century, the new spacious, seven-storey tower stands above its surroundings like a lighthouse.
- 08/01/2012
- Southwark's Canada Water Library
- You can now view an online gallery of photos and cross-sectional plans of the new hexagonal Canada Water Library leaning out over its London dockland home.
- 06/01/2012