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  1. Designing Libraries
    1. About Designing Libraries
      1. Advisory group members
      2. Meet the team
      3. A gateway to the world of libraries
      4. A collaborative resource
      5. History and purpose
      6. Policy framework
      7. Partners
        1. CILIP
        2. Libraries Connected
        3. SCONUL
        4. School Library Association
        5. LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche)
        6. The Arts Council
      8. Sponsors
        1. bibliotheca
        2. thedesignconcept
        3. FG Library & Learning
        4. Opening the Book
        5. The Creative Core
    2. Libraries
      1. Nottingham New Central Library
      2. James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NCSU
      3. University of Bedfordshire, Luton
      4. University of Roehampton
      5. The Word, South Shields
      6. Waterside Campus, University of Northampton
      7. Oodi: Helsinki Central Library
      8. Calgary's new Central Library
      9. Grantown Library, Highland
      10. LocHal, the library in a loco shed
      11. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library
      12. Hub Kerkrade
      13. The Hive at five: where are we now?
      14. De Krook Library, Ghent
      15. Biblo Tøyen: a library just for kids
      16. Idea Store, Watney Market
      17. The National Library of Latvia
      18. Dunfermline Library
    3. Case Studies
      1. Chellaston Academy Library, Derby
      2. Thornhill Primary School Library, Islington, London, UK
      3. Fore Street Library, Enfield, London, UK
      4. Everyspace, Cambridgeshire, UK
      5. Ballymoney Library
      6. Macmillan Hub Library - North Edinburgh Arts
      7. Elder Park Library and Community Hub, Glasgow
      8. Southmead Public Library, Bristol
      9. The International School of Port of Spain, Trindad and Tobago
      10. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Library
      11. Darlington Public Library
      12. Paisley Central Library
      13. Optimising learning space
      14. Haltwhistle Primary School Library
      15. Aquinas Sixth Form College
      16. Hurstpierpoint College Library
      17. Henrietta Barnett School
      18. Carlton Primary School
      19. Intake Primary School, Doncaster
      20. Newcastle Prep Primary School
      21. Halton Lodge Primary School, Runcorn
      22. Cwm Glas Primary School, Swansea
      23. Morna International College, Ibiza
      24. International School of Prague
      25. Hillbourne Primary School New Library
      26. Idsall School Library, Shropshire
      27. St Stephen's Primary Church School Library, Bath
      28. The Ruth Gorse Academy Library, Leeds
      29. Dorking Library
      30. Idea Store Watney Market
      31. Canada Water Library interior
      32. Woking Library
      33. Wakefield One
      34. Bridgeton Library, Glasgow
      35. Bracknell Library
      36. Craigmillar Library, Edinburgh
      37. Derbyshire Record Office
      38. Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill Library
      39. Kendal Library
      40. Bullwell and Riverside
      41. Shirley Library, Solihull
      42. Claude Ramsey Library, Greenwich
      43. Barrow Central Library
      44. City Library, Bradford
      45. Billingham Library and Customer Service Centre
      46. Bromsgrove Library
      47. Palmers Green Library, Enfield
      48. Johnstone Public Library
      49. Greenwich Centre Library
      50. Plymouth Central Library
      51. National Railway Museum Archives
      52. Gwent Archives
      53. Blyth Family History Library
      54. Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre
      55. Denny Library, Falkirk
      56. Wick Library, Highland
      57. Grantown Library, Highland
      58. Edmonton Green Library, Enfield
      59. The Dales Centre, Nottinghamshire
      60. Moulton Library, Northamptonshire
      61. Sutton Central Library
      62. Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub, Warrington
      63. Woodseats Library, Sheffield
      64. Chelmsford Library
      65. Huddersfield Central Library
      66. Lichfield Library at St Mary's Centre
      67. The Riverside, Haverfordwest
      68. Rugby Library and Makerspace
      69. Edwinstowe Library, Nottinghamshire
      70. Library @ the Lightbox, Barnsley
      71. New library, local studies and archive centre in Cornwall
      72. Newport Pagnell Library
      73. Carmarthen Library, Wales
      74. Ingersoll Public Library, Canada
      75. Norbury Library, Croydon
      76. Milton Public Library, Sherwood Branch
      77. Southend University and Public Library
      78. The Storyhouse, Chester
      79. Mountain Ash Library, Wales
      80. Pontypridd Library, Wales
      81. Treorchy Library, Wales
      82. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Dubai
      83. Eltham Public Library, Greenwich, London
      84. Worthing Library
      85. Greenhill Library, Harrow
      86. Our Lady’s R.C. High School, Manchester
      87. Malton Library, North Yorkshire
      88. Neath Library, Wales
      89. Raimbeaucourt Library, France
      90. Welwyn Garden City Library, Hertfordshire
      91. St Paul's Cray Library, Bromley
      92. Skiptvet Public Library, Norway
      93. Taastrup Public Library, Denmark
      94. Halsnaes Public Library, Denmark
      95. Sint Pieters Leeuw Public Library, Belgium
      96. Niort Public Library France
      97. Little Lever Health Centre and Library, Bolton
      98. Peckham Library, London
      99. City of Bristol College
      100. Alan Gilbert Learning Commons
      101. Royal College of Nursing, London
      102. St Patrick's College, Dublin
      103. Bournemouth and Poole College campuses
      104. St Mary's University Naylor Library
      105. University of Bedfordshire Library
      106. John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
      107. Lancaster University
      108. Writtle University College, Chelmsford
      109. Access control at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
      110. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library: Revisit
      111. Woodlock Hall Library, All Hallows Campus, Dublin City University (DCU)
    4. Resources
      1. About libraries
        1. Library organisations and sources of data
        2. Library journals and library news sources
      2. Related design sites and image galleries
      3. Resources for library design
        1. Planning and designing library buildings and services
          1. Designing Prison Libraries
          2. WF Education Blog - Designing the Future of Libraries
        2. Designing the academic library and learning centre
        3. Designing the public library
        4. Designing the school library
        5. Libraries, communities and the built environment
        6. Green libraries: sustainable library buildings
        7. Conservation and storage
        8. Technology and digital library services
      4. Insights in library design
        1. Spaces for kids
        2. Spaces for learning
        3. Green and sustainable
        4. Public libraries now
        5. Library futures
      5. Reimagining the library
        1. Libraries in the 21st Century - the next 20 years?
        2. Finland's first container library
        3. Open all hours
        4. Designing an effective school library - art or science?
        5. Remodelling libraries: trends and opportunities (part 1)
        6. Remodelling libraries: trends and opportunities (part 2)
        7. Digital library spaces
        8. Dementia friendly public spaces
        9. A starter guide to library makerspaces
        10. Design innovation in school libraries
        11. Library design awards
        12. Dokk1: Impressions of an Impressive library
        13. Designing beautiful data
        14. A social hub of information, technology and services
        15. The Library of Birmingham: engaging the community
        16. Rethinking libraries in Surrey
        17. Idea Stores: the next generation
        18. Designing college libraries for Generation Z
        19. Merton's transformation journey
      6. Essential Design Guidelines
        1. Managing a successful library design and furnishing project
        2. Planning a successful library or archive move
        3. Designing libraries & learning centres for good acoustics
        4. The ultimate guide to photographing libraries
      7. Free graphic designs
        1. Notices and reading lists
        2. Posters and promotional headers
      8. Better by design
      9. The new libraries of Europe
      10. Australia's winning libraries
    5. Designing the future library: a marketplace for suppliers
      1. Library design, planning and moving
      2. Library furniture, shelving, storage, archiving
      3. Library technology and innovation
    6. News
      1. IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Results
      2. IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2024
      3. Paisley’s Learning and Cultural Hub Wins National Award
      4. More 2024 News
        1. Bringing the Outside In - Where Nature Meets Design
        2. Apply for the IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2024
        3. Progress Report January 2024
        4. LIBER Architecture Group Seminar 2024
        5. Designing Libraries Visits the New Bolton Library
        6. Meet our new sponsors - The Creative Core
      5. 2023 News
        1. First Designing Libraries Advisory Group Meeting
        2. First Annual Sponsors’ Event
        3. IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2023
        4. Crown Workspace discuss the impacts of reuse in libraries
        5. The Evolution of Public Libraries
        6. Bannockburn Library awarded Edge23 - Physical Category
      6. 2022 News
        1. Better By Design: An Introduction to Planning, Designing and Developing Library Buildings
        2. New Libraries in Old Buildings: creative reuse
        3. Restoration
        4. Architectural Recycling
        5. IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award Shortlist 2022
        6. LIBER Architecture Group seminar April 2022
        7. Shaping Plans for Sunderland Culture House
        8. Libraries Connected - The Next Five Years
        9. New Range of Children's Furniture
        10. House of Wisdom
        11. Designing Libraries Round Table
        12. IFLA Library of the Year Award
        13. And the winner is ... Library of the Year 2022
        14. Happy Birthday to The Hive
        15. New University of Bristol Library
        16. RIBA Stirling Prize winner 2022: The New Library, Magdalene College
        17. Warm and Safe Libraries
        18. Green Libraries Manifesto
        19. Shopping Centre Library Plans
        20. Inviting New Library for Uithoorn
        21. Greener Heating Grants
      7. 2021 News
        1. Sunderland's Culture House
        2. Library, whale or ocean liner?
        3. Meeting spaces in libraries
        4. Discover a wonderland
        5. Berlin's library and testimony archive
        6. The restoration of Norbury Library
        7. New space for University of Birmingham campus
        8. A natural library
        9. Designing a new heart for a small city
        10. Library design matters: a webinet series from IFLA
        11. Doncaster's new library opens virtually
        12. The Nest in Bexley
        13. New school library in an apple orchard
        14. Australian Library Design Award winners 2021
      8. 2020 News
        1. Oslo's new library opens June 18
        2. Erasmus University Rotterdam Library renovation
        3. New library and community park
        4. Media library in a landscape
        5. FG completes Havana library project
        6. Town House to open at Kingston University
        7. Ludinghausen: small but beautiful
        8. Designed to inspire
        9. Winning proposal for Ibsen Library
        10. Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library
        11. A bookshop in a paddy field
        12. A library in rural Nepal
        13. The hospitable library of the future
        14. Helping libraries thrive in uncertain times
        15. Optimising learning space
        16. The concrete wormhole library
        17. Safe working: an architectural perspective
        18. Designing the online experience
        19. BRAINSTORM will light up Bjorvika in Oslo
        20. Library Buildings in Europe
        21. The safe reopening of libraries
        22. The living room behind the bookshelves
        23. Landmark new library for Bristol
        24. Ottawa's new library revealed
        25. What Nottingham Central Library will look like
      9. 2019 News
        1. 2020 LIBER-LAG seminar programme
        2. SCONUL Design Awards winners
        3. Oslo's new main library
        4. New Sydney library opens
        5. Recognition for library modernisation
        6. Sensory project transforms children's libraries
        7. Snohetta's vision for new library
        8. Holyhead Market Hall renovation
        9. Luxembourg National Library opens
        10. Demco designs new Hub for modern learning
        11. New library and study centre for St John's College, Oxford
        12. Moving St Paul's Cathedral Library
        13. The new Charles Library at Temple University
        14. SCONUL Library Design Award and Showcase 2019
        15. A new cultural residence
        16. The habitable library
        17. Sustainable furnishings in Stockholm's Old Library
        18. Award-winning Canadian library buildings
        19. Edmonton in zinc
        20. The Library @ the Lightbox opens in Barnsley
        21. Design for learning in Australia, Singapore, the Netherlands and Kosovo
        22. New Rotadex Fineline mobile shelving for Taunton
        23. Hubland Library - a future that looks to the past
        24. No books, lots of ideas
        25. Calgary's new Central Library - form over function?
        26. Cape Town's flexible library
        27. Grünerløkka Library: a toolkit for localism
        28. SCONUL Library Design Awards shortlist announced
        29. ALIA Design Award winners
        30. Espoo wins Library of the Year Award
        31. Major library redesign for Curtin University, Perth
        32. Edwinstowe Library: learning from the community
        33. UCL unveils new Student Centre
        34. Library and cinema for West Norwood
        35. A fresh Eye for Suffolk
        36. West Sussex to invest in community hubs
        37. Stormen library in Bodø, Norway wins award
        38. Southwark opens new Grove Vale Library
        39. The library as a public space
      10. 2018 News
        1. Taiwan's impressive libraries
        2. Merton's first sensory library
        3. Let's Make Makerspaces in Warwickshire
        4. Keeping pace with digital
        5. Refurbished library opens in Hexham
        6. Early Carnegie library to be restored
        7. Colliers Wood new library opens
        8. One stop library development begins for Midsomer Norton
        9. The extraordinary Stovner library: the shape of things to come
        10. Public Library of the Year Award
        11. Ten public libraries in Belgium
        12. Libraries need to evolve digitally
        13. Essex opens Chelmsford families hub
        14. Sutton Coldfield library reborn
        15. National Library of Latvia wins award
        16. Co-creating sixth form study space
        17. New wave of funding for Welsh libraries
        18. First library + art museum for Taiwan
        19. Mind-building in Finland
        20. Help build a library in Nepal
        21. Ireland's public libraries 2022
        22. Notts inspires!
        23. New library building for University of Limerick
        24. International Designing Libraries Conference
        25. York's new community hub
        26. Creating a circular shelving system
        27. Greener libraries worldwide
        28. How a corridor became a learning street
        29. Renovating a traditional library building
        30. A library under the stars
        31. Helsinki's library of the future
        32. The world's best new library 2018
        33. Plans released for the new Dublin City Library
        34. Modernising library spaces
        35. Kalk Library Cologne: engaging the community
        36. Christchurch central library opens
        37. Treehouse or amphitheatre?
        38. Inspiring learning: the Luxembourg Learning Centre
        39. Oodi library opens in Helsinki
        40. Creative destruction: facing up to the challenges of change
        41. Student Gateway refreshed at University of Sunderland
      11. 2017 News
        1. Designing libraries in the 21st century: lessons for the UK
        2. Too many libraries?
        3. Families zone for Chelmsford Library
        4. New Royal Holloway library houses 400,000 books
        5. Inspirational refurbishment for Beeston Library
        6. The Book Stop pop-up library project
        7. Bisset Adams wins Thamesmead library contest
        8. China's 'giant eye' library opens
        9. Qatar's new National Library is open to everyone
        10. Designing academic space that matters
        11. Light and modern design for Marylebone Library
        12. Transforming the public library
        13. The opening of Leiden University's Asian Library
        14. £4.2m refit for Edmonton Green library
        15. Moving Qatar National Library into its new home
        16. Inside Halifax Central Library
        17. Final refurbishment phase complete for Teesside University
        18. A phenomenal first year for The Word
        19. Alvar Aalto library wins Finnish architecture prize
        20. SLA Inspiration Award - the winners!
        21. A bigger and better library for Battersea
        22. Ealing Central Library to relocate
        23. The library runway for kids
        24. 2017 Library Design Showcase
        25. SLA Inspiration Award shortlist announced
        26. Halifax opens its new library
        27. Designing the accessible library website
        28. Libraries and Makerspaces
        29. More from less in Newcastle relocation
        30. IFLA Green Library Award winner 2017
        31. Picture this mobile shelving
        32. Doncaster library plan approved
        33. Aberdeen hub gets go-ahead
        34. Revamp for Walsall Central Library
        35. The self-service device loan revolution
        36. Kingston invests in libraries
        37. Australian Library Design Awards 2017
        38. Awards for Dunfermline Carnegie Library
        39. Competition for Southmere library design
        40. Vibrant new community library for Nottingham
        41. £2.7m for libraries, museums and archives in Wales
        42. Storyhouse opens - cinema, theatre, library
        43. The best of Australian library design
        44. Designing the British Library extension
        45. Library design and the learning experience
        46. Ryerson University's new Student Learning Centre
        47. A library is a giant toy
        48. New library at the University of Nottingham officially opened
        49. Green light for Paisley's High Street library
        50. Culture Centre for Conwy
        51. Training rooms in libraries
        52. Refurbishment for the University of Salford library
        53. A collective living room
        54. The Connect Experience: Making Workspaces Work Harder Through Integrated Technology
        55. Wandsworth's libraries - bigger and better
        56. Shelving and storage at the new University of Birmingham library
        57. Heritage preserved in Dartford Library
      12. 2016 News
        1. Library and campus for Malawi
        2. Winning designs for Shanghai's city library
        3. The Hive and Heritage Quay are winning libraries
        4. Inside the Design Library
        5. Libraries are the new tourist attractions
        6. A wider choice for self-service and book-sorting solutions
        7. Designing the Dubai British School
        8. Under one (or another) umbrella
        9. A modernist refurbishment at the University of Leeds
        10. The Word - design thinking for our time
        11. A green branch for Toronto Public Library
        12. A design-led study hub for Magdalen
        13. University of Birmingham's £44 million new library
        14. Transforming the Bodleian's Weston Library
        15. The Curve opens in Slough
        16. The future of library services in three visualisations
        17. Library and gallery for Haverfordwest
        18. A library for connection and creative discovery
        19. Wandsworth's libraries after outsourcing
        20. Libraries feature in RIBA awards
        21. University of Glasgow library refurbishment complete
        22. Unique infill project for the National Library of Wales
        23. The microlibrary made from ice cream buckets
        24. Crewe's £15m Lifestyle Centre creates waves
        25. Reshaping the future library
        26. Consultants appointed to design County Library
        27. An eye for China
        28. Next phase for Reading underway
        29. Modernisation at Ebbw Vale Library
        30. Hebburn Central a success
        31. An innovative library space for kids
        32. What will a library be tomorrow?
        33. Living in a material world
        34. IFLA Green Library Award winner announced
        35. SCONUL Design Awards shortlist announced
        36. School library design can improve education
        37. Arcadia gets the 'Manchester Look'
        38. SLA Inspiration Award open for entries
        39. Library building awards announced
        40. Lancaster's new shelving
        41. Visualising library enquiries - a graphic arts project
        42. £2.3m for Welsh libraries, museums and archives
        43. Architect Zaha Hadid dies
        44. Science Museum opens new Research Centre and Library
        45. New library for Holborn
        46. Integrated library, theatre and cinema for Chester
        47. A tale of two Sydneys
        48. Restoring the world's oldest library
        49. Idea Stores - still thriving
        50. Lancaster University Library remodelled
        51. IFLA Green Library Award 2016
        52. Dubai to build book-shaped library
        53. New library wing for Essex University
        54. Spring opening for Bicester's new library
        55. Storing a fine art collection
        56. The Core, Solihull - opening soon!
        57. David Cameron opens school library
      13. 2015 News
        1. SCONUL 2016 Library Design Awards
        2. A space for reading
        3. Hull library transformation now complete
        4. Major upgrade for college library
        5. Post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings
        6. Warrington plans £5m heritage hub
        7. Library extension built from railway sleepers
        8. School library redesign wins readers
        9. What libraries should look like
        10. Scottish Poetry Library reopens
        11. Winners of the SLA Inspiration Award announced
        12. Library and cultural hub wins design award
        13. Mecanoo to lead renovation of New York Public Library
        14. Herning Public Library wins best renovation prize
        15. Edinburgh in for design award
        16. Willesden Green library opens
        17. New town centre library opens in Stafford
        18. Herefordshire Archive opens with new racking solution
        19. Calculating the growth of collections and spaces
        20. Library Design Showcase 2015
        21. The reading dome
        22. Post-war public library buildings listed by Historic England
        23. The best new public library in the world
        24. State-of-the-art medical library opens without books
        25. Scandinavia's largest library
        26. Leeds Laidlaw Library officially opens
        27. School library Inspiration Award 2015 shortlist announced
        28. The achievements of Australia's public libraries
        29. Libraries without walls: when students become the core design consideration
        30. New Plymouth Central Library
        31. A bright and happy library
        32. Public library with indoor garden
        33. Pork Pie library reopens
        34. Billingham Library gets building excellence award
        35. Canadian public library wins building award
        36. Rethinking the staff workplace
        37. Steel-clad library for Oxford college
        38. Fiction library for primary school
        39. The library on the beach
        40. Northants library opens in community hub in Towcester
        41. Library wins Development of the Year award
        42. Libraries as the 'third place'
        43. Reinventing the modern library
        44. Public Library of the Year Award launches
        45. China Centre gets new mobile shelving
        46. Refurbishment for French Institute
        47. Wakefield's dementia-friendly library
        48. Archive is a gateway to history
        49. Bodleian's Weston Library opens
        50. Library and community hub for South Tyneside
        51. The new libraries of Singapore
        52. Mapping mobile shelving in Liverpool
        53. The Word is out in South Shields
        54. A strategic vision for library and learning spaces
        55. Learning Spaces database released
        56. New library opens in Milton Keynes
        57. Barnsley's Central Library design unveiled
        58. Construction starts on new Engineering and Science Library
        59. School libraries as hubs of learning
        60. Design thinking toolkit for libraries
        61. Designing shelving for access
        62. Billingham library and customer service centre opens
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