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Library Facilities Planning Workshops and Training Programs

Georgia Tech - Physical + Virtual Library Planning Methods -

Date/time: Saturday, October 26, 2013 - (8:30-4:30)
Location: Clough Commons
Join us for this special one day event.


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Want to do the Strategic Planning or Facility Planning workshop for your organization?

We can do Webinars and SKYPE meetings to bridge time zones. Take a look at the results of our Webinar for LLAMA - American Library Association - July 20 2011.

If you are an ALA member, search for our "Physical and Virtual Library Planning" webinar on the LLAMA web site Webinar - LLAMA - American Library Association - August 15, 2012.

Contact our team to set up a special one day event for your community. The activity will build consensus for long and short term library building projects. During the session, participants will learn our library planning metrics. They will do exercises and learn from case studies developed over our 40 year history including academic, public, government, medical, law and special libraries. Workshops include examples of: library program measurements, project management, service point design, data analytics, logistics and budget / capital management

Extended List of Past Library Planning Workshops

LITA Town Hall - Midwinter
January 23, 2006

San Antonio, TX

NELA Annual Meeting
Oct 15, 2005
DCU Center (formerly Centrum)
Worcester, MA

IDEO Workshop
Annual Conference,Chicago, IL
June 24, 2005 - Learning Space Dilemma

Adaptive Challenge
Northeastern University Library
Guest Speaker
Sue Martin, Past President, ACRL & LITA
Workshop Boston, Mass - May 4, 2005

Information Today: Computers and Libraries Conference
Washington D.C.
March 15, 2005 - Library as a Place

New York Innovation Workshop
New York City, NY
Oct 27, 2004 - Sandbox for Information

Pre-conference workshop @ NYLA Annual Conference
Rochester, New York
October, 20, 2004 - Planning Community Libraries

New England Library Association Annual Conference
September 29, 2004 - Library and Information Spaces

2004 Annual Conference
Central Florida University, Florida
June 24, 2004 - Collaborative Work Zones



Need to know more about your community?  We can facilitate a planning workshop for your organization.Contact Us



Our recent workshops confirmed our belief that the knowledge environment is changing. The physical library - library as place - will continue to be increasingly important because of its multi-function use.   For this reason, the interior of the library must be designed for group process, individual study and efficient operations.


How will you transform the library building and what language will you use to develop a functional building program?


We can help you validate the value of your library. We can facilitate a workshop that details the need and defines the special program measurements required to build future-orientated libraries.


We regularly provide in-house workshops. Contact Us


Recent Conference Programs 

The Library is an Incubator for Learning Activities
Library Planning Workshop
March 22, 2013


Steelcase Worklife - NYC

American Library Association Annual Meeting 2012
Library Service Planning: Leveraging Your Organization to Transform Your Library
June 23, 2012


Anaheim Convention Center

THE FUTURE LIBRARY: PHYSICAL +VIRTUAL
An open-ended discovery of the Phys'Virt Library, a layered concept
May 11, 2012


Steelcase WorkLife Center

475 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

New York - Learning Spaces & the Design of Future Oriented Libraries
New York, November 9, 2010

Interested in attending a library planning Workshop?  
- Contact ACA for more information.


"The Visual Scan" for Future Orientated Libraries
London, May 11, 2010
Manchester, September 7, 2010

CILIP 
Contact CILIP for more information.


Digital Library Learning Spaces
April 15, 2010


Computers in Libraries, Thursday April 15, 2010 
Contact Computers in Libraries for more information.


New York City - Library as Place, Metro / Baruch College
Nov. 20, 2009


Metro, Friday, November 20, 2009 
Contact Metro for more information


Space Planning for Libraries, California Library Association Annual Meeting
Oct. 30, 2009


CLA Annual Conference, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 
Contact CLA for more information

"The Visual Scan" for Future Orientated Libraries:


Visual Scan, Midland Hotel in Manchester, UK
Sept. 3, 2009


CILIP London, Thursday September 3, 2009 
Contact CILIP for more information

"The Visual Scan" for Future Orientated Libraries: Full Day Conference 


ACRL 14th National Conference
March 13, 2009


ACRL Conference 
Contact ACRL for more information


Massachusetts Library Association
May 6, 2009


Library Space Planning 
Contact Massachusetts Library Association for more information


California Library Association
October 26, 2007


A Visual Scan at Long Beach Public Library 
Contact California Library Association for more information


New England Library Association
October 13, 2007


Aaron Cohen's Library Planning Guidelines 
Contact New England Library Association for more information


Illinois Library Association
October 9, 2007


Visual Scan for Future Orientated Libraries 
Contact Illinois Library Association for more information


Stanford University
March 23rd & 24th 2007


Aaron Cohen Associates and Michael A. Keller, University Librarian  
Contact ACA for more information


Library of Congress
March 23rd & 24th 2007


Library as Place - Federal Library and Information Network  
Contact FLICC for more information


The Tampa Bay Library Consortium, State Library and Archives of Florida
December 7, 2006


The Visual Scan & the Design of Future Oriented Libraries  
Contact Tampa Bay Library Consortium for more information


Northeastern University
November 3, 2006


Collaborative Learning Environments  
Contact ACA for more information


Millennials, If you build it, will they come?
June 23, 2006


ALA Annual Conference  
Contact ACA for more information