Libraries with No Limits: Navigating the Digital Landscape
We see libraries with no limits, based on the expansion of digital content. But the expansion of digital material leads to the need for a guide. According to Eric Maslowski,…
Library Space Planning: The Third Place
What is the third place? It is a library or community center, learning commons or co-working space. In a community or campus building, the third place is the library. It…
Learning Commons – Collection Development
There has been a noticeable shift in the education environment, creating new challenges for anyone managing a campus, school or research institution. The buildings on campus are becoming more collaborative…
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Library / Project Based Learning Environments
Which vision of the future best describes research libraries in the 21st century? Access or Conservation? Some futurists envision the research library to be a truly digital environment. However, technology…
Innovation at the Library 2016
Foreseeing trends in the future for the next ten to twenty years in library services is hard to do. The fact that, by some accident, some of us happen to…
Best Libraries in the World
ACA (www.acohen.com) has spent more than 40 years studying libraries, developing user experiences and library services. We are now seeing a significant shift in space and service planning strategies, from…
Review and Renew to keep your Library Thriving
Our clients seek us out because, as library consultants, we offer a straightforward process geared specifically for libraries. For example, how does one develop a library "from scratch?" What services and space planning concepts…
The Library as Learning Organization
Developing the library as a learning organization is a steady trend in both academic and public libraries. Certainly, there is a need for a new leadership approach that will create…
Collection Preservation in the Digital World
In today's changing world, library collection and preservation services need to be adaptable to the current user's needs. Consider the library with valuable space on campus or downtown: should they use that…
Labyrinth in the Library
According to the Orchestrator Model, the library's service plan can be orchestrated with "think", "feel" and "do" strategies. The development of a building program helps the library staff "think" about…