Library Planning Consultant

Past event: example of consulting work

Oct 4, 2011 – ACA will be facilitating a workshop at Steelcase entitled “THE FUTURE LIBRARY: PHYSCIAL + VIRTUAL. It will be a workshop that focuses on new library services…

acohen September 6, 2011

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues Space Planning

Children’s Library: Example Program for the Future

The BCPL developed a children's library model called Storyville. It was designed to foster early literacy and school readiness skills. It was developed specifically for children birth to five. We…

acohen July 18, 2011

Library Planning Research work in progress

New Ways of Learning Effects Library Design

Technology has impacted the way we use library collections. It has impacted the way we interact in the library building. The landscape of learning has changed so much that we…

acohen July 12, 2011

Library Planning Research

A New Academic Library – House of Knowledge

HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE KAUST Library Created as the focal point on the new campus, the KAUST library crystallizes the architectural and functional ambitions of a new university. It is a…

acohen July 9, 2011

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues

The economic impact of libraries

Our team is always trying to measure the economic impact of library services. It is notoriously difficult once you get beyond broad benefits and try to pin down the actual…

acohen June 15, 2011

Library Planning Research Space Planning work in progress

Future Thinking: Academic Libraries

Additional research on the subject of academic libraries - Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025

acohen May 28, 2011

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues Space Planning

Future of Librarianship

The Taiga Forum developed a framework for the challenges that librarians will face in the future. The strategy developed by the group echo's our research i.e. the changing status of…

acohen May 27, 2011

Library Planning Research

What is the value of an ebook?

In "In the Era of eBooks, What Is a Book Worth? (I)," a very important discussion has begun. Indeed, what is the value of an e-book? At ACA, we are…

acohen May 23, 2011

Library Planning Research

Kindle Lending Library – (e-book) Learning Environment

Amazon will transform 11,000 library environments with Overdrive. On April 20, 2011, Amazon and Kindle e-reader will work with libraries to provide downloadable e-books. The Kindle library lending feature will…

acohen May 4, 2011

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues work in progress

value of academic libraries

The Value of Academic Libraries is a subject we have been analyzing to support our academic clients. Our technique the Visual Scan, a qualitative assessment of the library environment, helps…

acohen April 6, 2011