Library Planning Consultant

Library as Public Space

While preparing for a new public library project, Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD studies the latest designs. The New York Public Library with help from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation is an…

acohen November 4, 2022

Library Planning Research

Library Architecture Building for Change

This blog has been assembling what might be called steps toward an adaptive library architecture. The shaping of a confident, adaptable library project cannot emerge from a fragmented library program.…

acohen October 7, 2022

Library Planning Research library technology work in progress

The library remains a vital cornerstone of the education landscape for generations to come.

In any library, research shows that rarely will more than two people sit on a three-seater library lounge, unless the people know each other. Strangers will sit as far apart…

acohen October 4, 2022

Library Planning Research library technology Space Planning

School Libraries and Academic Innovation Labs

As we begin the new school year, we would like to take the opportunity to share one aspect of how a school or academic library can make a difference in…

acohen September 28, 2022

Social Library Issues Space Planning work in progress

LIBRARY DESIGN / LEARNING GARDEN

Understanding the learning garden and library environment involves special problem solving, navigation, trying to make sense of a chaotic book shelving system wayfinding information that may help interacting with the…

acohen September 27, 2022

Library Planning Research library technology Space Planning

New Library Planning Methods / New Digital Resource Strategies

To begin the development of a library or digital asset management project, consider methods of zooming into a problem and zooming out. This will give your organization the ability to…

acohen September 13, 2022

Library Planning Research Social Library Issues Space Planning

Welcome to the 21st Century Library

To challenge your current perspective, you can view the library as an educational community center. You can look for commonalities that point to unmet needs. You can program the library…

admin September 8, 2022

Library Planning Research library technology

Strategies For Your Library’s Tech Intensity

Technology has always found a home in libraries. But applied library tech - website / interface design has often been consigned to the backrooms of libraries. Fortunately, that's changing. Several…

acohen August 29, 2022

Library Planning Research

Thinking About Public Library Strategies

It is not surprising public libraries are eager to help their communities. According to the American Library Associations core values - they provide access, education and life-long learning, diverse programs…

acohen August 7, 2022

Library Planning Research

The Value of the Academic Library

LIBRARY PLANNING RESEARCH More than 20 years ago, Aaron Cohen AIA started our library planning research. First, he started with a question: what is the value of the academic library?…

acohen July 5, 2022