Playfully thinking about Library Programming
Programming Library spaces to improve learning activities can be in different sizes and shapes. According to Aaron Cohen AIA, the library is an incubator and a place for interaction. It…
Reimagining the Library: A Strategic Evolution
President Obama unveiled a new initiative called ConnectED to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years, calling on the…
Crowdfunding for Libraries (8 steps)
As the world gets smaller and more people have access to the internet, we are getting requests to fund local library projects all over the world. These projects are important…
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Public Library – Top 10 Libraries for Children
Libraries are exciting places for children to grow and learn. They are great attractions for local culture, tutoring and making friends. In the US, there are many public libraries that…
Library Planning – Kickstarting the Design Process
It is important to remember that funding a library improvement project does not have to follow a prescribed linear course. In Crowdfunding the Library, we noted that librarians and educators…
Culture House – the Sound of Library Planning
It turns out that the noise level in the social "library as place" can be a positive factor in the learning environment. The library can be a social and active…
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Library – Learning Commons TouchPoints
Learning TouchPoints are an important part of the library - learning commons - physical program. The service desks, collaboration bars and hubs can be developed to include visualization TouchPoints; spaces…
I-Library – What about the Learning Commons?
The Bexar County library will open a prototype digital public library. According to "Paperless Libraries Switch to Digital" - It will have 100 e-readers on loan, and dozens of screens…
Making the Learning Commons Mobile
According to MIT Technology Review "Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started," mobile computing is spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history. Almost half of the "late technophobes" have…
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Shifting Libraries to Mobile to Support Online Learning
As library users shift transactions to smart phones and other mobile devises, libraries must anticipate how library users will anchor their cloud-based relationship to a real study environment. We are…