Library space for children / edited by Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield and Karen Latimer.

"Papers presented at a joint session of the Library Buildings and Equipment and the Libraries for Children and Young Adults section at the IFLA World Congress in Milan in 2009 under the title "If I was the Library Director."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction; The History of Children's Library Design: Continuities and Discontinuities; Children's Media Culture: A Key to Libraries of the Future?; A Children's Public Library in Muscat, Oman; Building Excellent Libraries with and for Children; Programme: Jacksonville Public Library Children's and Teens' Libraries; Santiago Public Library: A Challenge for Children and Youth Adults; The Red Thread in Hjoerring; "Here you can go everywhere you want, sort of ..." Building a New Children's Library; Children's Spaces From Around the World; Conclusion; Author Biographies.

In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries engage with their users in a digital age. This means that librarians, architects, politicians and patrons must develop new visions, concepts and ideas for the design and building of libraries. This book brings together a number of articles based on presentations from the IFLA World Congress 2009: historical view of the development of children's libraries over the last century, a look at how children use.

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In English.

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