Library as Place

By:

Liz Bernal, Chris Breitenbach, Nicole Burchfield, Diana Kocunik and Liz Samaniego

Introduction

• Library 1.0

• Library Surrogates

• Future of Library 2.0

• Library as Place: the good, the bad and the ugly

Stop making it feel like church.*

47-year-old from the United Kingdom

Library 1.0

• Andrew Carnegie (birthday Nov. 25)

• Contributed $56,162,622 to establish 2509 libraries in the English speaking world

• 1911 – Notes on Library Buildings by James Bertram (secretary)

“Notes on Library Buildings”

Rectangular shape with a basement and first floor• Guard against waste of space at entrance

– Corridor 12-18 ft wide running from entrance to circulation desk 20 ft inside (half the size for a smaller library)

• Warned not to allot to much valuable space to cloak room, stairs, and toilets

• No suggestions about exterior other than to keep it plain and dignified

• Discouraged fireplaces• Should be used exclusively for library purposes

only – no municipal or educations offices

First Floor• 12-15 ft ceilings• Book stacks• Circulation desk area close to entrance

for Librarians to supervise• Reading rooms - Adults and Children• Rear and side windows 6-7 ft above floor• Book stacks and if necessary glass

partitions to divide space and provide quiet

Basement

• 9-10 ft ceilings• 4 ft below natural grade level• Storage• Lecture room• Heating/boiler room• Restrooms

Carnegie Adult and Child Reading Rooms – Circa 1903

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Library Surrogates

Run the library like a bookstore.*55-year-old from the United States

Typical Librarians?!?

Action Figure Librarian

Old Bridge Public Library

Where to go and how to find?

That’s a lot of books!

Library or Bookstore?

Librarian or Bookseller?

Programming or Book Event?

Borders New Books

Where am I going?

Makes me want to shop!

Future Libraries

I think this survey is right on track. Thelibraries should look at community spaceslike Starbucks and Borders, and shouldalso look at the value of online materiallike Google, and they should try to bemore relevant in the current age.*51-year-old from the United States

Green Library Profile

• Fayetteville Public Library: Blair Library

• Architecture Firm: Meyer, Scherer, and Rockcastle (Principal Team)

Blair Library, AR

• Opened October, 2004

• 1st library to register with the US Green Building Council (USGBC)

• Received LEED Silver NC certification– (Leadership in Energy

and Environmental Design )

http://www.faylib.org/welcome.asp

Final Floor Plan of Main Library

Main Floor - Cafe, Children's Area, Meeting Room, Browsing Collection

Upper Floor - Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, Reference, Genealogy, Large Print

Drawing 1: Sample building plans as presented in James Bertram's Notes on Library Buildings.

Was the Cost worth it?

• Circulation at Blair increased – 271, 187 to 718,159 a year

• Library visits:– 192,179 to 576,773

• Completed on time and on budget and the building is debt-free

http://www.faylib.org/events/loy05.asp

Flickr Project

•Show us your Library 2.0

Time for a really big show!

Ladies and Gentleman…The Beatl…err…Library As Place

Conclusions

Keep up the good work*

Mentioned 61 times by respondents ranging in age from 15 to 82 from Australia, Canada, UnitedKingdom and the United States

*All quotes are from the OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Science 2005 Report (section 4: Respondents’ Advice to Libraries)