The history of children's library design : continuities and discontinuities / Alistair Black and Carolynn Rankin -- Children's media culture : a key to libraries of the future? / Kirsten Drotner -- A children's public library in Muscat, Oman / James R. Keller -- Building excellent libraries with and for children / Inci Önal -- Programme : Jacksonville Public Library Children's and Teens' Libraries / Alex Lamis and Barbara A.B. Gubbin -- Santiago Public Library : a challenge for children and youth adults / Gonzalo Oyarzún -- The red thread in Hjoerring / Tone Lunden -- Here you can go everywhere you want, sort of-- : building a new children's library / Karen Bertrams and Monique Mosch -- Children's spaces from around the world / Kathleen R.T. Imhoff
Summary
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 book looks at how children use new media and innovative designs for children's libraries
Notes
Papers presented at a joint session of the Library Buildings and Equipment and the Libraries for Children and Young Adults sections at the IFLA World Congress in Milan in 2009 under the title "If I was the Library Director."