"So how do you determine the best way to turn your library space into a learning center that’s right for today’s rapidly changing digital world?" 
Designing a school library media center may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so take advantage! In this hands-on guidebook, school library construction and media specialists Rolf Erikson and Carolyn Markuson share ... 
School libraries in Palo Alto embrace digital agePalo Alto Onlineby Chris Kenrick Students at Gunn High School recently used the "green screen" (for digital backgrounds) in the school library to make a video of themselves disguised as cells moving... 
Using the centralized location to advantage, the design team planned for opposing elementary and middle school entries to the library, thus defining a spatial organization that acknowledges the distinct identity of each group. 
A tumblr site of images curated by Katie Day. 
Desks, chalkboards and even classrooms themselves are a thing of the past at Telefonplan in Stockholm, Sweden. 
NORTH Sydney Boys hopes to mark its 100th anniversary this year by starting the Crows Nest high school's biggest building project. 
A high school in Connecticut is developing and honing a hybrid library that incorporates both traditional books and new digital technologies. 
Children's library should be designed as beautiful as possible, design a good children's library can attract children to read and it will become increasingly diligent... 
Libraries Offer More Than BooksHuffington PostThey can connect with local writers or artists (many of whom who teach at schools and colleges) to host poetry or drawing workshops. 
"School library design plays a major role in the life of any educational institution, whether it caters for primary or secondary age children. Transcending its basic purpose as a place of book storage, it should be at the heart of school life, driving a passion and hunger for knowledge and learning". 
Quiet no longer required in some libraries around the countryTribune ReviewFour museums and eight libraries — including the Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology in Allentown and the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation — recently... 
Louder libraries for a digital age to open across USNashua TelegraphThe Hartford Public Library of Connecticut will open one next year. |
The following schools have demonstrated their understanding of the centrality of their libraries by creating spaces that support 21st-century learning. 
Silence is not so golden in the modern library...
Librarians no longer expect or want libraries to be places of quiet solitude. Rather than walking around saying ''shhh'' and waving their steel rulers to enforce silence, he said contemporary librarians understand that ''using information, learning and reading are not just solitary activities''. 
In the spring of 2011, Forsyth County Schools partnered with Dekalb Office to create a prototype for future media centers. The prototype was completed at Lambert High School. A goal of this project is to envision media centers for use in the 21st century where paper-based resources are not the predominant tool in a media center. Space to collaborate and work on projects has become the most important aspect of the 21st century media center.
Portuguese recent school libraries - high schools
Article in portuguese, by Fernando do Carmo (2010). See also http://www.parque-escolar.pt/pt-orientacoes--instalacoes-bibliotecas.php. Portuguese School Libraries Network as also produced guidelines for SL facilities (2008) in lower grades schools (basic: primary - K-10 http://www.rbe.min-edu.pt/np4/194.html , and 10-15 years old students http://www.rbe.min-edu.pt/np4/195.html) as well as in high/secondary schools http://www.rbe.min-edu.pt/np4/100.html
You can always use translation tools, or... start to learn portuguese, one of the more spoken languages on Earth!
The Machias Elementary School’s sunlit library. The rural Washington State school was designed by NAC Architecture. (Photo: The Machias Elementary School’s sunlit library. 
A pinterest page curated by Dianne McKenzie showcasing libraries 
Fifth-graders give ideas for libraryWinston-Salem JournalA group of 13 fifth-graders who attend The Downtown School displayed their creativity as they provided suggestions Thursday for the new Central Library, including a petting area for animals... 
Library design is front and center in this year's round of building projects— completed between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011—exemplifying the best in sustainability and standing as the heart of community life. 
a recent update of thoughts and resources 
“It’s really about content and context and meaning and sharing information, which are completely different processes from what we learned 25 to 30 years ago." 
School Library Furniture. The tenants of a school library can be counted with toes and fingers along. That is the librarian, her assistants and probably a few people who find solace in the library. Most people do their research online and do not ... 
Great ideas applicable to libary spaces - "I plan to chronicle (non-library) productivity spaces to help inform the next generation learning environment. I think that we can a lot from other arenas that share some of our objectives." 
The primary goal of effective library design and space planning is that the facility must respond to the needs of its service population. Once the needs of its service population are determined, the library building must include ... |
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