THE DESIGN OF LIBRARY BUILDINGS: SOME RECENT TRENDS
Karen Latimer
Abstrakt
This paper looks at trends in library design in the 21st century drawing on examples mainly in the UK and Ireland. Early trends are identified before a more detailed review of the recent trends of sustainability and wellbeing. A wider definition of sustainability which includes the reuse and adaption of old buildings into beautiful and functional modern libraries is considered. This connects to the sense of identity and belonging that stem from embedded memories contained in existing historic buildings and links to the increasing awareness in library design of the need to consider the wellbeing of users. An additional aspect of wellbeing discussed is the importance of indoor/outdoor connectivity as a key library asset.
Biogram:
Karen Latimer OBE MA DipLIS FCLIP Hon RSUA. Karen is a Library Building Consultant, and retired Medical Librarian, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. Formerly: Secretary of the LIBER Architecture Group, Chair of the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Standing Committee. Currently: advisor to UK Designing Libraries; Trustee of the UK Architectural Heritage Fund, the Irish Architectural Archive and Hearth Historic Buildings Trust. Judge for the UK RIBA architectural awards, the Australian Library Design Awards, and library building design competitions in Europe and China. Holds an IFLA award for international work in the field of library design. Key publications:
Latimer, Karen (2018). 2050 a library space odyssey: planning the future library.
Legal Information Management, vol.18(4). pp. 203-209.
Appleton, L, Latimer, K and Christie, P. (2017). New, renovated and repurposed library spaces: responding to new demands. IN Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship. 2nd ed; ed by J.Dyki and P Glassman. London, Facet. pp.263-276.
Latimer, Karen. (2014).Architektur für den Zugang:Bibliotheksräume im 21.Jahrhundert neu denken. (Architecture supporting access: redesigning library space in the 21st century). IN Formierungen von Wissensräume; ed. by O Eigenbrodt and R Stang. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur. pp. 37-49.
Latimer, Karen. (2011). Connections to collections: changing spaces and new challenges in academic library buildings. Library Trends, vol. 60(1). pp.112-133.
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