Designing library space for children [electronic resource] / edited by Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, and Karen Latimer. - Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, c2012. - 150 p. : ill. - IFLA publications, 154 0344-6891 ; . - IFLA publications ; 154. .

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."

Includes bibliographical references.

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 Onal -- 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 Oyarzun -- 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9783110232172 (electronic bk.)




Libraries--Space utilization--Congresses.
Library buildings--Design and construction--Congresses.
Library architecture--Congresses.
Children's libraries--Congresses.
Young adults' libraries--Congresses.


Electronic books.

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