Emergent Themes in Libraries

Annual Institute of Library As PlaceLondon, Ontario

July 2014

Alexandria, Egypt 2011

“Freedom, prosperity and the development of society and individuals are fundamental human values.” UNESCO Public Library Manifesto

“The library is an act of inspiration architecture”Peter Morville

Inspiring Spaces

Outdoor water featureWhitby Public Library, Whitby, Ontario

Glass enclosing old Carnegie structureHespeler Library, Cambridge, Ontario

Looking in from outsideWhitby Public Library, Whitby, Ontario

Apple LabHunt Library, North Carolina

Seating AreaHespeler Library, Cambridge, Ontario

Clean and Dramatic EntryQueen’s Library, Cambridge, Ontario

Knowledge WallVancouver Community Library, Washington

For the City, Jenny Holzer, 2005New York Public Library, New York

Community & Customer Centric

Colour CodingThe James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina

Customer Service Plan MapBrampton Public Library, Ontario

StaircaseVancouver Community Library, Washington State

On the DeskThe James B. Hunt Jr. LibraryNorth Carolina

On WheelsUniversity of Kentucky Library

Kentucky

On the BeachSt. Kilda Library, Port Philip, Australia

Pop-Up Park Saturday LibraryNew York Public Library, Queens, and Brooklyn Libraries Partnership, New York

Oak Park Idea BoxOak Park Public Library, Illinois

Music Lab Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker, Denmark

Movable Wall Palto Alto Public Library, California

Mobile Lighting Waterloo Public Library, Waterloo, Ontario

Collaborative Working DeskPerry Library, Old Dominion University, Virginia

Compact computer stationDelft Media Library, Netherlands

Whiteboard WallThe James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina

Increasing Pace of Technology

“Don’t think Mobile First - think Mobile Only imagining an untethered, connected enterprise”Deloite Tech Trends 2013

Mobile PaymentIntuit.com

Cardstar appMountain Lakes Library, New Jersey

iPads mounted in shelvingOerestad Public Library, Denmark

‘Ready Charge’ stationCommunitechWaterloo, Ontario

Calgary EEEL Social StairsUniversity of Calgary, Alberta

Powermat Wireless ChargingStarbucks, California

Smart Library Vending MachinePioneer Library System, Oklahoma

Subway LibraryNew York Public Library, New York

Fractals SeatingUtah Valley University Library, Orem, Utah

Individual Enclosed Workstations Helsinki Central Library, Helsinki, Finland

Collections

DronesUniversity of South Florida Library, Florida

Finch RobotsChicago Public Library, Illinois

Mobile HotspotsNew York and Chicago Public Libraries

Robotic Newspaper Storage and RetrievalBritish Library, London, England

Laptop Vending MachineBaruch College Newman Library, New York

PowerSync iPad CartBretford Manufacturing, Inc.

Memory of a Nation ExhibitionNational Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia http://vimeo.com/27803481

LifelinesNational Library of New Zealandhttp://vimeo.com/54051823

Augmented Reality AppRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario

Touchscreen Digital BookcaseGoogle Offices, New York

“The currency of the new collaborative economy is trust”Rachel Bostman

Participatory &

Collaborative Learning

Artist in Residence 2013Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta

Touchscreen WallMelrose Centre for

Technology, Innovation & Creativity, Orange County Library, Orlando

Flight SimulationMelrose Centre for Technology, Innovation & Creativity

Orange County Library, Orlando

YOUMedia LabChicago Public Library, Illinois

Digital Media LabFayetteville Free Library, New York

Hamilton Grange Teen CentreNew York Public Library, New York

3D Printer Unlab, Western University, London, Ontario

4th Floor Chattanooga Public Library, Tennessee

Fab Lab Fayetteville Public Library, New York

“The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed”William Gibson

Digital Literacy

Math EmporiumVirginia Tech, Virginia

Storytimes with TabletsSkokie Public Library, Illinois

Toy Tech Box Device BorrowingCleveland Public Library, Ohio

Preloaded iPads for CirculationFayetteville Free Library, New York

Stewardship

Rooftop GardenVancouver Public Library, British Columbia

Study and Meeting CommonsCentennial College Academic Library, Toronto, Ontario

Street Teams talking to the Community, 2013London Public Library, London, Ontario

"If the old model of the library was the inward-focused community reading room, the new one is more like a community ‘front porch’.”

Cynthia Nikitin & Josh JacksonProject for Public Spaces: Libraries That Matter http://www.pps.org/reference/librariesthatmatter-2/

Ryerson University Student Learning CentreToronto, Ontario

Snøhetta and Zeidler Partnership Architects

Halifax Public LibraryHalifax, Nova ScotiaSchmidt Hammer Lassen

Datong Library Shanxi, China

Preston Scott Cohen

London Public Library Strategic Plan Research Team

Barb AdamsColleen Amatruda

Leonor DaCostaCarolyn Doyle

Norma GelinasLindsay Harris

Anya HlebaLisa Manax Skikos

Dave Mitchell