Resources

=GREAT RESOURCES=

by Alanna Graboyes This article by Alanna Graboyes can be found in the Dec/Jan (2011/12) issue of [|Educational Leadership] . It takes a look at how careful use of space and resources can change a library without having to do a total redesign. Graboyes highlights a number of creative ways to make such library improvements: with tight purse strings advocating can help secure some additional funding, removing rather than adding items can be beneficial, and using student and staff art work to decorate are just a few of her many ideas.
 * A 21st Century Library in a 20th Century Space **

by Rolf Erikson, Carolyn Bussian Markuson
 * Designing a school library media center for the future **

This book looks at renovating a school library from the beginning research process right through to moving in to your brand new media centre. Each chapter is includes headings, listings and sidebars to help guide the reader. Useful diagrams and charts have been included to provide visual context. Also provided is a list of selected readings and well as some excellent Web sites to visit. A preview of this book can be found through [|Google Books] .

by Margaret Sullivan Sullivan (2011) provides a number of suggestions for turning a library space into a learning centre that will function well in a rapidly changing digital world. Click [|here] to read about ways you too can design a library space that will be flexible, appealing and tech central of your school!
 * Divine Design: How to Create the 21st -Century School Library of Your Dreams **

=Library Alive! = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.cla.ca/slip/library-alive.pdf__] = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A great resource developed by the Ontario School Library Association (2002). Easy and clear recommendations on creating an exemplary learning environment in the library.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Library Buildings and Equipment and Libraries for Children and Young Adults ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Open Session in Milan, Monday August 24, 2009, 13.45-18.00, Room Red <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.ifla.org/files/library-buildings-and-equipment/Milano%20report.pdf__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Includes detailed and succinct summaries of progressive library design considerations from around the world. Great topics include information on the history of library design (what has worked and what hasn’t), considerations for the future (Children’s media culture), and great examples of unique and progressive library designs

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">by Ann Martin
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">New Design Considerations That Transform the Library into an Indispensable Learning Environment **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|article] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> looks at library design challenges by following the planning and construction of a high school library in Virgina. Emphasis has been placed on the anticipated future needs of a learning commons rather than traditional library space.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">by Carolyn Foote <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Within this award winning blog there is a section dedicated to library design. Posts include information about involving stakeholders in the planning process, designing for the future and creating playful spaces. Foote also provides inspirational pictures and links to valuable library design resources. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://futura.edublogs.org/library-design/__]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Not So Distant Future: technology, libraries and schools **

= ** Library Designs by Grade Level ** =

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael Dewe, October 2007 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Published by the School Library Association, this invaluable book provides guidelines offering step-by-step advice to designing primary school libraries. This book is available at the University of Alberta Coutts Education Library or can be purchased through the SLA website, and Amazon.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ideas and Designs: Creating the Environment for the Primary School Library **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryce Nelson and Lorne McConachie <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Educational Facility Planner, volume 44; issue 1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A great resource for high school TLs looking to design a new high school library or renovating a high school library space. Nelson and McConachie list the “5 Design Elements” that need to be considered. This journal is published by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, a group dedicated to the development of quality learning environments. = = =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Teen spaces: the step-by-step library makeover = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">By Kimberly Bolan Taney (2009). Sneak Peek available through Google Books. Click <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[| here] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A great resource on how to design a teen-friendly space in the library. The author takes into consideration the teen culture and what needs to be done to attract this important and often neglected group into the library. Taney provides a range of ideas to transform a library that is welcoming to teens.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Space Matters: Designing a High School Library for Learning ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|PDF] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">) **

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