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Emergent Themes in Libraries. Annual Institute of Library As Place London, Ontario July 2014. Enduring Public Library Values. Alexandria, Egypt 2011. “Freedom, prosperity and the development of society and individuals are fundamental human values.” UNESCO Public Library Manifesto.
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Emergent Themes in Libraries Annual Institute of Library As Place London, Ontario July 2014
Enduring Public Library Values Alexandria, Egypt 2011 “Freedom, prosperity and the development of society and individuals are fundamental human values.” UNESCO Public Library Manifesto
Emergent Themes • Inspiring Spaces • Community & Customer Centric • Increasing Pace of Technology • Collections • Participatory & Collaborative Learning • Digital Literacy • Stewardship
1 Inspiring Spaces “The library is an act of inspiration architecture” Peter Morville
Exteriors Outdoor water feature Whitby Public Library, Whitby, Ontario Glass enclosing old Carnegie structure Hespeler Library, Cambridge, Ontario
Infused with Natural Light Looking in from outside Whitby Public Library, Whitby, Ontario Apple Lab Hunt Library, North Carolina Seating Area Hespeler 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
2 Community & Customer Centric
Intuitive Way Finding Colour CodingThe James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina Customer Service Plan MapBrampton Public Library, Ontario
Staircase Vancouver Community Library, Washington State
Service Points On the BeachSt. Kilda Library, Port Philip, Australia On WheelsUniversity of Kentucky Library Kentucky On the Desk The James B. Hunt Jr. LibraryNorth Carolina
Pop-Up Park Saturday LibraryNew York Public Library, Queens, and Brooklyn Libraries Partnership, New York
Collaborative Spaces Oak Park Idea BoxOak Park Public Library, Illinois Music Lab Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker, Denmark
Flexible Spaces Movable Wall Palto Alto Public Library, California Mobile Lighting Waterloo Public Library, Waterloo, Ontario
Compact computer stationDelft Media Library, Netherlands Collaborative Working DeskPerry Library, Old Dominion University, Virginia Whiteboard Wall The James B. Hunt Jr. Library, North Carolina
3 Increasing Pace of Technology “Don’t think Mobile First - think Mobile Only imagining an untethered, connected enterprise” Deloite Tech Trends 2013
Instant Access Mobile PaymentIntuit.com Cardstar app Mountain Lakes Library, New Jersey iPads mounted in shelving Oerestad Public Library, Denmark
Wired Powermat Wireless ChargingStarbucks, California ‘Ready Charge’ station Communitech Waterloo, Ontario Calgary EEEL Social Stairs University of Calgary, Alberta
24/7 Smart Library Vending MachinePioneer Library System, Oklahoma Subway LibraryNew York Public Library, New York
Computer Use Divergence Fractals Seating Utah Valley University Library, Orem, Utah Individual Enclosed Workstations Helsinki Central Library, Helsinki, Finland
4 Collections
Diversified Formats and Materials DronesUniversity of South Florida Library, Florida Finch RobotsChicago Public Library, Illinois Mobile HotspotsNew York and Chicago Public Libraries
PowerSync iPad CartBretford Manufacturing, Inc. Laptop Vending MachineBaruch College Newman Library, New York Robotic Newspaper Storage and RetrievalBritish Library, London, England
Digitization Memory of a Nation ExhibitionNational Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australiahttp://vimeo.com/27803481 LifelinesNational Library of New Zealandhttp://vimeo.com/54051823
Touchscreen Digital Bookcase Google Offices, New York Augmented Reality AppRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
5 Participatory & Collaborative Learning “The currency of the new collaborative economy is trust”Rachel Bostman
Interactive Spaces Touchscreen WallMelrose Centre for Technology, Innovation & Creativity, Orange County Library, Orlando Flight SimulationMelrose Centre for Technology, Innovation & Creativity Orange County Library,Orlando Artist in Residence 2013Calgary Public Library, Calgary, Alberta
Digital Media Labs Hamilton Grange Teen CentreNew York Public Library, New York YOUMedia LabChicago Public Library, Illinois Digital Media LabFayetteville Free Library, New York
Maker Labs 3D Printer Unlab, Western University, London, Ontario 4th Floor Chattanooga Public Library, Tennessee Fab Lab Fayetteville Public Library, New York
6 Digital Literacy “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed” William Gibson
Access & Instruction Math Emporium Virginia Tech, Virginia
Ubiquitous Devices Toy Tech Box Device BorrowingCleveland Public Library, Ohio Preloaded iPads for CirculationFayetteville Free Library, New York Storytimes with Tablets Skokie Public Library, Illinois
7 Stewardship
Green Rooftop Garden Vancouver Public Library, British Columbia
Clean Study and Meeting Commons Centennial College Academic Library, Toronto, Ontario
Transparent Street Teams talking to the Community, 2013 London 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 Jackson Project for Public Spaces: Libraries That Matter http://www.pps.org/reference/librariesthatmatter-2/
Looking to the future … Ryerson University Student Learning Centre Toronto, Ontario Snøhetta and Zeidler Partnership Architects
Halifax Public Library Halifax, Nova Scotia Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Datong Library Shanxi, China Preston Scott Cohen
Thank you London Public Library Strategic Plan Research Team Barb Adams Colleen Amatruda Leonor DaCosta Carolyn Doyle Norma GelinasLindsay Harris Anya Hleba Lisa Manax Skikos Dave Mitchell