Building Libraries & Library Additions: School Libraries
A selection of tools, resources, and advice to help you manage your library building project, whether large or small.
Books about School Libraries
Library Spaces for 21st-Century Learners: A Planning Guide for Creating New School Library Concepts by ISBN: 9780838986301Publication Date: 2013Focuses on planning contemporary school library spaces with user-based design strategies. The book walks school librarians and administrators through the process of gathering information from students and other stakeholders involved in planning a resource rich learning space.
Facilities Planning for School Library Media and Technology Centers by ISBN: 9781586832940Publication Date: 2007-02-19This step-by-step guide offers technological and practical information to make a functional, enduring, and accommodating library for the future. Includes checklists, forms, and timelines to guide you in your library planning journey.
Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future by ISBN: 9780838909454Publication Date: 2007-04-01Combining all aspects of design for the school library media center - floor plans, furniture, technology, bidding, and evaluation.
- Library Spaces (Knowledge Quest v.42 n.4)How school librarians can make the most of all the spaces available to them—both physical and virtual. It features articles on makerspaces, learning commons, joint-use spaces, embedded librarianship, and virtual librarianship.