Content tagged Library Buildings and Equipment

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ IFLA’s Library Buildings and Equipment Section (LBES) has embarked on a new initiative designed to showcase...

News - 3 November 2020

Tags: IFLA Professional Units, IFLA Strategy, IFLAFromHome, WeAreIFLA, Library Buildings and Equipment

Due to the current situation, it was decided to cancel the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 in Dublin. We regret to inform you that cancelling this event means that...

News - 20 April 2020

Tags: Public Libraries, Public Library of the Year, Library Buildings and Equipment

Just off the press in the IFLA Publications Series…​ Library Design for the 21st Century—Collaborative Strategies to Ensure Success Edited by Diane Koen and Traci Engel...

News - 7 January 2019

Tags: Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

Library design in the 21st century has one common theme: collaboration is at the heart of innovation. Designing modern libraries is a complex process involving many stakeholders and participants....

Publication - 7 January 2019

Tags: Library building design, library buildings, Satellite Meeting papers/presentations, Library Buildings and Equipment

2017 Wroclaw, Poland, August 2016 Columbus (OH), USA, August 2015: Cape Town, South Africa, August 2014: Lyon, France, August 2013: Singapore,...

Publication - 23 April 2018

Tags: Minutes of Meetings, Library Buildings and Equipment

Our exciting mid-year seminar takes place next month and we are delighted that the full programme is now available. We will be sharing more details about our wonderful speakers over the coming...

News - 19 January 2018

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is hosting a free seminar at the Library of Birmingham entitled Innovative Partnerships: a Strategic Imperative. Award winning architects and...

News - 7 December 2017

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at our Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018 in Kuala Lumpur,...

News - 13 November 2017

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is hosting a free seminar at the Library of Birmingham entitled Innovative Partnerships: a Strategic Imperative. Award winning architects and...

News - 13 November 2017

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The  theme for the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section's Open Session at WLIC 2018 is Designing Inclusive Libraries.  Globalisation celebrates innovation,...

Event - 13 November 2017

Tags: Congress, Library Buildings and Equipment

The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is hosting a free seminar at the Library of Birmingham entitled Innovative Partnerships: a Strategic Imperative. Award winning architects and...

Event - 13 November 2017

Tags: Seminar, Library Buildings and Equipment

 The session will include speakers from Norway, Canada, China, Finland, Australia, Russia and the US. Learn more about the speakers here.  We look forward to seeing you at what promises...

Event - 20 August 2017

Tags: Conference, Library Buildings and Equipment

Our fantastic joint open session at WLIC 2017 takes place at Main Court on 23 August at 13.45.  Confirmed speakers include: Viki McDonald, State Librarian and Chief Executive Officer, State...

News - 18 August 2017

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The full programme for WLIC is available here. It is fully searchable.  For example, enter the term "buildings" and our three events including our wonderful open session (Branding,...

News - 13 July 2017

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The renowned Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (State and City Library of Augsburg) is housed in a veritable nineteenth-century Palace of Books created in 1892– 1893 by the architects...

News - 6 July 2017

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On 23rd February our section will host a seminar in Munich on the topical issue of storage. The seminar includes speakers from Germany, the UK, the US and Switzwerland.   The full...

News - 13 February 2017

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In the latest post on our section's blog, Klaus Werner discusses the characteristics of good library training rooms and provides some tips and further reading.  Read the full post here...

News - 13 February 2017

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The call for papers for our section's joint open session at WLIC 2017 has been extended to February 15 2017. At WLIC 2016 our open session was the best attended and one of the highest rated....

News - 25 January 2017

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The final programme for our exciting seminar Storage! The final frontier is available here. The seminar is a wonderful opportunity to hear from interrnational experts about projects across a...

News - 25 January 2017

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We are delighted to announce the launch of our Section's new blog https://iflalbes.wordpress.com/ There will be regular posts on buildings and equipment related matters. Subscribe to keep...

News - 21 December 2016

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is delighted to announce an exciting seminar in Munch on 23 February 2017. Join us and our prominent guest speakers to learn more about the...

News - 20 December 2016

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The section's 2015-2016 annual report is now available here.

News - 18 November 2016

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment and the Management and Marketing Section are seeking proposals for papers to be presented at their Joint Open Session at the IFLA World Library and...

News - 18 November 2016

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Please submit proposals by 18 February 2017. See the full call for papers here.

Event - 27 September 2016

Tags: Congress, Library Buildings and Equipment

12 presentations from our recent Satellite Conference, Collaborative Strategies for Successful Library Design and Innovative Use, held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, last month...

News - 19 September 2016

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Our section's open session at WLIC 2016 was an enormous success.  The session opened with a key note address by Marie Ostergaard, head of community engagement at Dokk1 in Aarhus,...

News - 23 August 2016

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News - 5 August 2016

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In the run up to our exciting satellite conference in IIT Chicago we will be previewing our speakers and sponsors on our Facebook page.  To register for the conference click here.  Thank...

News - 11 July 2016

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Our satelllite conference takes place in IIT Chicago 10 - 11 August 2016.  Our programme features projects from around the world including the US, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway...

News - 17 June 2016

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You can now view and download the exciting progamme for our upcoming Satellite Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Theme: Collaborative Strategies for Successful Library Design and...

News - 3 June 2016

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The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section will host our Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio (USA), on August 15 2016 at 13.45 in the...

News - 16 May 2016

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Libraries today are inspiring learning venues for students, collaboration incubators, meeting places in communities, social spaces for cities. The major trends in designing and building libraries...

Event - 16 May 2016

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Since 2008 the world's economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build,...

News - 6 April 2016

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Since 2008 the world's economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build,...

Publication - 29 March 2016

Tags: Library building design, library buildings, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

The Library Buildings and Equipment Section (LBE) is hosting a two-day satellite conference to be held at the Illinois...

Event - 13 January 2016

Tags: IFLA WLIC 2016, Satellite Meeting, United States of America, Library Buildings and Equipment

The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section is seeking proposals to be presented at our Open Session at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio (USA), August 13-19,...

News - 6 January 2016

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The Call for Papers for the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section Satellite Pre-conference in Chicago on August 10-11, 2016 has been released. We encourage you to consider submitting a...

News - 20 October 2015

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 A new IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section Facebook Group has been created. Help us to share news and knowledge relating to all aspects of library design, equipment,...

News - 12 October 2015

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Architectural realisation of a building and its opening to the public with a range of services are central components of the building and design process of libraries.  Post-Occupancy...

Publication - 12 August 2015

Tags: Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

Español Architecture can open up new perspectives into sites and situations. Library buildings are able to speak to us in their own unique way for experiences that are both private...

News - 8 December 2014

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, South Africa, Library Buildings and Equipment

The Fall 2014 Newsletter of the Library Buildings and Equipment Section .  Articles in this newsletter Joint Satellite Meeting in Paris, France The CTLes,...

News - 7 December 2014

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Open Session 2014, Lyon Special Places for Special Collections (Organized by Library Buildings and Equipment Section and IFLA Rare Books Section) Date: August 17...

Event - 18 July 2014

Tags: collection, Lecture, Library, Library buildings and equipment, storage, Library Buildings and Equipment

Session 152 — Green libraries promoting sustainable development — Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group   19 August 2014 16:00 - 18:00...

Event - 15 July 2014

Tags: architecture, Community, France, Lecture, Library, Sustainability, sustainable, Library Buildings and Equipment

IB/UB, the German National Library of Science and Technology and University Library Hannover, provides students, researchers and teaching staff from all faculties of Leibniz Universität...

Publication - 4 April 2014

Tags: Library, Library buildings and equipment, renovation, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

The theme of the conference is: Space and collections earning their keep: transformation, technologies and re-tooling The link to the IFLA official announcement page is http://www....

News - 3 April 2014

Tags: Access to information, Best practices, collection, France, Library, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Preservation, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

The January 2014 Newsletter of the IFLA Library and Building Equipment Section is now available.

News - 11 January 2014

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Library Buildings and Equipment, Malaysia, Singapore, Library Buildings and Equipment

The Library Buildings & Equipment Standing Committee and the Acquisition and Collection Development Standing Committee are looking for papers that highlight how public, academic and research...

News - 20 December 2013

Tags: Access to information, architecture, Archives, books, Library as place, Library buildings and equipment, Library collections, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, storage, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

Theme: Special Spaces for Special Collections The Library Buildings & Equipment and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Standing Committees together with the Preservation and...

News - 29 November 2013

Tags: Collection development, Conferences, Copyright, Democracy, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Document delivery, Electronic collections, Electronic document delivery, Electronic resources, Guidelines, Information policies, Information technology, Intellectual property, Library Buildings and Equipment

The IFLA Sections of Library Building and Equipment and Acquisitions and Collection Development will jointly hold a satellite conference in Paris, France on August 13 and 14, 2014. Registration is...

Event - 7 October 2013

Tags: Acquisition and Collection Development, France, Library, Library collections, Satellite Meeting, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

Satellite Conference 2014 The IFLA Sections of Library Building and Equipment Section and Acquisitions and Collection Development will jointly hold a satellite conference in Paris, France...

News - 3 October 2013

Tags: Buildings, collections. library, Library collections, Technology, Library Buildings and Equipment

Every two years the Library Buildings organises a conference in conjunction with the annual IFLA WLIC Congress. This year the Congress was held in Singapore and theme dealt with how to...

News - 24 September 2013

Tags: budget, building, Library, Library buildings and equipment, Library Buildings and Equipment

​ The challenge of environmental sustainability – Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit in der Praxis Contributions and case studies from Germany and other European countries...

Publication - 5 August 2013

Tags: Education and Training, Sustainability, Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

The purpose of this post-occupancy evaluation questionnaire is to enable library managers and the library design team to identify good practice, learn from mistakes and feed what they have learned...

News - 27 May 2013

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Publications, Statistics and evaluation, Library Buildings and Equipment

In the planning process, much can be learned from existing buildings. The importance of the library visit is widely accepted and the IFLA Library Building Guidelines book published in 2007...

Publication - 27 May 2013

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Statistics and evaluation, Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

All details about programme, registration, venue for the Library Buildings and Equipment satellite meeting in Singapore are now Online. For complete and up-to-date information, please see...

News - 10 May 2013

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Singapore, Library Buildings and Equipment

The first 2013 newsletter of the Library Buildings and Equipment section is now published. Learn more about the new Helsinki University Main Library and other topics. Newletter 2013, n...

News - 29 January 2013

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The main purpose of this satellite conference is to present the ways public and academic communities in different regions and countries of the world are able to continue to provide high quality...

Event - 11 January 2013

Tags: Library buildings and equipment, Satellite Meeting, Singapore, Library Buildings and Equipment

The effect of new technologies on library design: building the 21st century library Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Technology provides a tool for the delivery of library...

Publication - 13 June 2012

Tags: Statistics and evaluation, Congress papers, Library Buildings and Equipment

Session 139 — Library Buildings and Equipment 14 August 2010 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Congressen Hall | SI Theme: Inspiring interiors – creating and designing...

Informational Page - 12 March 2011

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This book contains the Proceedings of the 13th Seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section, which was this time co-organised with IFLA's Public Libraries Section. The event took...

Publication - 13 February 2011

Tags: Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

How to get started in planning a project Based on the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section's LibraryBuilding Guidelines published in 2007, this short publication...

Publication - 17 March 2010

Tags: Building design, Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

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Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: Action plans, Strategic plan, Library Buildings and Equipment

The information society and the information age are changing library services as well as library premises. This raises questions about what needs to be considered when planning and...

Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: Guidelines, Library Buildings and Equipment

Proceedings of the 11th Seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section Shanghai, China, 1999

Publication - 8 June 2009

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Intelligent Library Buildings Proceedings of the 10th Seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section The Hague, Netherlands, 1997 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: Publications, Library Buildings and Equipment

Featured Buildings:   David Wilson Library (Leicester, United Kingdom) Description  (PDF - 39 kB) Floor plans  (PDF - 455 kB) Pictures...

Informational Page - 8 June 2009

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Since 2016 the section uses a blog format. 2014 No. 3 Fall 2014 No. 2   2014 No. 2 Santi Romero Article in Spanish 2014 No. 1 ...

Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: library buildings, Library buildings and equipment, library equipment, Newsletters, Library Buildings and Equipment

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Publication - 8 June 2009

Tags: Annual reports, Library Buildings and Equipment

2020 Mid-year meeting Seminar in Montreal, Canada, 6 March 2020 Placemaking; Purposing; Partnerships - our Mid-Year Seminar This one-day seminar will delve into myriad ways...

Informational Page - 8 June 2009

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The Section considers all matters concerning the design and construction for all types of libraries in all parts of the world, and their furnishing and equipment. The Section aims to collect and...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

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The Section considers all matters concerning the design and construction for all types of libraries in all parts of the world, and their furnishing and equipment. The Section aims to collect and...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Sections, Library Buildings and Equipment