Libraries and Learning Resource Centres is a comprehensive reference text examining the changing role and design of library buildings. Critical evaluations of international case studies demonstrate the principles of library design. Available for the first time in full colour, the second edition of the work focuses particularly on the important question of access and design in public libraries. Updated case studies and technical data allow the professional architect to use the book directly in planning library projects. Providing guidance on balancing the needs of the collection and the user, Libraries and Learning Resource Centres will be of value to all professional architects involved in library planning.

This comprehensive reference examines the changing role and design of library buildings, using a critical examination of recent examples from around the world. The authors, who represent the views of the architect and the client, outline the history and changing typology of the library. They examine the new national, public, academic and specialist libraries using numerous international examples including Sri Lanka, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Paris and London. New design advice and technical data is presented to illustrate the many approaches that designers have taken in creating a building with many diverse functions. The book concludes with speculations about the future of the library as a place for storing, reflecting upon and exchanging knowledge. Libraries are undergoing fundamental change as new technology liberates the library from its dependence upon the written word. Increasingly libraries are seen as learning resource centres with a smooth interface between computer-based access and traditional book and journal material.

Explains why it is important for libraries to offer rich media technology-based programs for youth, and how you can do it in your library.

Did you know that libraries have sections just for children? Libraries hold special programs, such as story hour. Learn more about going to the library in How a Library Works, part of the Library Skills series.

If your students enjoyed the games in Learning About Books & Libraries: A Gold Mine of Games, then you'll want a copy of this supplement, too! The games are fun and educational, and they strengthen your students' library skills and reading interest. Each game in Learning About Books & Libraries 2 has easy-to-follow instructions, suggested grade levels, brief purpose statements, approximate preparation time, reproducible materials, sample questions with answers and book lists. A grade appropriate skills index helps you easily locate each game when planning your lessons. The games review resources of the media center, call numbers and fiction books. The last group of games is designed around thematic units, such as China and Australia. Book jacket.

This publication explains, through examples of current library programs around the United States, how libraries affect the education of children, and offers an impetus for others to embrace the challenge of providing quality library programming for children. Through these programs, libraries work toward achieving national educational goals, and reinforce education reform. Suggestions and descriptions of activities are divided into four main sections: (1) "Libraries help preschoolers get ready to learn how to read; (2) "Libraries strengthen reading skills of school-age children"; (3) "Libraries complement all aspects of children's school activities"; and (4) "Libraries connect children with computers and the information superhighway." Contains a directory of the libraries whose programs are highlighted. (AEF)