Intended for architects and librarians, staff and trustees, this comprehensive course examines the emerging role of the public library in our changing world.  Participants explore the rapidly evolving changes in library services and technology and their effect on library design.

The program activities include lectures, team-based library planning and design exercises, virtual tours of distant libraries and actual tours of new local libraries and the evaluation of recent and proposed new library designs.

The program covers the theoretical and the practical in an interactive class format. Reviews of cutting edge systems and emerging library trends are balanced with an examination of the process, budget, and standards required to bring a project’s cutting edge conceptual goals, whether in new construction, renovation or expansion, to a built reality.

Topics Include:

• The evolution of library design, emerging trends in library design
• Library programming and planning considerations,
• Space planning standards
• Program functional adjacencies, synergies, and library zoning
• Sustainable design/LEED for libraries
• Trends in library design and furnishings,
• The process of working with library consultants, architects and contractors.  
• The impact of new developments in information technology, equipment & devices
• Project budgets including costs for programming, planning, design, construction,
  furnishings, and equipment
• Post occupancy evaluation

Instructors

• Jeffrey M. Hoover, AIA, Tappé Associates, Inc. Architects and Planners, Boston, MA
• Nolan Lushington, library consultant, Hartford, CT
• Elisabeth Martin, AIA, architect and library consultant, MDA designgroup, New York, NY
• Anthony Tappé, FAIA, Tappé Associates, Inc., Architects and Planners, Boston, MA
• Instructor bios

Schedule

January 12-14, 2010, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (preceding the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston).

Costs

Tuition of $1,300 includes program instruction, handouts and program materials, continental breakfast each day, and site visit with box lunch.

Recommended Textbooks

• Libraries Designed for Users: A 21st Century Guide, Nolan Lushington (Neal-Schuman, 2002);
• Planning the Modern Public Library, Edited by G. McCabe and J. Kennedy (Greenwood Press, 2003).

Registration

• On-line Registration
• Printable Registration Form (PDF 206kb)
• Registration Policies
• General Participant Information
• Registration is now underway.

Registration Deadline / Confirmation / Cancellation / Refunds

Tuition is due upon registration.  A nonrefundable processing fee must accompany registration.  This fee is not part of the tuition. 

Enrollment confirmation and information on the time and place of the first class meeting are sent by email immediately upon registration.

Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing. Cancellations received 14 to 30 days before the program start date will incur a charge of 10% of the program tuition.  Cancellations received within 14 days of the program start date will incur a charge of 30% of the program tuition.  Cancellation for all programs is subject to a minimum $75 charge.  No refunds will be given on or after the first day of the program.

The Office of Executive Education reserves the right to cancel a program due to insufficient enrollment two weeks before the first session. In the event of a program cancellation, all tuition and fees will be refunded. The Office of Executive Education cannot be responsible for participants' non-refundable travel expenses.