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Branching Out, May 2017
April 10 marked the reopening of the Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL. The 48,000 square foot facility gained 15,000 square feet in the $14.4 million project, according to the Daily...
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Branching Out, June 2017
Jamaica Plain Branch, Boston Public Library After nearly two years, the renovated Glendale Central Library, CA, reopened on May 1. The $15 million plan, led by Gruen Associates and Kemp Bros., Inc.,...
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A Special Day for Librarians | RWA 2017
A highlight of the annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference is Librarians Day, offering a full complement of panels and discussions about romance and how librarians can more effectively...
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Final Thoughts on the Perfect Genre | RWA 2017
With a reimagined Romance Writers of America 2017 schedule, I attended fewer workshops than I might have previously, but each was fresh and worthwhile, as was fully acknowledged by the large and...
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Public Library Data | Year in Architecture 2017
For the Year in Architecture 2017, Library Journal solicited information from public libraries nationwide that had undergone new builds and renovation/addition projects completed between July 1, 2016,...
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Six-Year Cost Summary, Funding Sources | Year in Architecture 2017
Six-Year Cost Summary Symbol Code: ARR—Additions, Renovations, and Remodels Fiscal 2012 Fiscal 2013 Fiscal 2014 Fiscal 2015 Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2017 Number of new buildings 34 27 29 38 33 26 Number of...
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Academic Library Data | Year in Architecture 2017
For the Year in Architecture 2017, Library Journal solicited information from academic libraries nationwide that had undergone new builds and renovation/addition projects completed between July 1,...
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Terraces & Shores: Expanded Views | Year in Architecture 2017
Multnomah County Library’s Rockwood Library Makerspace, Portland, OR, offers a transformative, hands-on learning experience to underserved middle and high school students through modern laptops, 3-D...
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Learning Spaces Transformed | Year in Architecture 2017
Sorrells Engineering and Science Library at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, transformed a Brutalist space into something completely different. The remodeled concrete envelope includes bamboo...
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Uncommon Common Spaces | Year in Architecture 2017
Established in 1974 and in its current Town Center location since 1995, the Cozby Library and Community Commons, Coppell, TX, gained a 4,270 square foot addition, the renovation of the existing 28,000...
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A Sense of Play at Work | Year in Architecture 2017
At the Cabot Science Library at the Pritzker Commons, Harvard University Science Center, Cambridge, MA, the floor-to-ceiling glass wall of the Instruction Room (rear) retracts, opening into the...
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Community Centerpieces | Year in Architecture 2017
Designed to preserve its natural habitat within a wooded site overlooking Walnut Creek, the 43,339 square foot Seguin Public Library, TX, blends local limestone and brick with exposed wood roof...
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Renovation and Renewal Reveal Character | Year in Architecture 2017
The renovated children’s area at the Oak Bend Branch of the St. Louis County Library displays a fondness for purple and orange accents with kid-size shelving, special seating, and a family restroom....
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Discovering Fun and Comfort | Year in Architecture 2017
Throughout the yearlong renovation of the Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL, the library stayed focused on reimagining the facility as a vibrant, active, and engaging community...
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Openings abound: new Archives and Research Center (ARC) addition Texas State University, San Marcos's STAR Park; revamped Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in NY; renovated Shippensburg...
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Kenyon College receives $175 million; La Porte County Public Library, IN, wins an AIA merit award; Rockford Public Library, IL, will get a new building; and more new construction and renovation news...
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Harris County, TX, reopens two branches damaged in Hurricane Harvey; the ideaX Makerspace launches in Bellevue, WA; Gannon University’s Nash Library & Student Learning Commons, Erie, PA, reopens;...
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