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Designing Space for Children and Teens

By Sandra Feinberg and James R. Keller

Envisioning a new youth services space is a joint effort on the part of the architects, design professionals, staff, board, and community....

Library Design Showcase 2010

Scottsdale (Ariz.) Apaloosa Library at Night

This year's Library Design Showcase features 10 distinct sections, each highlighting one specific facet of library architecture or design. The sections are being posted, one per weekday, from March 15 through 26....

Managing Digital Projects

By Ira Revels

“Accidental” project managers benefit from following these five useful tips in basic project management....

Arnold Adoff

By Pamela A. Goodes

The legacy of Virginia Hamilton, described as “America’s most honored writer of children’s literature,” continues through the efforts of her husband, poet and anthologist Arnold Adoff....

Coaching in the Library

By Ruth Metz

Whether the coach is working with an individual or a group (the “player”), she facilitates the player’s attainment of the player’s goals. The success of this effort depends on the cooperation of both parties....

Designing Space for Children and Teens

Library Design Showcase 2010

Managing Digital Projects

Arnold Adoff

Coaching in the Library

Mar 19: $2-Million Life Raft Sought by March 24 for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Frantic messages with hashtags of #cmlibrary and #2millioninoneweek are dotting the twitterverse about efforts to...
Mar 17: Bostonians Deplore “Downloadables” as Branch Substitutes
[UPDATED March 17]

“Not the computers, not the high-tech, not the...
Mar 10: Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” Targeted in New Jersey Challenge
A reconsideration request regarding three anthologies in the collection of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School...
Mar 10: Quake Shatters Chile's Public Library Services
Nearly two weeks after a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile, library officials in the Department of...