Show Us Your Beautiful New Library

Submissions open for 2020 Library Design Showcase

January 2, 2020

Richland Library Main in Columbia, South Carolina, was featured in the 2019 Library Design Showcase. Photo: Garrett Rowland
Richland Library Main in Columbia, South Carolina, was featured in the 2019 Library Design Showcase. Photo: Garrett Rowland

American Libraries is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Library Design Showcase, our annual feature celebrating new and newly renovated libraries of all types. The showcase will appear in the September/October 2020 issue.

We are looking for shining examples of innovative library architecture that address patrons’ needs in unique, interesting, and effective ways. Previous submissions have ranged from stunning restorations of historic Carnegie buildings to vacant structures that have been repurposed into libraries to high-tech facilities with audio and video production studios.

If your library is on the cutting edge, we want our readers to know. To be eligible, projects must have been completed between May 1, 2019, and April 30, 2020. The submission deadline is May 31, 2020. Unfortunately, not all submissions can be featured.

To have your library considered, send a completed submission form and at least five high-resolution digital images with photographer credits to pmorehart@ala.org via Dropbox or another file-sharing service.

View last year’s showcase at bit.ly/ALDesignShowcase2019. For more information, email pmorehart@ala.org.

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