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Conference Session 81

The library and the city

Library buildings and Equipment

Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.

18 August 2013 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Exhibition Hall 404-405 | SI

• Creating a model-programme for the building of future public libraries and their role in culture led redesign of urban spaces
  JENS THORHAUGE (Thorhauge Consulting, Dragør, Denmark)
• Public libraries and placemaking
  MAIJA BERNDTSON (Consultant, Helsinki, Finland)
• The library, the city, and infinite possibilities - Ryerson University's Student Learning Centre Project
  MADELEINE LEFEBVRE (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
• Unafraid of the future – Edinburgh's next generation library and information services
  LIZ MCGETTIGAN (City of Edinburgh, Libraries and Information Services Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
• The intersection of design and culture: the new Guangzhou library and its relationship to the city
  SAM BOSS, FANG JIAZHONG and ZHANG JIANGSHUN (Guangzhou Library, Guangzhou, China)