Designing Interactive Library Spaces on Limited Budgets
From programming to displays to makerspaces — tune in for a variety of ideas to help you engage your community without spending a fortune.
Interactive Play Spaces
Makerspace Projects for School, Public and Academic Libraries
The Maker Movement has hit the library! Watch this webinar and learn how to ensure patrons can pursue open-ended maker projects and enjoy playing to learn.
Kenosha Public Library
Take a virtual tour of the Kenosha Public Library, where kids can climb on the furniture and are inspired to participate in collaborative projects.
Make your Children’s Library a Destination
What does it take for your children’s library to be a kid magnet? View the idea gallery.
Make your Children’s Library a Destination
What does it take for your children’s library to be a kid magnet? A little of this and a little of that to be sure. A Demco product manager breaks it down for you.
Playful Learning in the Library
Step inside a beautiful renovation that combined the best parts of libraries and museums to create the ultimate hands-on active learning space; encouraging the development of literacy skills through play.
Want to Make Your Library the Go-to Place for Playtime? Here’s How!
At the La Crosse Public Library in WI, children pretend to shop at a farmers market, tell stories on flannel boards and play parachute games. See how playtime at the library builds early literacy skills in a natural way and learn how you can create an engaging children’s environment, even on a budget.
What’s New from 2014 EDspaces?
Find out how EDspaces 2014 reinvented itself, addressing emerging school needs in more visual ways and helping administrators envision flexible-use libraries.
Zoning Your Space For Kids Age 0 to 12
Over the past ten years, planning and designing children’s libraries has shifted from being book-centric to multidimensional spaces that include imaginative play areas, guided explorations, gaming zones and media centers with a variety of technologies.
Innovative Library: Barrington Area Library, Barrington, IL
Getting ready to undergo a complete remodel, the Barrington Area Library is looking forward to completely rethinking the layout of their library and innovating within their existing building shell. Even without going through this full scale plan, it is obvious that library staff continually innovate and try new things throughout their spaces.