ARCH 3510 Summer Studio 2024: Relevant Websites: IFLA, ALA, AIA

IFLA has a Library Buildings and Equipment Section that publishes information about library design, along with examples of design projects. 

• IFLA Resources 
  • This connects to a repository of articles about library design 
    • Example: Developing Technologically  Enhanced Learning Spaces for New Millennia Academic Libraries
      • As a third place of community and learning, university academic libraries are shifting from quiet study
        spaces for reflection and inspiration to spaces of creation, technology and interdisciplinarity.
        Information technologies, media technologies and learning technologies are rapidly expanding in
        academic libraries...

Library Journal features a Design section that features stories on library design in the following categories: archives & preservation, awards, budgets & funding, buildings, impacts, innovation, management. 

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Library Interior Design Awards. This biennial competition recognizes excellence in library interior design and promotes examples of extraordinary design reflected through innovative concepts in nine categories.

The annual AIA/ALA Library Building Award partners AIA with the American Library Association/Library Leadership and Management Association to honor the best in library architecture and design.

Libraries are more than learning centers—they’re also enduring examples of architectural excellence. Every year, the AIA is proud to partner with the American Library Association/Library Leadership and Management Association to honor the best in library architecture and design.

The AIA/ALA Library Building Award is the only award that recognizes entire library structures and all aspects of their design.

https://www.aia.org/design-excellence/awards/aia/ala-library-building-awards