Case Study | Contactless Lockers for Wake Forest University
Building the Library of the Future at Wake Forest University With a mission to inspire learning, advance knowledge, and build community, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library (or ZSR for short), provides services to over 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Wake Forest University, a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Creating an efficient, contactless […]
Flexible Shelving for an Illinois Library | Case Study
A Commitment to Learning On most campuses, the library is a lively hub of learning and collaboration. But students and faculty at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, found that working in the old library was more about endurance than enjoyment. The aging building hadn’t been remodeled in more than 20 years, and it was dark, overcrowded, […]
Project of the Month: Millikin University Library
Millikin University Library Upgrades to Spacesaver High-density Shelving Background: Client: Millikin UniversityDepartments: Library Main StacksCompletion: 8/03/2017 Millikin University was building a new library as a part of their University Commons facility, opening for the 2017 fall semester. They wanted to update their collection using powered high-density storage to allow for more shelf space in less square footage. Their library collection […]
The Abe Lincoln Presidential Library: A Library of and for the Future
Sure, you’ve got your local library, and maybe you’ve visited it often enough to realize it’s real value to your local community. We’ve talked about the re-purposing of these public spaces enough to know they evolve and change to accommodate the needs of their patrons. But what about the presidential library? Turns out, the idea […]
The Re-Repurposed Library
The next chapter in your library story… probably the next few. Library /ˈlīˌbrerē/noun (plural libraries) A building or room containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.Oxford Dictionary 2012 This definition of library was taken from a recent edition […]
St. Louis Central Public Library: A Library Repurposing Showcase
When a library as famous and well visited as the St. Louis Central Library (St Louis, MO) undergoes a massive renovation, great care and consideration must go into the planning process. The iconic building was constructed in 1912 based on the Italian Renaissance style and was frequently visited by people from all over the world. […]