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Library Square & City Library |
Community Gathering Place & Public Library \nURLS:\n. NOMINATE A PLACE. Corrections or additions? Email. info@pps.org. Comments. Stay Connected.…
Huguenot Children's Library & Park |
A wonderful, warm and whimsical library and a great park. NOMINATE A PLACE. Corrections or additions? Email. info@pps.org. Comments. Stay Connected.…
Article: Library Placemaking in Action
Six success stories in community building…
New York Public Library | Public Buildings
The city's first truly public library is almost intimidatingly elegant - but it's a mark of the space's design and management that all are made to feel welcome.…
Article: How to Make Your Library Great
14 lessons from local libraries across the continent.…
French National Library | Hall of Shame
This library is at best a carefully constructed void, and at worst a notoriously expensive project that "designs out" not only people, but books.…
The Garden Library | Lighter Quicker Cheaper
The Garden Library facilitates multiple classes and workshops for the community. Youth programming at the Garden Library.…
Article: Houston Library Plaza: Building Knowledge, Building Community
Public Buildings. , PPS Project Experience.Children play on the central library's "front porch" during LibroFEST / Photo: Houston Public Library.…
San Antonio Central Library | Hall of Shame
The entrance to the library is completely car-oriented. Waiting for a pick-up can be uncomfortable!…
Article: 25 Mini-Adventures in the Library
Please share the interesting, fun or just odd things your family does at the library in the comments!…
Article: Turning the Library Inside-Out in Buffalo
With its new Reading Park, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library has gone beyond opening its doors and its shelves to all of Buffalo.…
All Access Library | Projects — Project for Public Spaces
Claudia Strange. , Fulton County Library System. Grantee. Fulton County Library System. Location. Fulton County. , GA. , USA. Completed. 2022. Partner.…
Article: Placemaking: Coming Soon to a Library Near You!
Who knew that libraries were such a hub of creative activity? Just two months after we put out our call for proposals for the 2014 Outside the Box – a partnership between library service non-profit OCLC and Redbox - the results are in! We were thrilled to receive requests from dozens of small, but diverse towns in the United States, deciding finally on 22 amazing community projects all centered around their local library.…
Article: All Access Library: Fostering Community Connections with CloroxPro
The Fulton County Library System (FCLS) in Atlanta, Georgia is a network of public libraries that serves as a center for information while providing diverse programming to support and meet the needs of a wide array of people—including children, low-income families, elderly, immigrants, and those who suffer from mental illness. To meet the FCLS’ needs, Project for Public Spaces partnered with CloroxPro, a company dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of communities that offers some of the industry’s most recognized and trusted brand names for commercial cleaning, including its Clorox Healthcare products for healthcare facilities. Through this partnership, the FCLS was excited to introduce library services to their community in unexpected places through a mobile library environment.…
Article: Reimagining the Post-Covid Library with CloroxPro: A Q&A with Claudia Strange of the Fulton County Library System
We've had the pleasure of working with the Fulton County Library System (FCLS) staff over the past year on All Access Library: Moving Communities Forward, a mobile library environment created with support from CloroxPro, a company dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of communities. The FCLS oversees 34 branches, including one of the country’s foremost research libraries on African American history. The FCLS also provides a wide range of services that aim to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities to its community of patrons. With the reopening of the Central Branch last month, we decided to catch up with one of our FCLS collaborators, Director of Marketing and Public Relations Claudia Strange. We picked her brain about how the library has met the challenge of continuing to serve their 800,000+ patrons throughout the pandemic, the role of placemaking in the future of libraries, and more.…
The Shafter Library & Learning Center | Projects — Project for Public Spaces
The Shafter Library & Learning Center. Location. Shafter. , California. , USA. Completed. 2022. Partner. GAF. About.…
Marion Public Library & Museum Courtyard | Projects — Project for Public Spaces
Madisyn Timmons. , Children and Teens Programming Associate, Marion Public Library and Museum. Grantee. Marion Public Library & Museum. Location.…
Article: Outside the Box: From Local Library to Community Center
We believe what starts at the library can transform an entire community! Following our successful pilot program, we are thrilled to announce another year of Outside the Box - a partnership between library service non-profit OCLC and Redbox - to provide free, fun entertainment events in local communities across the United States centered around public libraries and their public spaces.…
Article: Tool Library Makes It Easier to Volunteer in Parks
Using a grant from Home Depot, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy has created an innovative program to help the public participate directly in park improvements.…
Article: Citizen Placemaker: Mary Lou Carolan Brings the Library Out Onto the Lawn
Following the PLC's meeting in Detroit, she was inspired to pull the action out onto the library's front lawn.…
Article: A Library's Appeal: 'Affinity Groups' as a New Means of Fund-Raising
In closely watched experiment, "affinity groups" of volunteers raise millions for California institution.…
Article: How a Library Is Reimagining Public Wi-Fi During COVID-19
Bringing the Library Back Online.…
Article: Libraries That Matter
The creation of the "information superhighway" threatened to make libraries obsolete, but today they are as prominent as ever, redefining themselves as community centers for the 21st Century.…
Article: Love, Learning and the Pursuit of Happiness
Notes from a lifetime spent at the library…
Article: Mixing with the Kool Crowd
Have architecture critics forgotten how to judge public spaces? PPS presents a plan to remind them how it's done.…
Article: Public Voices
Readers share their thoughts on the Seattle Public Library and the state of contemporary architecture.…
Article: Diantha Dow Schull on Placemaking for Libraries
Libraries are the new commons for the 21st Century.…
Columbia University Steps |
The steps to Columbia's Low Library create a lively urban square. NOMINATE A PLACE. Corrections or additions? Email. info@pps.org. Comments. Stay Connected.…
Article: "The People's Place:" How Placemaking Can Build Today's Best Libraries
For all those who feared the rise of the Internet would mean the fall of the library here is a story of hope.…
Article: Parks and Libraries in Partnership
Diantha Schull, Executive Director of Libraries for the Future, talks about the important civic role for parks, libraries, and other institutions. Project for Public Spaces' Urban Parks Institute…
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