Innovation, creativity and good design are key to future success of public libraries

One from Ye Ol’ Resource Shelf.

This Report (Better Public Libraries), published today by Resource and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), highlights how innovation and creativity in the design of public libraries is a way to bring libraries into the 21st Century, making them more popular with the public.

The report is available in PDF Format.

“Libraries must become more relevant to the demands of the 21st Century citizen. We need to move on from the perception of libraries as merely depositories for books and look at how new library buildings which adopt the best in design and innovation can revolutionise people’s experiences of library services.