Designing Libraries is a freely accessible resource for everyone interested in design and innovation in libraries
Birmingham, England
Joined May 2009
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The inaugural national Designing Libraries Conference took place at Camden’s Swiss Cottage Library exploring themes around inclusivity, innovation, technology, sustainability and key trends shaping library design. Read the Information Professional article: cilip.org.uk/news-publicatio…
ALT Modern multi-storey library building with large glass windows surrounded by trees and people walking on a sunny day.
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The Libraries Improvement Fund Round 5 is now open.📚
£5.5m available to help library services in England upgrade buildings, spaces and digital infrastructure.
Find out more and apply. 🔗 bit.ly/4wcDVl4
Image Credit: Henleaze Library
ALT A library interior with bookshelves filled with books. A sign reads, "Libraries Improvement Fund: Applications now open." The carpeting is green with circular patterns.
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🚀 New SIG Space Episode! John McLennan (MCA Architects) shares how an Activity Based Workspace (ABW) was designed for UNSW Sydney Library—first presented at the 2025 IATUL Conference in Shanghai.
🎥 bit.ly/4nV5f26
📘 bit.ly/4oGJHHE
#LibraryDesign #IATUL
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Wonderful to @IFLA #WLIC2025 in enchanting Kazakhstan highlighting the work of @librarydesign promoting @DcmsLibraries UK library design to our international colleagues. @LouisMMCoiffait #librarybuildings
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Duke Humfrey's Library has been shortlisted as one of the Top 10 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World by @1000Libraries. We’re currently at number 5 - and we need your help to win! Please vote for the Duke Humfrey's Library: 1000libraries.typeform.com/t…
All photos by Fisher Studios
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One of the grandest entrances through an old foundry to a library I’ve ever seen and visited in the UK, at St Helen’s glass museum and library @TheWorldofGlass @librarydesign
ALT St Helen’s glass museum and library grand entrance
ALT Spacious library interior in St Helen’s glass museum and library
ALT St Helen’s glass museum and library grand entrance
ALT Inside St Helen’s glass museum and library grand entrance
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📢Announcement: Funding for museums and libraries!
@DCMS have announced £30 million in funding for museums and libraries to improve access to arts and culture.
Find out more about Museums 👉buff.ly/8tnpKsZ
and Libraries 👉buff.ly/XAoTdky
NEWS: £30 million for museums and libraries to improve access to arts and culture
Expressions of interest open in May for a fifth round of the Museum Estate and Development Fund and a fourth round of the Libraries Improvement Fund
122 museum projects and 95 library projects have already benefitted from the schemes
More ⬇️
gov.uk/government/news/museu…
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Great article in @librarydesign about Spellow library. designinglibraries.org.uk/ne…
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Designing Libraries quarterly newsletter - all things library design. #libraries Sign up here designinglibraries.org.uk/co…… or checkout the website here designinglibraries.org.uk #librarydesign #designinglibraries @ayubkhan786 @Radebe84
@librarydesign
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To mark the reopening of #SpellowLibrary in Liverpool, which has been closed after being torched during the summer’s racist riots - libraries are lighting their libraries tonight in solidarity. 👏
Let’s #ShareTheLight on libraries as sanctuaries of knowledge and community. 💡📚
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Hey @librarydesign have you seen this !
Now this looks like a book many of us would be interested in. By Lonely Planet, it covers 50 libraries worldwide including a beach library, a lonely library and a “future library” shop.lonelyplanet.com/produc…
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Hello Library Peeps - Don't forget this very useful publication by @CILIPinfo funded by @ace_national advocating public libraries and the many variety of roles within them. I've shared this with new staff and lead members. tinyurl.com/y4kp7sbk
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Day off, but spending my time on a busman’s holiday at the amazing @lampallib with the @librarydesign team and the wonderful sponsors @designconceptuk @OpeningTheBook @creativecore_uk @fg_library @BibliothecaX Thank you @sheilabennett @KarenLatimer2 for your invaluable input!
ALT Ayub, Karen and Sheila at Lambeth Palace Library
ALT Colleagues discussing Designing Libraries at the seminar
ALT Hugh the expert librarian from Lambeth Palace Library giving all the seminar delegates a talk
ALT Lambeth Palace Library exterior in a cloudy London skyline
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Look forward to seeing you all tomorrow @librarydesign gathering in the magnificent Lambeth Palace Library.
I am in lovely @lambeth and so excited to meet the Designing libraries team @librarydesign et al tomorrow at the fab @lampallib. Did a little recce so I don't get lost @Radebe84 #librarydesign @ayubkhan786 #librarydesign
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Great piece from @WF_Education on working with your architect to communicate the vision for your library, including a how to get started guide! tinyurl.com/ytendmrf
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Just over a week ago, Spellow Library was set alight by rioters
Since then, the local community has raised nearly £250,000 to rebuild it better than ever
We spoke to fundraising leader, Alex McCormick, about the resilience and strength of the local community
@lpoolcouncil
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Brilliant use of space @warkslibraries Warwick Library. The fold up tables are so versatile, they transform into a buggy park in minutes! And we know how useful a rhymetime session in Libraries is!
ALT Two versatile fold up tables creating an area for buggies
ALT Fold up table in Warwick Library
ALT Buggy Park sign in Warwick Library
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Arabian (Library) adventure in Riyadh with consultants Ted & Sue McKenzie. Kingdom of Saudi are visibly investing in the knowledge economy, with libraries and culture playing its role. Watch this space @librarydesign – at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Really good day with @librarydesign in Warwick yesterday and great to be able to chat to @LibrariesLucy about projects and our time in libraries. At @ace__london this morning before heading to Futures workshop with @CILIPinfo and @Sharedintel among others! #LoveLibraries
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Such an uplift visit to @TheHiveWorcs today. Can’t believe it is nearly 10 years since it opened. As a public as well as university facility, The Hive is a new model of university & community engagement, and has definitely achieved its vision to inspire the people of the region. – at Solihull, England
