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“Going Forward with Libraries Inside Out." Designing for Covid era and Beyond

Esteemed library architect Jeffrey Hoover leads a panel discussion: “Going Forward with Libraries Inside Out." Designing for Covid era and Beyond

Topics:

21st Century Library Transformations

• From Shelf Space to Social Space

• Libraries as Essential Civic Infrastructure

• What has been Drawing Folks to 21st Century Libraries?

Libraries Upended by the Pandemic

• Re-configuring Public spaces for Social Distancing

• Social Distancing Shared Staff Offices & Workrooms

• Socially Distanced Staff/Patron Interface Points

Pandemic Influences for Post-Pandemic Libraries

• New Services

• New Modes of Delivering Existing Services

• Spatial Impacts

• Invisible Infrastructure Impacts

Library Service without a Library Building

• Inside-Out: Taking Library to Community

Review Early 21st Century Precedents

• Gates Funded at Helsinki in early 21st century (iGS – “Information Gas Station”)

• Paris Subway Library Stations Satellite Branches

• Meet the Community Where the Already Congregate

• Outdoor Events

• Indoor Opportunities