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Libraries at Work: Exploring the Relationship Between Libraries and Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2019

Gemma John
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Abstract

This paper, written by Gemma John and based on her keynote address at BIALL's 49th Annual Study Conference held in Birmingham in June 2018, explores the value of offices and libraries as spaces for meeting, sharing and learning in a moment when new technology enables individuals to access information anywhere, anytime, at the click of a mouse. Drawing on first-hand material from research, policy and projects, it explores the transformation of offices and libraries as workspaces, and the place of offices in the library and of libraries in the office. It focuses on how both offices and libraries are being designed for productivity as the boundary between work and home begins to blur in the United Kingdom.

Keywords

ways of workingflexible workinglibrary designlibraries
Type
Selection of Papers from the 49th BIALL Conference 2018
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , December 2018 , pp. 194 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2019. Published by British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 

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Footnotes

N.B. The photographs used in this article were all taken by Gemma John.

References

Footnotes

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4 Justin Johnson, ‘8 Life Lessons I Learned Working at Google and Facebook’ (Medium, 2016) <https://medium.com/thrive-global/8-life-lessons-i-learned-working-at-google-and-facebook-490a613caa5c> accessed 22 September 2018.

5 Steelcase, ‘How Workspace Design Fosters Innovation’ (Steelcase) <https://www.steelcase.com/research/articles/topics/innovation/how-place-fosters-innovation/> accessed 22 September 2018.

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8 David Lindley, ‘Arup Library, Sydney NSW’ (Designing Libraries, 2015) <http://www.designinglibraries.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1446> accessed 22 September 2018.