Buildings and Design

Voguing in Dallas

Posted: Feb. 2, 2012.

ProQuest is offering a free trial period to its full Vogue Archive through February 16.

January 1950 cover of Vogue
Spread from a 23-page “Alice in Wonderland” photo shoot in the December 2003 Vo
Vogue Director of Photography Ivan Shaw. Photo by George Eberhart

Update (Feb. 2, 2012): ProQuest is offering a free trial period to its full Vogue Archive (1892–2012) from February 2 through February 16. Sign up here.

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Library Design Showcase Deadline January 13

Posted: Jan. 4, 2012.

Two pieces of information regarding American Libraries’ annual Library Design Showcase.

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2012 Library Design Showcase Call for Submissions

Posted: Nov. 8, 2011.
University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology

American Libraries is now accepting submissions for the 2012 Library Design Showcase, our annual feature celebrating the best new and newly renovated or expanded libraries of all types.

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A Library Home for Poetry

Children’s section at the Poetry Foundation Library


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A Pioneer Evolves

by Brian Mathews

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“Learning Spaces: Cost-effective innovation” LLAMA webinar offered

Submitted by Fred Reuland on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 15:02
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CHICAGO - Alexander Cohen, librarian and space planner and Loriene Roy, professor, University of Texas at Austin, will reprise their program from the 2011 Annual Conference in New Orleans as a live webinar from 1:30 - 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, July 20.

  

Libraries in the LEED

Posted: Jul. 19, 2011.
Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library

Green building has come into its own. On February 3, President Obama announced his Better Buildings Initiative, designed to reduce energy use among commercial buildings by 20%. Currently, all federal buildings newly built or renovated must achieve at least a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating.

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New webinars from LLAMA’s sections

Submitted by Fred Reuland on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 13:35
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CHICAGO - If you missed any of these excellent programs sponsored by LLAMA’s sections at the Annual Conference in New Orleans, here’s your chance to experience them as live webinars.