Library Renovation & Design

Presented at Librarians’ Knowledge Sharing Workshop, Brunei 2014

Before

During

After

Reading Circles

Variety of comfortable seating

Discussion Rooms

Preparation

●Visited lots of libraries in KL, Singapore and Australia

●Asked stakeholders for their opinions●Asked KL group for ideas and opinions●Researched on the net●Gathered ideas from listservs (LM_NET and

OZTL_NET)●Brought Kevin Hennah (library consultant)

from Australia

Priorities:

●seating - all different kinds●spaces●lighting●mobility●shelving●graphics●future needs

Advice

●Check plans carefully●Don’t order too much furniture – take your

time●Don’t be afraid to change your mind●Insist on seeing all samples of colours,

fabrics, etc.●Check quotations carefully●Don’t let architects, project managers, etc.

talk you out of things that you really want●Be involved as much as possible

Suppliers:

For red picture book shelves and trains:Uni Design (Siew Peng) email: ysp423@yahoo.com+60 122262375

For green and orange soft chairs, round table and pouffes:New Convoxhttp://www.newconvox.com.my email: ncsb3388@tm.net.my+60 3 77287888

Doof beanbags:http://www.doofindustries.com email: yo@doofindustries.com+60 126317798

For metal shelving (mobile and wall)Sagasteelhttp://www.sagasteel.com email: sagastl@po.jaring.my+60 3 60753900