Library design Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/library-design/ The magazine for the library and information sector Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:46:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://incite.alia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/cropped-logo-32x32.png Library design Archives - INCITE Magazine https://incite.alia.org.au/tag/library-design/ 32 32 Librarians as Curators: Phrontisterion’s New Frontier https://incite.alia.org.au/librarians-as-curators-phrontisterions-new-frontier/ https://incite.alia.org.au/librarians-as-curators-phrontisterions-new-frontier/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:46:02 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2718 Step inside MONA’s Phrontisterion library, where books roam free from traditional classification and librarians become curators.

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]]> https://incite.alia.org.au/librarians-as-curators-phrontisterions-new-frontier/feed/ 0 Designing for Curiosity: How Little Library Puts Children at the Centre https://incite.alia.org.au/designing-for-curiosity-how-little-library-puts-children-at-the-centre/ https://incite.alia.org.au/designing-for-curiosity-how-little-library-puts-children-at-the-centre/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 02:28:29 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=2702 Welcome to Little Library, the new children's library and experience space at the State Library of South Australia.

Opened in August 2026, Little Library welcomed more than 1,800 visitors during its opening weekend alone, introducing many new families to the State Library and highlighting a strong appetite for spaces designed specifically for children and their carers. Grounded in the principles of Raising Literacy Australia’s Words Grow Minds framework, Little Library brings together reading, talking, singing and playing in a single experience designed to help children develop a lifelong love of stories, literacy and learning.

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]]> https://incite.alia.org.au/designing-for-curiosity-how-little-library-puts-children-at-the-centre/feed/ 0 From shushing to singalongs: noise in public libraries https://incite.alia.org.au/from-stern-shushing-to-spirited-singalongs-noise-in-contemporary-public-libraries/ https://incite.alia.org.au/from-stern-shushing-to-spirited-singalongs-noise-in-contemporary-public-libraries/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:22:10 +0000 https://incite.alia.org.au/?p=267 A while ago, I came across an online article in the Washington Post with the catchy title “It’s okay for libraries to be loud!  Take it from me, a librarian.” In it, Karen McPherson, a staff member at a public library in the US, described being shushed by a patron.  Clearly amused at this reversal… Read More »

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