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Harvard Seminar on Library Design in Sacramento in November
The Harvard Graduate School of Design will offer its popular seminar on the Planning and Design of Public Libraries in conjunction with the California Library Association's annual conference in November 2006. The seminar is part of Harvard's Executive Education Program. It is a nationally recognized education opportunity in the planning and design of public libraries and carries continuing education credit. This will be the first time the program is offered at a location other than at Harvard.
This four-day program will be presented November 6-9 at the Sacramento Public Library. It is intended for library planning staff, architects, engineers, and others who deal with planning and managing library construction projects. The program costs $1195 per person. Participating in this program in Sacramento will be a cost saving opportunity for many libraries since the cost of travel and hotel accommodations in Boston is much higher.
The seminar will examine the essentials of library planning and design and emerging trends affecting the role of the public library in the future. What are the driving forces of change? How are patron expectations evolving? Participants explore library programming and design issues and the rapidly evolving demandsfor library services and technology. The program includes lectures, interactive team-based planning and design exercises, virtual tours, and actual site visits to several innovative local libraries including Sacramento Central Library and the Carmichael Branch Library.
Harvard has set September 29 as a cutoff for registration in this seminar program in order to plan for the presentation. For more information or to register for this program, go to the following website: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/seminars/public_libraries/.
Posted on August 17, 2006 10:25 AM | Permalink