Boing Boing » libarylab http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:47:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 From barn to bibliothek, a library emerges from history http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:49:34 +0000 LibraryLab http://boingboing.net/?p=151478 Jackson (N.H.) Public Library happily makes its new home in one. It’s not just any barn, either.]]> Most libraries aren’t found in barns, but Jackson (N.H.) Public Library happily makes its new home in one. It’s not just any barn, either. Built in 1858 as part of the town’s first inn, the barn was dismantled and stored away in 2008. At about the same time, the library was looking to open a new facility. As the recession made following through on an architect’s design fiscally impossible, the library partnered with the Jackson Historical Society, itself looking for a way to re-erect the barn.

Jackson Public Library is one of several recent libraries to adapt existing non-library buildings (including a factory, a roller rink, and a department store) as new homes. In addition to generally costing less than a new building, and the potential historic value, the practice helps rejuvenate neighborhoods. See the library in a roller rink (and more) at Reused Libraries Rejuvenate Communities [atyourlibrary.org]

— posted by Greg Landgraf, American Libraries]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/from-barn-to-bibliothek-a-lib.html/feed 6
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