Public libraries for children in architectural terms

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https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2021.004

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public libraries, libraries for children, library architecture

Abstract

The issue of architecture of buildings intended for the public libraries regularly appeared on the pages of Polish and foreign scientific and professional periodicals. However, it was not often that the authors raised the topic in the context of space for the youngest category of readers – children. This work complements the state of knowledge in the Polish literature on the subject by presenting changes that have taken place over the years in the approach to designing buildings and interiors of public libraries for children.

Author Biography

Agata Walczak-Niewiadomska, University of Łódź. Faculty of Philology

Doctor habilitatus Agata Walczak-Niewiadomska has been working as an assistant professor at the Department of Informatology and Bibliology at the University of Lodz since 2006. She is the author of four books and numerous articles devoted to the history of books in Kalisz, bibliological biography and children's librarianship. Since 2006, she has been associated with the Laboratory of the “Dictionary of Polish Book Employees” as a secretary, and since 2016 – as its manager. Deputy editor-in-chief of the journal “Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Librorum”. Member of the Kalisz Society of Friends of Sciences. Coordinator of international cooperation and ERASMUS+ program at the Department of Informatology and Bibliology at the University of Łódź. Four-time winner of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk award. Her research interests include early and family literacy, children's librarianship, and bibliometric issues.

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Walczak-Niewiadomska, A. (2021). Public libraries for children in architectural terms. Folia Toruniensia, 21, 87–103. https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2021.004

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