Zoning in on Children's Spaces:
Engaging Your Youngest Visitors

Recorded on: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 1:00 pm CST / 2:00 pm EST

In this Demco sponsored webcast, Kimberly Bolan Cullin, Principal Consultant from Kimberly Bolan & Associates joins Demco’s Director of Library Markets, Janet Nelson to discuss how librarians can better develop their children’s spaces to meet the diverse needs of each age range.

Over the past ten years, planning and designing children’s libraries has changed. Children’s areas in libraries are no longer just warehouses of books, instead they are interactive and engaging places for ages 0 through 12 and their parents. Today's successful children’s libraries focus on both reading and technology literacy, space for pre-schoolers, young school-aged children, pre-teens, and caregivers. This workshop focuses on best practices for 21st century children’s space planning and design including youth and caregiver involvement, new planning tools, zoning space, creating interactive space, merchandising, and other general design considerations.

Join in to learn how to:

• Use best practices and tools to design your children’s space
• Zone a children’s space to improve functionality and increase traffic
• Understand successful approaches other’s have taken in designing children’s areas
• Integrate traditional materials and new technologies into your planning
  

There will also be a chance for you to ask questions about Kim's approach to facilities planning and design.