Library building space design for current information environment

Abstract

Relations between society information infrastructure and library space design are analyzed. The transformation of these relations is defined through the transformation of the idea of libraries as a book space towards the concept of libraries for users and librarians. Interaction between libraries and other organization in holding collaborative activities and forming multifunctional spaces in the general structure of library buildings is examined. The interesting solution of the multifunctional library space crystallized in the building of Belarus National Library (Minsk) is explored.