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Library Buildings & Cultural Inclusivity Exhibitions

Library Buildings and Cultural Inclusivity Exhibitions

An Chomhairle Leabharlanna has produced two travelling exhibitions to help promote the achievements of the public library service in adapting to the challenges which face them.

The first exhibition, Libraries Branching Out 1999-2007, focuses on developments in library infrastructure post Branching Out.

51 grant-aided libraries opened between 1999 and 2007 are featured, showing the wide diversity of service points and architectural styles. The exhibition features converted buildings, where the change to library use retains and revitalises our architectural heritage to new buildings, many of which have gained international recognition through a range of awards.

    

The second exhibition, Public Libraries - a space for all, illustrates the theme of public libraries and social and cultural inclusivity. Originally commissioned to accompany An Chomhairle Leabharlanna’s submission to the NESF Panel on Cultural Inclusion, the four panels illustrate the range of activities on offer in Irish public libraries and the diversity of the clientele they attract.

The buildings exhibition consists of 4 double sided panels and the social inclusivity of 2 double sided panels each measuring 2.2m x1.2 m.  The exhibition panels are available for loan, either individually or as a pair, from the Research & Information Department, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, 53-54 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2. t: +353(0)1 676 1167; f: 6766721; e: info@librarycouncil.ie