Finding your place in the information age library

As more users access college and university library resources remotely and the promise of managed on‐site collections growth finally appears achievable librarians have developed a renewed awareness of the role of their libraries as important campus meeting centers, and realize the need and opportunity to make them better places for all their constituents. This article supports this premise that a library needs to be a memorable place, highlights the distinction between the changing functional requirements that are addressed with space programming and the enduring social and emotional needs of a community that are realized through the design of place. It offers examples of design ideas and recommendations for methods that architects and librarians can use to communicate these abstract and subjective concepts so that the planning team can more effectively visualize and help create their future library.