Library and Media Center Upgrades Prioritize Flexible Design
Flexibility is a key consideration in modern library design. Richard Pense, the procurement and assets coordinator for Royse City Independent School District in Texas, previously worked as the principal of the district’s new Bobby Summers Middle School, where the library was intentionally designed to include flexible learning spaces.
The goal was to construct a place that was “inspirational, promoted collaboration and was accessible for student technology integration and support,” Pense said. “In our eyes, the library was to be a main hub of learning at the front of the building, with big glass windows, movable book carts and soft seating that could be arranged to meet student and teacher needs, instead of being filled with walls and racks of books that usually tower over these spaces.”
