Abstract
Over the last decades scientific progress has inspired not only major technological but most of the social and cultural changes as well. The information society of new quality has been developed. It could be characterised by the rapid growth of the amount and variety of information, development of the conception of information as a commodity, formation of knowledge and information industry, development of the information and communication technology, the impact of information and its technologies on all spheres of life including the nature of learning and work as well as on the style of everyday life.
Highlights
Over the last decades scientific progress has inspired major technological but most of the social and cultural changes as well
Today the character of activities and architectural solutions of traditional libraries do not answer the needs of modern information society and its needs on information provision
18% of users are satisfied with the library's out-door surroundings. 75% of respondents have mentioned the lack of parking places near the libraries
Summary
Over the last decades scientific progress has inspired major technological but most of the social and cultural changes as well. The co-authors of this article: architect and librarian Mrs.Lina Kostinaitė, and library director of the Klaipéda University (KU), Mrs.Janina Pupeliene can be mentioned as the most active members of this group. The group analysed the development of Lithuanian libraries and did sociological research on main factors influencing library architecture solutions to develop conceptual principles of modern library buildings. The participation of Ms Ewa Kobierska-Maciuscko, director of the Warszawa University Library, member of the Expert Committee of the LIBER Architecture Group, was very important for this conference. She presented the LIBER organization and its activity on library architecture to Lithuanian architects and librarians, evaluated Ms Kostinaite's pilot project and research developments of the above-mentioned group. The main purpose of this article is to analyse some aspects of modern public library performance and its architecture, to highlight the main factors influencing its architecture and to present some conceptual suggestions for the planning of these types of libraries
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