who we are @ PLAN22 Archibrarians

 

 

At PLAN22 Archibrarians

we SUPPORT YOU and your LIBRARY DESIGN

 

    We are Librarian-COACHES
    CONFIDENCE re-enforcers
    SUSTAINABLE DESIGN professionals
    Intellectual Freedom ADVOCATES

 

Our goal: To coach librarians so that they can work with their communities to clearly and effectively communicate with confidence their library's requirements to an architect or designer.

We help you lead your library project by:

• facilitating workshops with the library and your library community;

• providing personal and discrete background support to librarians as they work with architects to develop design concepts and approve drawings.

• working in small groups with your staff to instruct them in the principles and basics of architectural design processes programming; 

 

 Karen Watson is an architect with 32 years experience in all aspects of the field of architecture, from hands on construction, specification writing, design and design documents, site inspection project management and site safety instruction in residential, institutional and commercial buildings.  Most recently library design and architectural programming have been a fulfilling focus.

 

Robert Hubsher has been a public librarian since 1987.  He is currently Director of the Ramapo Catskills Library System, headquartered in Middletown, New York, serving the professional and practical needs of 47 member libraries.

Speaking up about libraries, working for libraries, championing the freedom to read and the necessity of having an educated citizenry is Robert’s strength and passion.

He is an active member of the New York Public Library Association;chair of the NYLA Freedom of Information Committee; and a certified Trainer for 'ALA-Strategic Planning for Results'.

His work with community and library boards and political stakeholders at the city, county, state and provincial levels results in benefits to the libraries within the RCLS system. 

PLAN22 services include:

• Fact finding information sessions with Boards
• Facilitating community planning workshops
• Assistance to Board to determine Project Definition
• Instructional work with librarians and staff for project definition
• Pre-planning work with librarians and staff
• Assistance to librarians and staff to ensure optimum functional relationships throughout a project
• Assistance to Librarians to help them write their library's Architectural Program and scope definition. 

And ...On line training for Architectural Programming and Data Collection

 SPECIALITIES:

• Advising and coaching librarians to effectively communicate with architects throughout the building process - from needs assessments to finished building project no matter the scale.
•  Facilitation for strategic planning sessions with community stakeholders.  
•  On Line Webinars.