SCONUL Library Design Award
History of the Award
The SCONUL Library Design Award was introduced in the 1970s to draw attention to the importance of
designing libraries in national and university institutions in ways which would benefit both library
users and staff. Over the years, the awards are considered to have contributed to the improvement of
standards of library design and functionality. The awards are made retrospectively by the
SCONUL Executive Board on the recommendation of a small panel drawn from its Working Group on Space Planning.
SCONUL Library Design Award 2007
Library Design Award
Winner: Universty of Bournemouth
Highly Commended Status: Glasgow Caledonian University and Open University
Smaller Buildings Award
Winner: Girton College, Cambridge
Highly Commended Status: University College London, SSEES Library and University of Warwick Learning Grid
Previous awards
| 1996-2000: | SCONUL Library Design Award 2002 Frederick Lanchester Library, Coventry University John and Aileen O'Reilly Library, Dublin City University Adsetts Centre, Sheffield Hallam University Hatfield Campus LRC, University of Hertfordshire |
| 1990-1995: | Aytoun Library, Manchester Metropolitan University (and Two ‘highly commended’ St George's Library, University of Sheffield and Brotherton West Library, University of Leeds) |
| 1986-1989: | SCONUL Library Design Award 1992 Queen Mary and Westfield College Library, University of London The National Library of Scotland, Causewayside Building (Phase 1) The Joule Library, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| 1982-1985: | Durham University Library, Robinson Library, University of Newcastle St. Patrick’s College Library, Maynooth |
| 1977-1981: | No awards made |
| 1975-1976: | Hugh Owen Library, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth University College Cardiff Library Arts and Social Sciences Library, University of Bristol |
| 1973-1974: | Arts Library, Nottingham University |
| 1971-1972: | British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa (main building) |