On September 28, library planners and leaders joined architects, designers, and vendors at the Hayward Public Library (HPL) Downtown Library, CA, for Library Journal’s Design Institute Hayward. Director Jayanti Addleman and HPL staff offered a warm welcome, as did the library itself, an airy, bright space with wraparound windows that, as the light changed, displayed the beloved first lines of books. That alchemy—the expression of a mood by way of structure—was the result of a deeply intentional design process, making HPL an ideal setting for a daylong discussion of thoughtful, inclusive planning.
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