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Library design services for secure settings

Our experienced library designers are experts in creating calm, high-performance libraries for secure settings including prisons and young offenders institutions.

Our design team work closely with prison staff to understand the requirements of each setting, whilst delivering high-performance furniture solutions that are robust and easy to maintain.

We offer a free, nationwide library design service to help you get the most out of your space within your timeframe and budget.

Contact our friendly library design team to find out how we can help bring your dream library to life.

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Explore what we offer

If you’re looking to design a new library for your prison establishment, our FREE library design service is the perfect solution.

We have a wide range of library furniture products that are purpose-designed for use in prisons and young offender institutions and strike the right balance between security and aesthetics.

We provide durable library shelving, study tables, desks, library seating and storage solutions that work for any size, shape or purpose.

Take a look at our case study at HMYOI Wetherby.

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Little things make a big difference

The BookSpace team have spent years working with educators in schools, libraries and prisons, listening to their ideas and designing modern and dynamic spaces that help people become confident, lifelong readers.

We’ve fed all of this experience into our product designs to ensure a BookSpace library is not only practical but has a positive impact on attitudes towards reading.

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Clever library shelving

Adjustable shelving that showcases fiction and non-fiction books. Includes spine-out shelves for optimum capacity and face-out shelves to promote titles and encourage browsing.

Professional library signage

Clear library signage makes it easier for users to find what they’re looking for and helps keep your books organised. BookSpace signage can be customised to suit your collection layout.

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Colour Collection

Our range of colour options have been carefully selected to complement a variety of environments and learning styles. From bright, energetic tones to cool and calm shades.

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Quality and sustainability

From the design process through to the materials and construction, our focus is on providing durable and high-performance library furniture that will last for many years to come.

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Expert library installation

Our experienced library fitters are highly-skilled, DBS checked and their attention to detail is second to none, ensuring that your library shelving is installed to an exceptional standard.

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The BookSpace Philosophy

Our library furniture is the result of years of research into presenting books positively to readers. This feeds into our design principles to help us create inspiring libraries.

Testimonials

At BookSpace, customer service is at the heart of everything we do and we love it when customers share their experience. Take a look through some of our more recent reviews to see what our customers think about our library design service.

“The fitting was impressive and quick. The vast majority of the work was completed in a day and the library was almost ready to go! The installation crew were friendly, helpful and very efficient in their work.”

HMYOI Wetherby

“We recently used Bookspace for our new Prep school library. They were professional to deal with from the start to finish. The design team had great ideas and listened carefully to the brief and budget. The fitting service was efficient and of high quality. I am thrilled with our new library and more importantly, so are the pupils.”

Radnor House School

“Fantastic service from start to finish. Incredible designs produced to reflect potential budget. A real showstopper design which was skilfully created and expertly assembled. I can’t wait to share our brand new library with our children and school community as I know it’s going to be a space to inspire readers for many years to come!”

Jervoise School

How it all works

Choosing library furniture and designing a library from scratch can be quite daunting. Our library design service puts you in touch with experts so you can get the most out of your space and feel confident that your library furniture will stand the test of time. Our library design service includes a consultation (either in-person or virtually) with one of our library designers, a range of high-quality floor plans and 3D visuals, a fully-itemised quotation and guidance on book capacities.

Our highly-skilled library fitters are DBS checked and have years of experience installing libraries in secure settings such as prisons and young offender institutions. Contact our library design team on 0121 246 2777 or click on the contact button below.

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Call us or fill in our online contact form to have an initial chat with our friendly secondary school library design team.

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Our experienced library designers can meet with you in-person or virtually to discuss you secondary school library.

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We’ll create a range of library floor plans, stunning 3D visuals and a fully-itemised quotation with book capacities.

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Our school library installers are professional, highly-skilled, DBS checked and are used to working in busy secondary schools.

“Good school libraries are powerhouses of reading and learning. Our research shows that they help raise pupils’ literacy levels, improve access to knowledge, improve self-esteem and stimulate a love of reading, all of which give children the building blocks they need to succeed at school and beyond.”

National Literacy Trust