We encourage our customers to embrace the concept of sustainable design in planning and refurbishing libraries. This applies not only to the use of environmentally-friendly materials but to the way the interior is built to last.

The quality of materials and installation contribute to this; so does our approach to colour schemes and, most importantly, the way we teach the staff to manage the products on the shelves. Our shelving and signage system is extremely flexible. Stock can be easily moved as demand increases or reduces. Focus displays can be targeted to different customer groups in different areas or at different times of day. The whole stock layout can be altered to give a different feel without changing the shelving layout at all.

The test of an Opening the Book library is not simply does it open on time and on budget - of course it does. The real test is that it continues to deliver high performance day after day for years to come.