Planning for a New Generation of Public Library Buildings

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Gerard B. McCabe

ISBN: 0-313-30592-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30592-4

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184 pages

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Publication: 1/30/2000

List Price: $78.00 (UK Sterling Price: £53.95)

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection

Description: The public library director needs information that helps in understanding what is involved in planning for a public library building project. This applies whether the subject is a free standing independent building, a branch library, a joint-use facility with a museum, a senior academic library, a community or junior college library, or a school library. Reading this book will not turn a reader into a qualified specialist on library buildings, but it will help librarians and others learn what should be known about a project so that they may function effectively as part of the planning team.

The concept of modern libraries is moving toward interactive connections with information sources far beyond the immediate community. For the contemporary public library, this means connection to a network, with several terminals constantly online to the Internet. New library buildings must be constructed with these and other needs in mind. The public library director needs information that helps in understanding what is involved in planning for a public library building project. This applies whether the subject is a free standing independent building, a branch library, a joint-use facility with a museum, a senior academic library, a community or junior college library, or a school library. This book will help librarians and others learn what should be known about a project so that they may function effectively as part of the planning team.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Beginning the Plan
Data for Planning
Location: Finding a Site
Interior Design
Furnishing and Equipping the Library and Its Environs
Other Views--Guest Papers: Using Small College Library Planning Techniques in Public Library Facilities Planning by James R. Kennedy, A Place to Call Their Own by Rebecca M. Wenninger
The Library Building Program
Reference Services to Special Collections
Children's Services to Meeting Space
Architectural Details
Selected Bibliography

About the Author: GERARD B. McCABE retired as Director of Libraries at Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 1996./e He is the editor/series advisor for the Greenwood Library Management Collection. McCabe has over 30 years experience as a library building consultant on some 50 projects. He is a long time member of ALA/LAMA and is a past chair of the Building and Equipment Section.

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