Planning Library Buildings and Facilities

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...an eminently useful, practical manual dealing with all aspects of library building planning...an easy book to use...should therefore serve as a useful introduction to the building planning process for any librarian who anticipates being involved in a facilities project. * The Library Quarterly * ...extraordinarily valuable in that it imposes a coherent form on the processes involved in changing and enhancing our libraries...every aspect of his book illustrates a profound and sympathetic interest in libraries and library service...excellent... * Canadian Library Journal * ...an excellent overview... * Journal of Academic Librarianship * Holt provides an excellent grounding in the challenging processes of planning a new library building. For the more experienced, it is thought-provoking and a good memory-jogger. * Incite * ...highly recommended...well thought-out, well presented, and full of useful, practical information. * Art Documentation * ...will help any library director administer the process of planning for, designing, and building a new or remodeled facility. * Library Journal * ...may be the best he has produced...recommended... * Public Library Quarterly *