
Planning for a New Generation of Public Library Buildings
Gerard B. McCabe(Author)
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2000
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-313-30592-4 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-30592-4 (9780313305924)
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Planning for a New Generation of Public Library Buildings
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Person
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.
Content
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