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The practical handbook of library architecture : creating building spaces that work / Fred Schlipf, John A. Moorman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2018Description: xxxii, 1003 p. : ill. ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838915530 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 727.8 SCH 23
LOC classification:
  • Z679 .S33 2018
Contents:
Part I. Introduction -- Introduction -- Two hundred [plus?] snappy rules for good and evil in library architecture -- Part II. About library buildings -- The library construction process -- Basic configuration of library spaces -- Evaluating library buildings by walking around -- Dysfunctional designs -- Converting non-library spaces to public libraries -- Part III. Basic steps -- Programming -- Design -- Site selection -- Zoning, covenants, and codes -- Construction -- Remodeling and expanding library buildings -- Part IV.Money -- Building costs -- Funding -- Part V. Library spaces -- User seating -- Collection storage -- Public service desks -- Program and study rooms -- Display and exhibit areas -- Restrooms -- Staff workrooms -- Staff facilities -- Storerooms -- Part VI. Technical issues -- Lighting -- Elevators, staircases, railings, and ramps -- Electrical systems -- Mechanical systems -- Plumbing systems -- Security -- Walls, floors, and ceilings -- Appendix: vocabulary.
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Includes index.

Part I. Introduction -- Introduction -- Two hundred [plus?] snappy rules for good and evil in library architecture -- Part II. About library buildings -- The library construction process -- Basic configuration of library spaces -- Evaluating library buildings by walking around -- Dysfunctional designs -- Converting non-library spaces to public libraries -- Part III. Basic steps -- Programming -- Design -- Site selection -- Zoning, covenants, and codes -- Construction -- Remodeling and expanding library buildings -- Part IV.Money -- Building costs -- Funding -- Part V. Library spaces -- User seating -- Collection storage -- Public service desks -- Program and study rooms -- Display and exhibit areas -- Restrooms -- Staff workrooms -- Staff facilities -- Storerooms -- Part VI. Technical issues -- Lighting -- Elevators, staircases, railings, and ramps -- Electrical systems -- Mechanical systems -- Plumbing systems -- Security -- Walls, floors, and ceilings -- Appendix: vocabulary.

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