IFLA Library Building Guidelines: Developments & Reflections / / Karen Latimer, Hellen Niegaard.

The information society and the information age are changing library services as well as library premises. This raises questions about what needs to be considered when planning and designing new library buildings in order to achieve attractive, efficient and future-oriented new library spaces. This...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : K. G. Saur, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (266 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PROLOGUE
  • INTRODUCTION: A NEW TOOL FOR PLANNING LIBRARY
  • BUILDINGS
  • I. DEVELOPMENTS & REFLECTIONS
  • 1. THE TOP TEN QUALITIES OF GOOD LIBRARY
  • SPACE
  • 2. REINVENTING THE PHYSICAL LIBRARY: LIBRARIES IN A
  • NEW CONTEXT
  • 3. INVESTIGATING THE NEED FOR SPACE
  • 4. UNLOCKING THE LIBRARY: LIBRARY DESIGN FROM A
  • MARKETING PERSPECTIVE
  • 5. USERS AND PUBLIC SPACE: WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN
  • PLANNING LIBRARY SPACE
  • 6. CONFIGURING INTERNAL STAFF AREAS
  • 7. HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? THE BUILDING PROCESS IN
  • PRACTICE
  • II. GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING THE PROCESS
  • 8. THE BUILDING PROCESS INCLUDING HOW TO CHOOSE AN
  • ARCHITECT
  • 9. A PRACTICAL MEANS OF ESTIMATING LIBRARY SPACE
  • NEEDS
  • 10. INTERIOR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND DEVELOPING
  • THE BRIEF
  • 11. A LIBRARY PROJECT FROM AN ARCHITECT’S POINT OF
  • VIEW
  • 12. GREEN BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE
  • MAINTENANCE
  • 13. READING PLANS FOR LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS
  • 14. RENOVATING HISTORIC BUILDINGS
  • 15. SITE & LOCATION
  • 16. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: A CHECK LIST FOR VISITING
  • LIBRARY BUILDINGS
  • Backmatter