Planning public library buildings concepts and issues for the librarian /

Main Author: Dewe, Michael.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mission and roles
  • Sources of renewal and innovation
  • Service point provision, size and shape
  • 'Location, location, location'
  • Alternatives to new buildings
  • Sustainability, safety, security and systems
  • Planning, design and construction
  • Key qualities in design and evaluation
  • Identity, communication and style
  • The library interior
  • Anything it needs to be?