Redesigning the college library building /

Redesigning the College Library Building is a successor report to the study of Academic Library Building Renovation Benchmarks and looks closely at the expansion and alteration plans of American college libraries. The study presents detailed data on capital spending current practices and future plan...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Primary Research Group
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York?] : Primary Research Group, [2011]
Edition:	2011 ed.
Subjects:	Academic libraries > Planning. Libraries > Space utilization. Library planning. Academic libraries > Design and construction. Library buildings > Design and construction.

Table of Contents:

Capital spending
Use of library space
Technology education center
Building plans
Reasons for library re-design
Furniture
Carpeting
Model redesign
Assessing the results of re-design
The library as mobile office
The great outdoors
Artwork and preservation
Energy use by the library
Information resources and advice for peers
Predicting the future traffic flow of the library
Predicting the impact of digitization on library space.