Planning for a New Generation of Public Library Buildings

by Gerard B. McCabe

Overview

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 turban 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313305924
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/2000
Series:	Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Beginning the Plan
Data for Planning
Location: Finding a Site
Interior Design
Furbanishing 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

Editorial Reviews

Retired library directory (Clarion U. of Pennsylvania) McCabe, with some help from colleagues still working in university library administration, integrates ideas from the many studies of library design and construction with his own experience dealing with architects, contractors, library board members, elected officials, and librarians involved in renovating old buildings and developing new ones. The result is a step-by-step outline of the process for the novice or a checklist for the experienced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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