Planning public library buildings : concepts and issues for the librarian / Michael Dewe.

By: Dewe, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2006Description: xii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0754633888 (alk. paper); 9780754633884 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Library buildings -- Design and construction | Public libraries -- Planning | Library architecture | Library buildings -- Great Britain -- Design and construction | Public libraries -- Great Britain -- Planning | Library architecture -- Great BritainDDC classification: 022/.3 LOC classification: Z679.5 | .D49 2006Online resources: Table of contents
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?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.

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?

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