This book examines the entire gamut of challenges confronting the planning and development of contemporary public libraries; their mission, their roles, and key issues such as lifelong learning, social inclusion, community and cultural needs, regeneration and funding. The helpful presentation and readable style guides the librarian through the preliminary information-gathering and decision-making process that ensures a successful library building for all concerned.
This book examines the entire gamut of challenges confronting the planning and development of contemporary public libraries; their mission, their roles, and key issues such as lifelong learning, social inclusion, community and cultural needs, regeneration and funding. The helpful presentation and readable style guides the librarian through the preliminary information-gathering and decision-making process that ensures a successful library building for all concerned.
Michael Dewe has extensive experience at senior level in public libraries and latterly as a University Lecturer in the Department of Information Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales. As well as a long-standing commitment to writing and lecturing about library buildings, he has also acted as a consultant both in the UK and abroad. Actively involved with the IFLA Section on Library Buildings and Equipment for a number of years, he was also a member of the judging panel for the Public Library Building Awards scheme from 1995 to 2003. Currently he is a team member of the library buildings database project, Designing Libraries (www.designing libraries.org.uk) and has written a booklet on primary school library design.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Preface Introduction 1 Mission and roles 2 Sources of renewal and innovation 3 Service point provision size and shape 4 'Location location location' 5 Alternatives to new buildings 6 Sustainability safety security and systems 7 Planning design and construction 8 Key qualities in design and evaluation 9 Identity communication and style 10 The library interior 11 Anything it needs to be? Appendices Bibliography Index
List of Figures Preface Introduction 1 Mission and roles 2 Sources of renewal and innovation 3 Service point provision size and shape 4 'Location location location' 5 Alternatives to new buildings 6 Sustainability safety security and systems 7 Planning design and construction 8 Key qualities in design and evaluation 9 Identity communication and style 10 The library interior 11 Anything it needs to be? Appendices Bibliography Index
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