The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture - Fred Schlipf, Joe Huberty, John A. Moorman

The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture

Buch | Softcover
784 Seiten
2024 | Second Edition
Facet Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78330-717-3 (ISBN)
174,55 inkl. MwSt
From planning completely new library buildings to small remodeling projects, this handbook offers specific how-to and how-not-to guidance. Packed with lists and headings to allow for easy scanning, it provides nuts-and-bolts guidance on the entire process of planning, design and construction of libraries and library space.
Distilling hard fought wisdom gleaned from hundreds of successful library construction projects they've supervised or coordinated, the authors present this definitive resource on library architecture. With a special emphasis on avoiding common problems in library design, in a down-to-earth manner they address a range of issues applicable to any undertaking. From planning completely new library buildings to small remodeling projects, they offer specific how-to and how-not-to guidance. Packed with lists and headings to allow for easy scanning, this handbook:



provides nuts-and-bolts guidance on the entire process of planning, design, and construction, including "snappy rules" summarizing each chapter;


covers new construction, remodeling and expanding of existing buildings, and conversion of non-library spaces to libraries;


explains how library buildings actually function as objects, and how that applies to library design;


reviews typical design problems of existing libraries, and advises libraries on how to avoid creating dysfunctional buildings and spaces;


shows how to collaborate productively with planners, architects, and contractors;
discusses the technical needs of basic library spaces, including collection storage, user seating, meeting and conference rooms, craft rooms, study areas, service desks, restrooms, and staff workspaces; and


includes careful consideration of technical requirements relating to lighting, electrical systems, security systems, elevators, staircases, and other areas.

Library directors, staff, and planning professionals will want this handbook close at hand before, during, and after any library construction project.

Fred Schlipf has been hanging out in library buildings since the early 1940s (at about the age of four, he turned out all the lights in the Detroit Lakes (Minnesota) Public Library one evening—a happy moment that is still both bright and dark in his memory), and has been working for libraries and teaching about libraries and consulting on library buildings since he was 17. He’s been a library school faculty member for over 50 years, and he spent nearly 33 years as director of The Urbana Free Library, the public library of Urbana, Illinois (just down the street from the University of Illinois). He’s done formal building consulting for between 150 and 200 libraries and quick consulting for many more, and he visits library buildings everywhere he goes. He has a BA from Carleton College and an MA and PhD from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. He has served on dozens of committees and task forces of the American Library Association, Illinois State Library, Illinois Library Association, local library groups in Illinois, and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. He was Illinois Librarian of the Year in 2000. Joe Huberty grew up in a small branch of the Milwaukee Public Library and was doomed to be an architect after reading Harold and the Purple Crayon. Too many years later, he is a partner with Engberg Anderson Architects. He has spent the last 30+ years planning and designing award-winning and much-loved libraries across the nation, mostly so he can hang out with librarians. Joe sees architecture as a practical art that provides future-friendly, pragmatic, and functional space that is comfortable, aspirational, and inspirational. Libraries are the ultimate embodiment of the relationship between people, services, and space. His work for public and academic libraries has been the subject of multiple presentations at state and national conferences. Joe is a licensed architect in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. John A. Moorman has worked as director of five public libraries and a multi-type library system, most recently the Decatur (Illinois) Public Library and the Williamsburg (Virginia) Regional Library. He has a PhD from the University of Illinois library school. He has been active in state and national library associations. When not working with buildings, he developed a specialty in legislative matters, served as a registered lobbyist, and chaired legislative-related committees for the Illinois and Virginia Library Associations. He is a past president of the Virginia Library Association and a lifelong elected honorary member of that association. Within the American Library Association (ALA) he served on the Public Library Association’s Board of Directors, the ALA Council, and the ALA Executive Board, as well as serving on, and chairing, many committees and task forces.

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 More Than Two Hundred Snappy Rules for Good and Evil in Library Architecture

Part II About Library Buildings

Chapter 3 The Library Construction Process

Chapter 4 Basic Configuration of Library Spaces

Chapter 5 Evaluating Library Buildings by Walking Around

Chapter 6 Dysfunctional Designs

Chapter 7 Converting Non-Library Spaces to Public Libraries

Part III Basic Steps Chapter 8 Programming

Chapter 9 Design

Chapter 10 Site Selection

Chapter 11 Zoning, Covenants, and Codes

Chapter 12 Construction

Chapter 13 Remodeling and Expanding Library Buildings

Chapter 14 Building Costs

Chapter 15 Funding

Chapter 16 User Seating

Chapter 17 Collection Storage

Chapter 18 Public Service Desks

Chapter 19 Program and Study Rooms

Chapter 20 Display and Exhibit Areas

Chapter 21 Restrooms

Chapter 22 Staff Workrooms

Chapter 23 Staff Facilities

Chapter 24 Storerooms

Part VI Technical Issues

Chapter 25 Lighting

Chapter 26 Elevators, Staircases, Railings, and Ramps

Chapter 27 Electrical Systems

Chapter 28 Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Systems

Chapter 29 Plumbing Systems

Chapter 30 Security

Chapter 31 Walls, Floors, and Ceilings

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 280 mm
Gewicht 1783 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10 1-78330-717-X / 178330717X
ISBN-13 978-1-78330-717-3 / 9781783307173
Zustand Neuware
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