The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture

Name: The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781783307173
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By Fred Schlipf and Joe Huberty and John A. Moorman

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The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture

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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.

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Distilling hard-fought wisdom gleaned from hundreds of successful library construction projects they have supervised or coordinated, the authors present this definitive resource on library architecture. With a special emphasis on avoiding common problems in library design, they address a range of issues applicable to any undertaking in a down-to-earth manner. From planning completely new library buildings to small remodelling 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" summarising each chapter;
Covers new construction, remodelling 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 The Practical Handbook of Library Architecture close at hand before, during, and after any library construction project.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783307173

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Edition: Second Edition

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1783g

Pages: 784

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Education & Reference Fred Schlipf Joe Huberty John A. Moorman Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

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.