Library As Place

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Budgeting and Fundraising | Case Studies | Collection Management | Computing and Connectivity | Design and Space Issues | Disabled Users | Environmental Issues | Moving | Service Points and Library Departments | Storage | Trends: Libraries of the Future | Virtual Tours

• ARL SPEC Kit 200: 2001: A Space Reality: Strategies for Obtaining Funding for New Library Space (March 1994)
• LAMA: Fund Raising and Financial Development Section

• NYPL's science library gets $9.5M; some of the library's most important donors continue their generosity. Libr J. 1993 May 15;118:18.
• AmRhein R, Sorkin M. The Year of the Library becomes UNLV's year of success; to win support for a new building, an academic library launched a PR blitz. Am Libr. 1993 Dec;24:993-4.
• Burlingame D, ed. Library fundraising. Chicago: American Lib Association; 1995.
• Chambers JL. The myth of money. Colo Libr. 1995 Winter;21:12-3.
• Dougherty RM, Adams M. Campus libraries: time to market an undervalued asset? Libr Issues. 2001;22:1-4.
• Kingham P. Something for nothing: every school's dream. Sch Libr. 1993 Aug;41:98-9.
• Moberly DL. Commissioning new buildings. Am Sch Univ. 1999 Feb;71(6):48-9.
• Walker ME. A new hospital library: a marketing opportunity. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83:330-2.
• Wilkinson J. Library fundraising techniques: a study based on a tour of North American libraries during July 1993. Br J Acad Librariansh. 1993;8(3):178-92.

• San Jose Library: Shared goals, shared building

• Agboola AT. Five decades of Nigerian university library buildings. Int Inf Libr Rev. 2001 Mar;33(1):113-25.
• Al-Ogla S. A study of hospital and medical libraries in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1998 Jan;86(1):57-62.
• Baumann CH. The libraries of Spokane County: the extraordinary building boom of the past decade. Alki. 1999 Dec ;15(3):20-1+.
• Bowden VM. Health sciences library building projects, 1996-1997 survey. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1998 Jan;86(1):46-56.
• Bowden VM. Health sciences library building projects, 1998 survey. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1999 Oct;87(4):415-36.
• Chepesiuk R. German libraries- a study tour reveals a system in flux. Int Leads. 1993 Fall;7:5-8.
• Christianson C. Deaconess Medical Center. A case study in rural patient-centered health facilities. Health Facil Manag. 1994 Nov;7(11):30-1.
• Chronology of the renovation of the Jefferson and Adams buildings (1979-1997). Libr Congr Inf Bull. 1997 May 19;56:180-1.
• Crosbie MJ, Hickey DD. When change is set in stone: an analysis of seven academic libraries designed by Perry Dean Rogers & partners, architects. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries; 2001.
• Dodd J., Forys J., Dewey BI. Renovating science branch libraries: two different paths. Sci Technol Libr. 2000;19(1):39-47.
• Goodkind M. Better late than never: on-site library provides information to everyone. Health Facil Manag. 1994 Jul;7(7):22-3.
• Haddad FS. Bibliotheca Alexandrina: revival of the ancient library of Alexandria. Middle East J Anesthesiol. 2001 Oct;16(3): 243-55.
• Hanson DM. University of Idaho Library addition and renovation. Ida Libr. 1994 Apr ;46:50-1.
• Harrison D, Rodger EM, ed., asst. ed. Library buildings in the United Kingdom, 1990-1994. London: Library Services Ltd.; 1995.
• Hilary J. Plan for a colossal new national library of France. Her Libr Sci. 1994 Jul-Oct;33:182-4.
• Hodges TM. Technical scale and high-level detail: Vanderbilt's award-winning Eskind Biomedical Library. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83:333-45.
• Jakac Bizjak V. Construction of new national libraries, international conference in Riga, Latvia, 24-26 August 1998. IFLA J. 1999;25(2):121-2.
• MacPhee J. Royally renovated- Roddick reading room. Feliciter. 1996 Feb;42:25-6.
• Masters DC, Arneson J, Lutton HD. Cafe Gelman: an innovative use of library space. J Acad Librariansh. 1994 Jan;19:388-90.
• Munoz E. New building of Venezuelan National Library. Her Libr Sci. 2000 Jan-Apr;39(1/2):66-8.
• Pittman TJ, O'Connor MD, Millar S, Erickson JI. Patient education: designing a state-of-the-art consumer health information library. J Nurs Adm. 2001 Jun;31(6):316-23.
• Purvis L, Duggar DC. Rapides Regional Medical Center Library renovation. La Libr. 2000 Spring;62(4):30-1.
• Reynolds E. A tale of one library's renovation. Libr Mosaics. 2001 Mar-Apr;12(2):16.
• Rovelstad MV. The Library of Congress Jefferson Building, a 19th-century Neo-Baroque monument. Libri. 1999 Dec;49(4):243-54.
• Shedlock J, Ross F. A library for the twenty-first century: the Galter Health Sciences Library's renovation and expansion project. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1997 Apr;85(2):176-86.
• Shill HB, Tonner S. Creating a better place: physical improvements in academic libraries, 1995-2002. Coll Res Libr. 2003 Nov;64(6):431-66.
• The Staff of the Williamsburg Regional Library. Library construction from a staff perspective. Jefferson (NC): McFarland; 2001.
• Stanford renovation. AB Bookm Wkly. 1999 Nov 1;104(18):640-2.
• Stokes DM. The newly, renovated Edith Garland Dupre Library, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. La Libr. 2001 Spring;63(4):27-9.
• Sutton LS. Imagining learning spaces at Wayne State University's new David Adamany Undergraduate Library. Res Strateg. 2000;17(2/3):139-46.
• Taskinen H, Vattulainen P. The Finnish National Repository Library: academic and public libraries' joint venture. Scand Public Libr Q. 1998;31(1):15-8.
• Travis J. Adaptive reuse of a French quarter building: a change of address for the historic New Orleans collection. LLA Bull. 1996 Spring;58:181-5.
• Ulmer ED, Candido AM. University of Arkansas Mullins Library renovation. Ark Libr. 1996 Dec;53:16-7.
• Wolanin B. Restoration and renovation; the art and architecture of the Jefferson Building. Libr Congr Inf Bull. 1997 Dec;56:362-5.

• ARL Collections & Access Issues: New Approaches to Research Library Collection Management and Access Services Survey Responses (Summer 2002)
• Collections & Access for the 21st Century Scholar: Changing Roles of Research Libraries. A Report from the ARL Collections & Access Issues Task Force

• Brinkman CS, Whiteside SW. Planning and space calculation for shifting a journal collection. Ky Libr. 2002 Winter; 66(1):12-7.
• Lee HL. The library space problem, future-demand, and collection control. Libr Resour Tech Serv. 1993 Apr;37(2):147-166.
• Leach BA. A simple program simplifies moving and integrating serial collections. Ser Libr. 1997;32(3/4):93-105.
• Lee CC. The architecture of a university library should have spaces designed for special collections and university archives. J Educ Media Libr Sci. 1999 Jun;36(4):385-92.
• MacDonald E. Collection preservation news: collection protection issues in a library renovation project. Coll Res Libr News. 2000 Apr;61(4):277-9, 282.
• Sapp G, Suttle G. A method for measuring collection expansion rates and shelf space capacities. J Acad Librariansh. 1994 Jul;20:156-61.

• Descriptive Floor Plans of Library Computer Centers MLA DocKit #5 (1995)

• Bazillion RJ, Braun C. Academic library design: building a "teaching instrument". Comput Libr. 1994 Feb;14:12+.
• Beagle D. Web-based learning environments: do libraries matter? Coll Res Libr. 2000 Jul;61(4):367-79.
• Beales DI. Cyber libraries: building the perfect beast. Med Ref Serv Q. 2002 Winter;21(4):49-56.
• Beckman M. Library buildings, or virtual libraries? Feliciter. 1996 Feb;42:37-40.
• Boone MD. Steering the cybrary into the twenty-first century: who is the leader? Libr Hi Tech. 2001;19(3):286-89.
• Brown JM. The Internet and the virtual architecture library. Art Libr J. 1994;19(4):16-20.
• Chepesiuk R, Herring M. Libraries in the cyberage. Coll Res Libr. 2001;62:38.
• Creth SD. The information arcade: playground for the mind. J Acad Librariansh. 1994 Mar;20(1):22-3.
• Duncan JM. The information commons: a model for (physical) digital resource centers. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1998 Oct;86(4):576-82.
• Lucier RE. Building a digital library for the health sciences: information space complementing information place. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83:346-50.
• Mann CC. Electronic paper turns the page. Technol Rev. 2001;104:42-8.
• Nutty DJ. Renovating for technology: partnerships produce quick results. Coll Res Libr News. 1998 Jun;59(6):414-6.
• Obligner DG, Rush SC, ed. The future compatible campus: planning, designing, and implementing information technology in the academy. Bolton (MA): Anker; 1998.
• Renaud R. What happened to the library? When the library and the computer center merge. Coll Res Libr News. 2001 Nov;62(10): 987-9.
• Warner DA, Buschman J, Lackie RJ. Getting blood from a stone: squeezing an inexpensive lab/electronic classroom into a medium-sized academic library. Coll Res Libr News. 1999 Jul-Aug;60(7):536-41.
• Wolpert AJ. The future of electronic data. Nature. 2002;420:17-8.

• XIII IFLA Buildings Seminar (Paris, July 27 - August 1, 2003)
• ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 11: Building Libraries and Library Additions: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
• ARL/OCLC Strategic Issues Forum: Future Library Architecture: Conception, Design, and Use of Library Space (February, 15-17, 2002)
• ARL SPEC Kit 244/Transforming Libraries 9: Library Buildings: Renovation and Reconfiguration (April 1999)
• Council on Library and Information Resources: Developing Print Repositories: Models for Shared Preservation and Access (June 2003)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Library Buildings and Equipment Section
• Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA): Buildings and Equipment Section (BES)
• LAMA BES Committees and Discussion Groups
• The Seven Deadly Sins of Public Library Architecture

• A sense of place; new facilities and renovations emphasize community. Am Libr. 2002 Apr;33(4):44-59.
• Academic libraries boost building efforts. Am Libr. 2002 Feb;33(2):10.
• Books, bricks, and bytes. Daedalus. 1996 Fall;125(4):1-366.
• The boom goes on. Am Libr. 1999 Apr;30(4):52-69.
• Fabulous facilities: new construction and renovations. Am Libr. 1997 Apr;28:38-48.
• Facilities: both new constructions and renovations. Am Libr. 1996 Apr;27:51-60.
• Facilities showcase: new construction . . . and renovation. Am Libr. 1998 Apr;29(4):66-81.
• Adamson MC, Bunnett BP. Planning library spaces to encourage collaboration. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Oct;90(4):437-41.
• Aswath L. Neglect of structural comforts in libraries. Malays J Libr Inf Sci. 1999 Jul;4(1):95-101.
• Bazillion RJ. Academic library construction: managing the design-to-build process. J Libr Adm. 2002;36(4):49-65.
• Bazillion RJ, Braun C. Academic libraries as high-tech gateways: a guide to design and space decisions. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association; 2001.
• Brockhurst CJ. Building for the future. Libr Assoc Rec. 1996 Nov;98 :584-5.
• Chandler K. New buildings and renovations. Colo Libr. 1995 Winter;21:5-32.
• Crawford W. Library space: the next frontier? Online. 1999 Mar-Apr;23(2):61+.
• Foote SM. An architect's perspective on contemporary academic library design. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83(3):351-6.
• Hagloch SB. Library building projects: tips for survival . Englewood (CO): Libraries Unlimited; 1994.
• Hawthorne P, Martin RG, eds. Planning additions to academic library buildings: a seamless approach. Chicago: American Library Association; 1995.
• Heeg J. Architectural concepts. Scott Libr. 1999;13(5):12-3.
• James DC, Stewart SL. Library design analysis using post-occupancy evaluation methods. Sci Technol Libr. 1995;15(2):3-15.
• Kenreich ME. Physical settings and organizational success. Libr Collect Acquis Tech Serv. 2001 Spring;25(1):67-79.
• Larson W. Space: the final frontier--maximizing space in the hospital library. Natl Netw. 1997 Nov;22(2):8.
• Leighton PD WD. Planning academic and research library buildings. 3rd. Chicago : American Library Association; 1999, c2000.
• Ludwig LT. Designing a library: everyone on the same page? Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2001 Apr;89(2):204-11.
• McCarthy RC. Designing better libraries: selecting and working with building professionals. 2nd ed. Fort Atkinson (WI): Highsmith Press; 1999.
• McClure LW. From brick face to cyberspace. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Jul;83(3):311-4.
• Organ M, Jantti M. Academic library seating: a survey of usage, with implications for space utilisation. Aust Acad Res Libr. 1997 Sep;28:205-16.
• Powell M. Designing Library Space to Facilitate Learning: a Review of the Uk Higher Education Sector. Libri. 2002 Jun;52(2): 110-20.
• Ramsay KM. B.D. (before digital)-A.D. (after digital): rethinking space in a mid-sized academic library. Tech Serv Q. 2002;19(4):31-8.
• Sannwald WW, ed. Checklist of library building design considerations. 4th ed. Chicago: American Library Association; 2001.
• Swartzburg SG, Bussey H, Garretson F. Libraries and archives: design and renovation with a preservation perspective. [Pbk. ed.]. Lanham (MD): Scarecrow Press; 1998.
• Thomas MA. Redefining library space: managing the co-existence of books, computers, and readers. J Acad Librariansh. 2000 Nov;26(6):408-15.
• Wilson LA. Building the user-centered library. RQ. 1995 Spring;34(3):297-302.
• Woodward J. Countdown to a new library: managing the building project. Chicago: American Library Association; 2000.

• Cirillo SE, Danford RE, ed. Library buildings, equipment, and the ADA: compliance issues and solutions: proceedings of the LAMA buildings and equipment section preconference, June 24-25, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana. Chicago: American Library Association; 1996.
• Kirkpatrick CH, Morgan CB. How we renovated our library, physically and electronically, for handicapped patrons. Comput Libr. 2001 Oct;21(9):24-9.
• Nelson PP. Library services for people with disabilities: results of a survey. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1996 Jul;84(3):397-401.
• Uhler SF, Weiss PR. Library building alterations under the Americans with disabilities act. Ill Libr. 1996 Winter;78:5-7.

• Green Building Services: Green Resources
• Green Buildings: Sustainability

• Bringing light to the Jefferson Building: torch repair caps extensive dome renovation. Libr Congr Inf Bull. 1997 Sep;56:290-1.
• Bush CC, Enssle HR. Indoor air quality: planning and managing library buildings. In: Advances in librarianship, v18 Academic Press, 1994. p. 215-36. 1994.
• Dean ST, Williams SR. Renovation for climate control. Conserv Adm News . 1994 Jan;(56):12-3+.
• Farmer JF. "Northern exposure" and other new building security stories. Colo Libr. 1997 Spring;23:22-6.
• Higginbotham BB. Environmental criteria for library buildings; or, whoever said air was free? Techities. 1997 Jul-Aug;17(7):1+.
• Morris A, Dennison PJ. Sick building syndrome: survey findings of libraries in Great Britain. Libr Manag. 1995;16(3):34-42.
• Ozowa VN. Designing-out noise in Nigerian library buildings. Afr J Lib Arch Inf Sci. 1996 Oct;6:95-9.
• Righi E, Aggazzotti G, Fantuzzi G, Ciccarese V, Predieri G. Air quality and well-being perception in subjects attending university libraries in Modena (Italy). Sci Total Environ. 2002 Mar 8;286(1-3):41-50.
• Wittchen KB, Aggerholm S. Calculation of building heating demand in EPIQR. Energy Build. 2000 Feb;31(2):137-41.

• Bruns A. Moving day: an exercise in mind and matter. Am Libr. 1999 Apr;30(4):48-50.
• Burkhardt JM. Do's and don'ts for moving a small academic library: fourteen helpful tips. Coll Res Libr News. 1998 Jul-Aug;59(7):499-503.
• Calderhead V. An operations research approach to a chemistry library relocation: measure often, move once. Sci Technol Libr. 1996;16(1):61-80.
• Dienes J. Moving the University of Kansas Map library. Inf Bull - West Assoc Map Libr. 1995 Nov;27:16-31.
• Habich EC. Moving library collections: a management handbook. Westport (CT): Glenwood Press; 1998.
• Swanepoel AJ. Moving a small library in an African setting. Afr J Lib Arch Inf Sci. 2002 Apr;12(1):27-38.
• Moreland VF, Robison CL, Stephens JM. Moving a library collection: impact on staff morale. J Acad Librariansh. 1993 Mar;19:8-11.
• Wells MS, Young R. Moving and reorganizing a library. Aldershot (VT); Brookfield (VT): Gower; 1997.

• Bartle LR. Designing an active academic reference service point. Ref User Serv Q. 1999 Summer;38(4):395-401.
• Beagle D. Conceptualizing an information commons. J Acad Librariansh. 1999 Mar;25(2):82-9.
• Brand S. How buildings learn: what happens after they're built. New York: Viking Press; 1994.
• Brown CR. Planning library interiors: the selection of furnishings for the 21st century. Phoenix (AZ): Oryx Press; 1995.
• Halbert M. Lessons from the information commons frontier. J Acad Librariansh. 1999 Mar;25(2):90-1.
• Lance KA, Dorfman A. Maintaining academic library services during a renovation project. Coll Undergrad Libr. 1999;6(1):65-76.
• Thornton GA. Renovation of technical services: physical and philosophical considerations. Tech Serv Q. 1998;15(3):49-61.
• Weise F, Tooey MJ. Designing a new facility for information services. J Am Society Inf Sci. 1994 Jun;45:342-4.
• Weise F, Tooey MJ. The health sciences and human services library: "this is one sweet library". Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1999 Apr;87(2):170-7.

• ARL SPEC Kit 242: Library Storage Facilities, Management, and Services (May 1999)

• Fry TK. Library remote storage in Colorado. Colo Libr. 2000 Spring;26(1):27-9.
• Theilig R. Remote possibilities. Libr Mosaics. 1997 Nov-Dec;8(6):14-5.

• Diffuse Libraries: Emergent Roles for the Research Library in the Digital Age (August 2002)
• Libraries as Acts of Civic Renewal (Speech by Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York)
• Managing the 21st Century Academic Library: A Bibliography by Bernie Sloan
• Who needs a library anyway? (Speech by Gerhard Casper, former president of Stanford University)

• Building the library/information center of the future. Proceedings of a symposium. Bethesda, Maryland, April 7-8, 1994. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 1994 Sep;44(3-4):143-266.
• Atkinson R. Contingency and contradiction: the places(s) of the library at the dawn of the new millennium. J Am Society Inf Sci Technol. 2001;52(1):3-11.
• Auret HE. The future of the library or the library of the future. Mousaion. 2000;18:3-19.
• Berry III JN. University of Arizona; academic library of the future. Libr J. 2002;127 :40-2.
• Broering NC. Changes: moving toward the years ahead. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1994 Jan;82(1):81-2.
• Goldhor H. Buildings, books, and bytes: perspectives on the Benton Foundation report on libraries in the digital age. Libr Trends. 1997 Summer: 1-223.
• Harrington D. Six trends in library design. Sch Libr J Buyer's Guide. 2001 Dec;12-14.
• Harwell PS. Land grab? Planning library buildings for 21st century collections. Libr Collect Acquis Tech Serv. 1999 Summer;23(2):208-9.
• Hawkins BL. Information access in the digital era: challenges and a call for collaboration. EDUCAUSE Rev. 2001 Sep-Oct;36(5):50-7.
• Hisle WL. Top issues facing academic libraries: A report of the focus on the future task force. Coll Res Libr News. 2002;63:714-5, 730.
• Kaser D. The evolution of the American academic library building. Lanham (MD): Scarecrow Press; 1997.
• King HM. Academic library buildings for the next century: insights from the United States. LASIE. 1998 Mar;29(1):21-31.
• Knowles SK. 2001, a space odyssey: a library for the millennium. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1999 Apr;87(2):219-21.
• Matier MW, Sidle CC. What size libraries for 2010? Plan High Educ. 1993 Summer;21(4):9-15.
• McDonald AC. Planning academic library buildings for a new age: some principles, trends, and developments in the United Kingdom. In: Advances in librarianship, v24 Academic Press, 2000. p. 51-79. 2000.
• Michalak SC. Planning academic library facilities: the library will have walls. J Libr Adm. 1994;20(2):93-113.
• Miller W. The library as a place: tradition and evolution. Libr Issues. 2002 Jan;22(3):1-4.
• Nelson PP. Current issues in the design of academic health sciences libraries: findings from three recent facility projects. J Med Libr Assoc. 2003 Jul;91(3):347-51.
• O'Donnell JJ. Avatars of the word: from papyrus to cyberspace. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press; 1998.
• Powell RR. Trends and issues in academic libraries. J Educ Libr Inf Sci. 2001 Winter;42(1):69-72.
• Shedlock J, Barkey DC, Ross F. Building the electronic health sciences library for the twenty-first century: the Galter Library experience. Med Ref Serv Q. 1996 Winter;15:1-12.
• Stoffle CJ, Allen B, Fore JS. Predicting the future: what does academic librarianship hold in store? Coll Res Libr News. 2000 Nov;61(10):894-901.
• Taylor S, ed. Building libraries for the information age : based on the proceedings of a symposium on the future of higher educational libraries at the King's Manor, York, 11-12 April 1994 . York : Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies ; University of York; 1995.
• Van Slyck AA. The librarian and the library: why place matters. Libr & Culture. 2001;36:518-23.
• Webb TD, ed. Building libraries for the 21st century: the shape of information. Jefferson (NC): McFarland; 2000.
• Welsh WJ, ed. Research libraries: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Westport (CT): Greenwood Press; 1993.

Virtual Tours

• Duncan JM, Roth LK. Production of the next-generation library virtual tour. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2001 Oct;89(4):331-8.
• Ensor PL. (Inner) space planning for the future; or, If it's going to be virtual, why does the furniture look so real. Techities. 1996 May;16:8-9.
• Hickok J. Web library tours: using streaming video and interactive quizzes. Ref Serv Rev. 2002;30(2):99-111.
• Kittelson P, Jones S. Touring by design: using information architecture to create a virtual library tour. Aust Acad Res Libr. 2002 Mar;33(1):39-48.
• Mosley PA, Xiao D. Touring the campus library from the World Wide Web. Ref Serv Rev. 1996;24(4):7-14+.
• Wells J, Walker L. Messages from the eagle: Dacus Library's virtual tour. Internet Ref Serv Q. 2001;5(4):27-34.