Library construction, architecture, fittings, and furniture /

Includes index.

From a traditional academic library to a modern learning environment : Dalarna University Library - expectations and results

This report describes the ideas and vision behind Dalarna University's award-winning library in Falun. A description of the planning and construction processes and an evaluation of the final outcome are presented together with experiences and observations drawn from the project.

Small library buildings : a collection of plans contributed by the League of library commissions /

Mode of access: Internet.

Library planning, bookstacks and shelving, with contributions from the architects' and librarians' points of view.

Bibliography, p. 120.

The Library of Congress : comprising a series of architectural and mural decorations which have attracted the greatest attention and admiration.

The plates are mounted.

Anchorage Library Competition, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Blue ink sketch on tracing paper, signed, 12 x 26 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Anchorage Library Competition, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Blue, green and brown ink sketch on tracing paper, 18x34 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Library Addition, Oberlin, Ohio, 1986-1988

[Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Ink sketches on graph paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Library Addition, Oberlin, Ohio, 1986-1988

[Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Ink sketches on tracing paper with green marker coloring, 8 1/2 x 11 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

University of California Central Library Addition, San Diego, California, 1987-1993

[Early Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Ink sketches on tracing paper, 18 x 22 1/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

University of California Central Library Addition, San Diego, California, 1987-1993

[Early Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Blue ink sketches on tracing paper, 12x29 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

University of California Central Library Addition, San Diego, California, 1987-1993

[Early Conceptual Sketches], untitled. Green ink sketches on tracing paper, initialed, 18 x 28 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Corning Public Library (first proposal), Corning, New York, 1969 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch of Building as a Bridge], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, representing the beginning of polygonal thought in Gunnar Birkerts' work, 12 x 19 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Corning Public Library (first proposal), Corning, New York, 1969 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch of Building as a Bridge], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, 11 1/2 x 12 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Corning Public Library (first proposal), Corning, New York, 1969 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch of Building as a Bridge], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, 12 x 12 1/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]