Library buildings : Selection of an architect ... A paper read before the Iowa Library Association at Grinnell, Iowa. October 30, 1902.

This leaflet, no. 7, by Grant C. Miller, of Patton & Miller Architects in Chicago, contains information on how to plan the erection of a new library building. It discusses how to select a librarian, architect, location and surroundings design and layout needed to best serve the library users.

Library buildings : Selection of an architect ... A paper read before the Iowa Library Association at Grinnell, Iowa. October 30, 1902

This leaflet talks about the architecture of library buildings. It provides information on the selection of an architect and how to design flooring and room arrangements in a practical way.

New library buildings: the Houston Academy of Medicine--Texas Medical Center Library.

A historical account is given of the Houston Academy of Medicine--Texas Medical Center Library within its Texas Medical Center setting in Houston, Texas. Outlined are planning, financing, and construction of the new library, which consists in part of new building and in part of renovated interiors of an old building originally completed in 1954. A concise picture is given of the new library's interiors, showing its functional success for users and employees alike. An architectural summary is appended showing gross and net footages, source of funds, costs and capacities.

Issues and innovations in library buildings : renovation and reconfiguration /

"April 1999"--Verso.

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

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of A.D.F. Hamlin, consulting architect to the committee having charge of the erection of Carnegie Library buildings in the borough of Brooklyn.

Mode of access: Internet.

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.

Designing a library: everyone on the same page?

Excerpts are presented from an interview by the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association buildings projects editor with four academic health sciences library directors: one who had recently completed a major library building project and three who were involved in various stages of new building projects. They share their experiences planning for and implementing library-building programs. The interview explores driving forces leading to new library buildings, identifies who should be involved, recalls the most difficult and exciting moments of the building projects, relates what they wished they had known before starting the project, assesses the impact of new library facilities on clients and services, reviews what they would change, and describes forces impacting libraries today and attributes of the twenty-first century library.

Undergraduate Library

Albert Kahn Associates, architects. Built 1957. On verso: University of Michigan, News Service, 3528 Administration Bldg., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

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]