Thinking about building a new library or renovating an existing facility? Nolan Lushington shows you how library facilities can be successfully planned, designed, or remodeled with multilingual services, coffeehouse areas, late night services, multimedia programs, outdoor facilities, daycare programs, electronic classrooms, art galleries, teen centers, and more. He also provides a directory of resources for the latest equipment and supplies. Actual plans, sketches, budgets, proposals, forms, and blueprints for renovations and new facilities are included in this invaluable and comprehensive 21st century guide.
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Lushington's experience as library design consultant, library director, and associate professor shines through in this practical, comprehensive guide. He uses numerous illustrations of library plans and equipment to show a variety of solutions to design questions. The book is organized into four major sections: "Essential Background" (history, trends, and design criteria); "Planning Process"; "Planning for Specific Functions"; and "Library Design Sources." The last has models, samples, specifications, and suppliers. This guide should be useful whether planning for the new or remodeled library. Marilyn Long
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"I recommend this book to any academic library manager planning a construction project." --Jal
"If I had to choose just one resource to consult, Lushington would get my vote." --Public Libraries
Practical, comprehensive guide.…Should be useful whether planning for the new or remodeled library. --Booklist
"If I had to choose just one resource to consult, Lushington would get my vote." --Public Libraries
Practical, comprehensive guide.…Should be useful whether planning for the new or remodeled library. --Booklist
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A solidly presented and informational guide,
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This review is from: Libraries Designed for Users: A 21st Century Guide (Paperback)
Libraries Designed For Users: A 21st Century Guide by experienced library consultant Nolan Lushington is a solidly presented and informational guide to planning the construction and layout of an ideal library tailored to suit the needs of its community patrons. From planning for parking, display areas, storage areas, to specific references such as a model template for library specifications, Libraries Designed for Users is a thorough, comprehensive, "user friendly" guide to evaluating exactly what is needed. Libraries Designed For Users is very highly recommended for anyone involved in planning for the construction or expansion of public, academic, corporate, or private libraries.
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