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050			_aZ 679 .T46 1977
100			_aThompson, Godfrey _eauthor
245		0	_aPlanning and design of library buildings / _cGodfrey Thompson
260			_aNew York : _bNichols Publishing Company, _cc1977
300			_a189 pages : _billustrations ; _c31 cm.
505			_a1. Libraries: University; college; school; public; hospital and welfare; prison; special; other types; national - libraries of the future; librarian and architect -- 2. Preparing the way: First Actions; the design team; channels of communication; network analysis for a university; standards; 3. Primary brief: Statement of aim; contents to be accommodated; activities and users; life of buildings; expansion and flexibility; 4. Primary brief continued: Specifications and special physical conditions; the site; security; communications; cost in use; end of brief; cost limits and controls; other matters -- 4. Feasibility study: Site feasibility; spatial relationships; spatial analysis; the building; cost feasibility - feasibility report -- 6. Secondary Brief: Patterns of operations; communications; librarian's preferences; client nominees; further information; visits and reading -- 7. Outline planning: Auxiliary areas; flexibility and adaptability; position of operational areas; special operational requirements; planning the structure; outline proposals and scheme design -- 8. Layouts and critical sizes : furniture and equipment; book shelving; closed stack; open stack; open access -- 9. Layouts and critical sizes: compact shelving; shelving books; other materials -- 10. Reading areas: study areas; browsing areas; reader service areas; security control -- 11. Other areas: Ancillary public amenities; staff areas; staff toilet and rest areas -- 12. Furniture and fittings: Shelving; catalogue cabinets; chairs and tables; guides; equipment -- 13. Floors : Qualities required ; underfloors; special areas ; materials and their qualities ; roll or tiles -- 14. Circulation: Materials circulation; book retrieval communications; automated book retrieval; 15. Lighting: Natural lighting; artificial lighting; methods of artificial lighting; maintenance; the librarian task's -- 16. Security and protection: Fire; flood; reader hazards -- 17. Physical Conditions: Heating and cooling; humility; noise -- 18. Enclosing elements and finishes: External cladding; internal walls; maintenance -- 19. Details design: Working drawings and specification; bills of quantities; tenders; site work -- 20. Conversions -- Appendix 1: Published standards -- Appendix 2: Metric Equivalents -- Bibliography -- Index.
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