ISBN: 0754633888

Description: xii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.

Contents:

• Mission and roles
• Sources of renewal and innovation
• Service point provision, size and shape
• 'Location, location, location'
• Alternatives to new buildings
• Sustainability, safety, security and systems
• Planning, design and construction
• Key qualities in design and evaluation
• Identity, communication and style
• The library interior
• Anything it needs to be?

LCCN: 2005017269

Control Number: 216221

Subjects:

• Library architecture -- Great Britain.
• Library architecture.
• Library buildings -- Design and construction.
• Library buildings -- Great Britain -- Design and construction.
• Public libraries -- Great Britain -- Planning.
• Public libraries -- Planning.