Libraries and Learning Resource Centres

**lisine** · 08-20-2012, 12:16 PM

Libraries and Learning Resource Centres - 1st Edition

This comprehensive reference examines the changing role and design of library buildings, using a critical examination of recent examples from around the world.

The authors, who represent the views of the architect and the client, outline the history and changing typology of the library. They examine the new national, public, academic and specialist libraries using numerous international examples including Sri Lanka, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Paris and London. New design advice and technical data is presented to illustrate the many approaches that designers have taken in creating a building with many diverse functions. The book concludes with speculations about the future of the library as a place for storing, reflecting upon and exchanging knowledge.

Libraries are undergoing fundamental change as new technology liberates the library from its dependence upon the written word. Increasingly libraries are seen as learning resource centres with a smooth interface between computer-based access and traditional book and journal material.

* Comprehensive technical coverage of library planning & design gives a complete overview
* Excellent author team representing both architects and library services to give unbiased and informed opinions
* International case studies show the theory in practice

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Libraries and Learning Resource Centres - 2nd Edition

Libraries and Learning Resource Centres is a comprehensive reference text examining the changing role and design of library buildings. Critical evaluations of international case studies demonstrate the principles of library design.

Available for the first time in full colour, the second edition of the work focuses particularly on the important question of access and design in public libraries. Updated case studies and technical data allow the professional architect to use the book directly in planning library projects.

Providing guidance on balancing the needs of the collection and the user, Libraries and Learning Resource Centres will be of value to all professional architects involved in library planning.

* Still the only book to provide comprehensive coverage of library design from an international perspective, giving a much wider range of design information than other publications.
* Gives practical guidance on the most important aspects of library design: balancing the needs of the collection and the needs of the user.
* Includes technical data in relation to building standards for the professional architect.

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