Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects
Description:In light of current social and technological shifts, libraries are reinventing themselves. Meeting place, makerspace, community center, cultural hub, multimedia lender--today's public library is all of these and more. Whether your library is undertaking a simple renovation or redesign or looking at a full-blown building project, the voice of the librarian is important to the project, and you need to understand both the processes involved and the questions to ask.Beginning with the development of a pre-construction vision, the book guides you through the entire process. It covers everything from making a case for the project to the authorities and the community through fundraising, budgeting, and site and team selection. You'll read about space programming, the design phase, pre-construction preparation, staff management, and moving the library, as well as about post-construction management and maintenance. Measures of success are included, as are helpful forms and an invaluable glossary of relevant construction terms. With this guide in hand, you and your team can plan efficiently, avoid common pitfalls, and create a library you and your community will love for many years to come.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects. To get started finding Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
220
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Release
2015
ISBN
1440838593
Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects
Description: In light of current social and technological shifts, libraries are reinventing themselves. Meeting place, makerspace, community center, cultural hub, multimedia lender--today's public library is all of these and more. Whether your library is undertaking a simple renovation or redesign or looking at a full-blown building project, the voice of the librarian is important to the project, and you need to understand both the processes involved and the questions to ask.Beginning with the development of a pre-construction vision, the book guides you through the entire process. It covers everything from making a case for the project to the authorities and the community through fundraising, budgeting, and site and team selection. You'll read about space programming, the design phase, pre-construction preparation, staff management, and moving the library, as well as about post-construction management and maintenance. Measures of success are included, as are helpful forms and an invaluable glossary of relevant construction terms. With this guide in hand, you and your team can plan efficiently, avoid common pitfalls, and create a library you and your community will love for many years to come.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects. To get started finding Public Library Buildings: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects: The Librarian's Go-To Guide for Construction, Expansion, and Renovation Projects, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.