Designing law and other academic libraries : building upon change /

The first edition introduced the busy library director to the overall process of working with architects and building committees and contained chapters on general design preparation and space requirements for library operations and services. The second edition updated the original work and addressed...

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Main Author: Margeton, Stephen G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Getzville, New York : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2017
Edition:Third edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Designing library spaces that encourage learning
  • Getting started: the team
  • Library "without walls," as "place" and as "placeholder"
  • Needs assessment and program statement
  • Design development
  • Construction documents: working drawings, schedules and specifications
  • About floors and urban library doors
  • Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED)
  • Electrical power
  • Physically challenged patrons
  • Acoustics
  • Shelving
  • Lighting
  • Staff work spaces
  • Special collections
  • Displays and exhibits
  • Furniture
  • Microforms
  • Computers
  • Security
  • Signage
  • Patron amenities
  • Photocopier/printer/scanner services
  • Staff amenities
  • Deliveries and storage
  • Plan for expansion: making a major renovation
  • Naming opportunities
  • Transition, occupancy, and punch lists
  • Building milestones
  • Appendixes. Designing library spaces that encourage learning: survey questionnaire
  • Annotated bibliography
  • Needs assessment: Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary
  • Needs assessment & program statement document: Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library, the Catholic University of America
  • Special collections in academic law libraries
  • Sample list of naming opportunities from a midsize law school library
  • Chronology of a law school design and construction project
  • American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar