Library Trends 60 (1) Summer 2011: Library Design: From Past to Present http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31858 Library Trends 60 (1) Summer 2011: Library Design: From Past to Present. Edited by Alistair Black and Nan Dahlkild Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:32:47 GMT 2016-10-22T13:32:47Z The Dark Side of Library Architecture: The Persistence of Dysfunctional Designs http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31870 The Dark Side of Library Architecture: The Persistence of Dysfunctional Designs Schlipf, Frederick A. One of the most disappointing aspects of library architecture is the endless repetition of the same two or three dozen dysfunctional design ideas. Bad design ideas come from many sources, not only architects and interior designers, but also librarians, library consultants, and various governmental bodies. This article describes some of the most commonly repeated design errors in library architecture and provides suggestions on how to prevent them in advance or deal with them after they are committed. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31870 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Schlipf, Frederick A. Owatonna (Minnesota) Builds a Library http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31869 Owatonna (Minnesota) Builds a Library Pepper, Simon Although Owatonna, Minnesota, enjoyed a limited amount of social library provision from the mid-nineteenth century onward, it was not until the 1890s that pressure mounted for a public library to be established under the terms of the State Library Act of 1879. The opportunity to provide a public library arose with a bequest from Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Hunewill, who had run a hardware business in the town. Attached to the money they left in their wills for a library building and books were conditions not greatly different from those imposed by Carnegie, but without the detailed design guidance that was later pioneered by Carnegie’s organization. This paper focuses on the way that the leaders of the community went about planning and building the new library, with the services of an able architect, but also with a determination to learn lessons from the users of earlier buildings that was to prove sadly unusual in the architectural history of a building type that combined to a high degree both functional requirements and cultural values. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31869 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Pepper, Simon A Great Library on the Prairie: The History, Design, and Growth of the University of Illinois Library http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31868 A Great Library on the Prairie: The History, Design, and Growth of the University of Illinois Library Peoples, Brock The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Library stands today as one of the largest publicly funded libraries in the United States, providing information access for research and discovery to over 50,000 students, faculty, and staff as well as to members of the community at large. The library developed and grew as the university itself grew, becoming an architectural manifestation of those it serves. Originally designed by a team of University leaders, librarians, and architects for the pedagogies and information needs of the early twentieth century, the main library building, a neo-Georgian structure dating from 1926, supplemented by an imaginatively designed adjacent underground library for undergraduates in the late 1960s, has adapted to emerging information technologies and patron use through additions and changes in service models over the decades, ensuring its continuing relevancy to its patrons and its place as the heart of the university. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31868 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Peoples, Brock Library Space and Digital Challenges http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31867 Library Space and Digital Challenges Niegaard, Hellen The spread of the knowledge society and the growth of digitalization challenge the current configuration of the physical library space. In coming years the library environment will change radically, irrespective of which kind of library we are talking about. This article focuses on the library’s evolution, and on the spatial and design changes that lie ahead for the traditional library in both the Danish and general contexts. The article provides a brief description of certain innovative changes in two new Danish public libraries, in Aarhus and Hjørring. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31867 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Niegaard, Hellen Library Buildings: Planning and Programming http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31866 Library Buildings: Planning and Programming Moorman, John A. There are many books and articles dealing with planning a library building project. This article presents the need for project teams, describes their composition, and presents their role in the planning process. The role of the building consultant is outlined and the qualities desired in the building consultant presented. The space estimation process is presented, including charts of space required for selected library equipment. The building program document is described. Several examples from a building program are presented to illustrate the types of information found in these documents. The importance of inclusivity throughout the planning process is emphasized as well as the importance of including enough space for future expansion. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31866 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Moorman, John A. Public Library Buildings in Finland: An Analysis of the Architectural and Librarianship Discourses from 1945 to the Present http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31865 Public Library Buildings in Finland: An Analysis of the Architectural and Librarianship Discourses from 1945 to the Present Mehtonen, Pentti The history of public library buildings in Finland from 1945 to the present is analyzed by examining the Finnish architectural and librarianship discourses on library planning and design. Two Finnish journals were chosen as the main research material: Arkkitehti, the main national publication for Finnish architects, and Kirjastolehti, the major publication for Finnish librarians. The key historical features of the architectural and librarianship discourses are presented within the wider context. A closer analysis of five representative library buildings is also presented. The specific architectural discourse on library design is found to have been largely determined by the changes in the Finnish architectural discourse in general; the representational conventions of a genre determined the way the library buildings were presented. The practical demands of library work have largely guided the Finnish librarianship discourse on library planning and design, but in many cases the discussion was also more progressive and future-oriented. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31865 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mehtonen, Pentti Collections to Connections: Changing Spaces and New Challenges in Academic Library Buildings http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31864 Collections to Connections: Changing Spaces and New Challenges in Academic Library Buildings Latimer, Karen The article looks at changes in information provision and their significant impact on the development of the design of academic library spaces over the years. The history of the academic library as a building type is examined, and the move from the collection-dominated library buildings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the service-rich, user-focused ones of the twenty-first century is explored. Recent trends are identified, drawing on a number of mainly UK and other European examples. The effect of increasing availability of e-resources, new technology, and changing methods of teaching, learning, and research on design is also considered. Other issues covered in the paper include the importance of the design brief or program, interior space, fittings and fixtures, and finally the need to reflect on the success or failure of building projects through postoccupancy evaluation. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31864 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Latimer, Karen The Design of the English Domestic Library in the Seventeenth Century: Readers and Their Book Rooms http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31863 The Design of the English Domestic Library in the Seventeenth Century: Readers and Their Book Rooms Gwynn, Lucy The seventeenth century saw the increase in size of book collections in private hands. Domestic library collections were becoming more visible as important adjuncts to the lives of their socially and culturally engaged owners. This article explores the ways in which the practical and intellectual problems of storing books were addressed in the English home, through inventories and buildings accounts as well as contemporary literature. The changes in library furniture design over the course of the century are traced, together with the emergence of formal organizing systems such as catalogues and subject classification. Finally, the adoption of a different stylistic approach is examined. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31863 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Gwynn, Lucy Sustainability as a Driving Force in Contemporary Library Design http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31862 Sustainability as a Driving Force in Contemporary Library Design Edwards, Brian W. The drive for energy efficiency arising from a growing awareness of the dangers of climate change is leading to new approaches to library design. The article explores the interaction between library architecture and sustainability by reviewing the many complex strategies employed for saving or recycling evermore scarce natural resources. Although the focus is upon energy consumption, the article also investigates how concepts of comfort and climate are changing under the impact of environmental sustainability. These topics are discussed mainly in the context of public and university libraries built over the past decade, with some reference to library designs still awaiting construction. The methodology is developed primarily through comparative case studies, exploring the approach to environmental sustainability under a number of headings drawn from widely employed environmental assessment methods such as BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method), commonly employed in the United Kingdom and much of Europe; and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the assessment tool frequently used to anticipate the environmental credentials of projects still on the drawing board in the United States and Asia. In many ways the architectural approach to the twenty-first century library is returning to the roots of the modernist library found in Scandinavia with its emphasis upon high levels of daylight, natural materials, social harmony, and contact with nature. Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31862 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Edwards, Brian W. The Emergence and Challenge of the Modern Library Building: Ideal Types, Model Libraries, and Guidelines, from the Enlightenment to the Experience Economy http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31861 The Emergence and Challenge of the Modern Library Building: Ideal Types, Model Libraries, and Guidelines, from the Enlightenment to the Experience Economy Dahlkild, Nan The evolution of modern libraries has been closely related to the development of modernity in Western societies, both in relation to the development of social life in the last centuries and to the growing importance of reading, information, and knowledge and to the ideas of enlightenment, democracy, tolerance, and the open society. The increasing number of library buildings and the development of library space are part of the greater accessibility of information, the opening of the organization of knowledge, and the creation of a public sphere. This article examines the making of the modern library building and the related discourse by selecting important model buildings, guidelines, discussions, and experiments reflecting various cultural and social visions of democracy and openness. The perspective is international. An investigation is made of the physical as well as the social construction of the modern library space and of its identity and “libraryness.” Library design Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31861 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Dahlkild, Nan
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