Building libraries for the 21st century : the shape of information / edited by T.D. Webb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Webb, Terry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library architecture--History--20th century.

Library architecture.

History.

Local Subjects:

Library architecture--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Building libraries for the twenty-first century

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2000]

Contents:

Introduction: Functions and Forms 5

Unit 1. Function/Mission, People, and Places 13

1. The British Library / Jane Carr 21

2. Constructing the New Shanghai Library / Wu Jianzhong 32

3. The San Antonio Public Library / Craig Zapatos 41

4. The Construction of the New Peking University Library / Zhu Qiang 53

Unit 2. Form/Arranging Services in Space 75

5. The Johnson Center Library at George Mason University / Charlene Hurt 83

6. News Ware: Integrating Mass Communications and Library Resources / T. D. Webb 105

7. Library Services at California State University, Monterey Bay / John Ober 122

8. IUPUI University Library: A Library for the 21st Century / Barbara B. Fischler 138

Unit 3. Style/Architects and Builder-Librarians 149

9. A New Central Library for Phoenix / Ralph M. Edwards 156

10. The Academic Library in the 21st Century: Partner in Education / Geoffrey T. Freeman 168

11. The Walsh Library, Seton Hall University / Anita L. Talar 176

Unit 4. Significance/Symbols and Emblems 189

12. The Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France: Books, Information, and Monuments / Jack Kessler 197

13. The Bibliotheque Nationale de France: A National Library for the 21st Century / Daniel Renoult 231

Conclusion: Rational Space 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.

ISBN:

0786406658

OCLC:

41951223