Space Planning
Becker, Franklin and Fritz Steele. Workplace by design: mapping the high-performance workscape. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.
Bibliography (from the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program)
 Brawner, Lee B. and Beck, Jr., Donald K. Determining Your Public Library's Future Size: A Needs Assessment and Planning Model, American Library Trustee Association, ALA, 1996.
Building Blocks for Planning Functional Library Space. American Library Association, Library Administration & Management Association. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Building Libraries and Library Additions, A Selected Annotated Bibliography. ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 11
Checklist For Success (from the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program)
"Countdown to a new library: managing the building project", Jeannette Woodward, Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
Dahlgren, Anders C. Public Library Space Needs: A Planning Outline. 1998 Anders C. Dahlgren (from Wisconsin Department of Public Library Instruction, Public Library Development)
Danick, Deborah. Building blocks for library space: functional guidelines. Chicago: American Library Association, Library Administration and Management Association, Buildings and Equipment Section, Functional Space Requirements Committee, 1995.
Feinberg, Sandra. Learning Environments for Young Children: Rethinking Library Spaces and Services. ALA, 1998.
Fraley, Ruth. Library Space Planning: a How-To-Do-It Manual for Assessing, Allocating, and Reorganizing Collections, Resources, and Facilities. 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman, 1990.
Freifeld, Roberta. Space Planning. (Washington, D.C.: Special Libraries Association, 1993)
Guidelines for Determining Space Needs, Appendix C, in Planning for Library Excellence, The Library of Virginia website.
Koontz, Christine. Library Facility Siting and Location Handbook. Greenwood Libary Management Collection, Greenwood Press, 1997.
Libraries for the future: planning buildings that work. (Proceedings of the Library Building Pre-Conference, June 27, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia) Edited by Ron G. Martin. (Chicago: ALA, 1992)
Library Administration and Management Association publications (LAMA is a division of the American Library Association. This includes Library Building Consultant List, Buildings and Equipment Section.)
Taney, Kimberly. Teen Spaces: the Step-by-Step Library Makeover. American Library Association, 2002.
Libris DESIGN
Libris DESIGN
Libris Design is a public library facility planning database which allows the user to create library building programs and project cost estimates for public library building projects.
Training for Libris Design is also available on the web site. The Libris Design software is unsupported unless you have taken the Infopeople training course. It is not recommended that anyone try to utilize the Libris Design database without taking Infopeople Training. Email Help is available once you have completed the training. Telephone support is not available.
Libris Help
Publications:
Libris Design Planning Documentation Includes: Acoustics for libraries
Collection Preservation in Library Building Design
Cost Estimating Simplified
Daylighting Design in Libraries
Furniture and Shelving: Specification and Bidding
Furniture for Libraries
Library Collection Storage
Library Interior Finish Materials
Library Security
Library Stacks and Shelving
Lighting for Libraries
Renovation or a New Library: A Planning Process
Site Selection
Sustainable Library Design
Technology Infrastructure Design for Libraries
Universal Access in Libraries
Wayfinding and Signage in Library Design
See also:
Campbell, Anne L. "Magical Models, (testing design ideas with Libris Design's modeling program)", Library Journal. February 15, 2003.
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