Building Blocks for Planning Functional Library Space [Paperback]

Provides detailed formulas to help calculate the square footage required for every conceivable element of a library building. New to this edition are up-to-date specifications for computer workstations, and visual representations of complex configurations. Designed to be consulted after the decision to build has been made, it answers the critical question, 'How much space do we need?'

[No] serious telecommunications historian or library [should] be without a copy of this book. Elsevier Science

Public librarians responsible for planning new buildings or renovating or reprogramming space in an existing facility will find this slim paperback of some assistance...the book provides an array of formulas that will assist with the calculation of the amount of space-in terms of square feet-needed for several different elements found in most every public library facility. Public Library Quarterly