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Libraries with a Future: How Are Academic Library Usage and Green Demands Changing Building Designs?
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Direct linkLoder, Michael Wescott – College & Research Libraries, 2010
Support for the modular system of building construction, touted in the second half of the 20th century as the best basis for academic library building design, appears to be waning. A study of "green" libraries in 2008 revealed that not only has energy conservation become important, but that spaces designed for users rather than books…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Energy Conservation, Users (Information)
Our National Monument of Art: Constructing and Debating the National Body at the Library of Congress
Moore, Sarah J. – Library Quarterly, 2010
It is not surprising that the Library of Congress would be defined as our national monument of art given the scale of the project, its federal sponsorship, and its posture as a public library with access to all Americans. Paralleling the assumption of the Library of Congress as not merely a building for housing books but a ritualistic center of…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Social Action, Public Libraries, Masculinity
