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| Libraries | 7 |
| Library Facilities | 7 |
| Building Design | 4 |
| Architecture | 3 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Library Collections | 2 |
| Library Equipment | 2 |
| Library Services | 2 |
| Awards | 1 |
| Carpeting | 1 |
| Color Planning | 1 |
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| American Libraries | 7 |
Author
| Kay, Jane Holtz | 1 |
| Massman, Virgil | 1 |
| Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter | 1 |
| Piette, Mary I. | 1 |
| Woodward, Jeannette | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
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American Libraries, 1972
Pictures and brief descriptions of the libraries receiving awards for architectural design are given. (SJ)
Descriptors: Architecture, Awards, Building Design, Libraries
Massman, Virgil – American Libraries, 1972
Presented is a satirical description of the perfectly designed library that has something for everybody. (SJ)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Libraries, Library Facilities
American Libraries, 1972
The ALA Ad Hoc Committee on Flood-damaged Libraries presents preliminary damage estimates. (1 reference) (SJ)
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Libraries, Library Equipment, Library Facilities
Kay, Jane Holtz – American Libraries, 1974
A personal view which regrets the passing of personal, warm library environments and the ascendancy of "monumental" library architecture. Illustrations of the Bobst Library, Boston Library, Bancroft School. (LS)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Learning Resources Centers, Libraries
Piette, Mary I. – American Libraries, 1998
Describes facilities, collections, and services of the Greater Cairo Library, Mubarak Public Library, Heliopolis Public Library, and El Mustaqbal Library and Egyptian efforts to promote literacy and reading. (PEN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – American Libraries, 1998
A delegate with the People to People Ambassador program describes her visit to Russia in 1997, focusing on facilities, collections, and services of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Fundamentals Library of St. Petersburg State Technical University and Open Library Systems Center, National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg), and Russian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Libraries
Woodward, Jeannette – American Libraries, 1999
Focuses on selecting appropriate furnishings, floorings, and surfaces for a new library. Discusses appropriate color schemes; carpeting; protecting wood surfaces with polyurethane, user-friendly furniture, and flexible staff workstations. (AEF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Carpeting, Color Planning, Design Preferences
