This article examines the tensions and risks inherent in implementing new technologies and collaborative spaces while maintaining the library's critical role as a "civic temple" and knowledge center that inspires and facilitates contemplation and deep thought. New technologies present "disruptive" challenges, having already…

Results of the 1976 Library Building Award Program sponsored jointly by the ALA Library Administration Division and the American Institute of Architects. (KV)

Pictures and brief descriptions of the libraries receiving awards for architectural design are given. (SJ)

Presented is a satirical description of the perfectly designed library that has something for everybody. (SJ)

A discussion of the architectural planning of libraries, with examples of the types of mistakes that have been made in specific libraries in the past and suggestions as to how these mistakes might be avoided in the future. (RM)

A discussion of the design principles that architects and planners call "Office Landscape, which is an attempt to incorporate a management concept into the total environmental system of a library. The goals of the management concept are to effect communication and to allow change. (RM)

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)

This volume presents the proceedings of the preconference institute of the Architecture for Public Libraries Committee of Library Administration Division's Building and Equipment section. The keynote address raises questions about architecture in a strategy for change. The remaining 14 articles and presentations are divided into five sections:…