Highlights the general issues of physical planning for libraries and explores alternate plans from the angle of collection, users, staff, etc. Provides practical tips for the whole exercise of physical planning for libraries and for acquiring equipment and furniture. Discusses related aspects like space estimation, allocation and utilization. A case study of projecting requirements of space for a special library, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) Library is presented with emphasis on practical aspects of creating physical facilities and environment
Peer ReviewedLibraries are experiencing significant change in how space is being used as well as inc...
Space is very much a premium commodity in land-scarce Singapore. The scarcity of land affects all bu...
Although there is now a corpus of principles and techniques on planning a layout we consider it oppo...
Highlights the general issues of physical planning for libraries and explores alternate plans from t...
In the last decade, small libraries have achieved quantative growth in the aspect of instituitional ...
As library spaces are re-envisioned to meet new institutional goals and user expectations, careful p...
Examines the planning of space for different functions in three UGC-financed university libraries, l...
faster than the building planners had expected. We never seem to learn from past experience that our...
A Library is as good as it is displayed and exposed to users. It should not be conceived as a hidden...
Purpose: The focus on designing spaces for users in the last decade or so signifies the gradual chan...
When planning the layout, size and function areas of a public library several things are taken into ...
Planning for new or expanded library facilities is a major undertaking. It is vital that planning be...
From time to time a library administrator and board may be faced with making a decision about conver...
The primary issue in this study is how the Mataram city library's spatialplanning affects th...
The role of the academic library has shifted from developing book collections to serving the informa...
Peer ReviewedLibraries are experiencing significant change in how space is being used as well as inc...
Space is very much a premium commodity in land-scarce Singapore. The scarcity of land affects all bu...
Although there is now a corpus of principles and techniques on planning a layout we consider it oppo...
Highlights the general issues of physical planning for libraries and explores alternate plans from t...
In the last decade, small libraries have achieved quantative growth in the aspect of instituitional ...
As library spaces are re-envisioned to meet new institutional goals and user expectations, careful p...
Examines the planning of space for different functions in three UGC-financed university libraries, l...
faster than the building planners had expected. We never seem to learn from past experience that our...
A Library is as good as it is displayed and exposed to users. It should not be conceived as a hidden...
Purpose: The focus on designing spaces for users in the last decade or so signifies the gradual chan...
When planning the layout, size and function areas of a public library several things are taken into ...
Planning for new or expanded library facilities is a major undertaking. It is vital that planning be...
From time to time a library administrator and board may be faced with making a decision about conver...
The primary issue in this study is how the Mataram city library's spatialplanning affects th...
The role of the academic library has shifted from developing book collections to serving the informa...
Peer ReviewedLibraries are experiencing significant change in how space is being used as well as inc...
Space is very much a premium commodity in land-scarce Singapore. The scarcity of land affects all bu...
Although there is now a corpus of principles and techniques on planning a layout we consider it oppo...