...Kirstin Steele Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer advice, in the interest of preventing expensive mistakes, about certain aspects of library building projects. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a list of avoidable errors made during real library construction...

.... Kirstin Steele can be contacted at: kirstin.steele@citadel.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Libraries Library buildings Recently my library received word that a scheduled renovation will be postponed. The timing of this decision, six weeks prior to moving to temporary quarters...

... Journal promote standards developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and promoted by Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) (Antonelli, 2008). Library buildings Sustainable design Leadership E‐learning The original title for this essay addressed envisioning...

... Performance measures Library buildings Library management An academic branch library in North America is defined as “a library service unit under the management of the library administration, with collections and staff, which is physically separate or divided from other library service units...

.... A terrace and a parapet would decorate the roof. In 2000, Cooper presented the study to the Board of Library Trustees, which welcomed the suggestions. “They were very charmed by our report”, recalls Cooper. © Company 2003 Public libraries Library users Library buildings Facilities Local...