... focus on gathering student input to inform the decision-making process. It is obvious that the need to refurbish the building itself may not be the only major impetus for library space assessment. The authors discerned several other themes that can serve as building blocks for a broader, more...

...Michael Dewe Jeannette   Woodward . Countdown to a New Library: Managing the Building Project . Chicago, IL : American Library Association   2000 . 205 pp.   US$48 paperback © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Libraries Buildings Project management Another book...

...Michael Dewe In spite of these comments about coverage, praise must be given to the IFLA section on Library Buildings and Equipment, who, together with Shanghai Library, were responsible for the volume’s publication. Conceived as a book to accompany the 11th International Seminar on Library...

...Press and Public Relations Office Describes the British Library’s new building and its collections, together with the timetable for making the services available to users. Some facts and figures will indicate the extent of the collections and services and will set the scene for a description...

... reading atmosphere. Undoubtedly, it is against these odds that some university libraries operate in Nigeria. It is in this context that the article reviews the library building situation of Nigerian universities with particular reference to the experience of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Library, Sokoto...

...I.K. Antwi Gives a brief history of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University,Bauchi, Nigeria. Points out that this university first had to use a temporary building for nine years even though the facilities in it were inadequate. Focuses on the new library building of this university commissioned on 10...