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Library Construction: Special Topics

W=Web Resource; all others are books/periodical articles available at the OLIS Library.

Accessibility

ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (ADAAG) [W]. United States Access Board.

Library buildings, equipment, and the ADA: Compliance Issues and Solutions. Edited by Susan E. Cirillo and Robert E. Danford. American Library Association, 1996.

How libraries must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Phoenix, AZ : Oryx, 1992.

Job Accommodation Network: ADA Hotlinks and Document Center [W].

Children & YA Spaces

Learning environments for young children: rethinking library spaces and services. Feinberg, Sandra. ALA, 1998.

Teen Spaces : The Step-By-Step Library Makeover. Taney, Kimberly Bolan. Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Facility Management

Administrator's Guide To Library Building Maintenance. Lueder, Dianne C. Chicago, IL : American Library Association, 1992.

Avoiding liability risk : an attorney's advice to library trustees and others. Rubin, Renee. Chicago, IL: American Library Trustee Association, 1994.

Disaster Planning and Recovery : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians and archivists. Fortson, Judith. Neal-Schuman, 1992.

The Librarian's Facility Management Handbook. Trotta, Carmine J. New York : Neal-Schuman, 2001.

Funding

Financing Public Library Buildings. Hall, Richard B. New York : Neal-Schuman, 1994.

Winning Library Referenda Campaigns : A How-To-Do-It Manual. Hall, Richard B. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1995.

Furnishings

Interior Design For Libraries : Drawing On Function & Appeal. Brown, Carol R. Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.

Teen Spaces : The Step-By-Step Library Makeover. Taney, Kimberly Bolan. Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Moving Collections

From Here To There: Moving A Library. Tucker, Dennis C. Bristol, Ind., U.S.A. : Wyndham Hall Press, 1987.

Library Relocations And Collection Shifts. Tucker, Dennis C. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 1999.

Moving Library Collections : A Management Handbook. Habich, Elizabeth Chamberlain. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Technology & Lighting

Lamont, Melisa. "Critical human factors in emerging library technology centers." Library Hi Tech, vol. 17, no. 4, 1999. p. 372-395.

Newman, Kim and Lynn Lorch Metz. "Design for the management of power and communication systems based on conversations with Jay E. Frank, FAIA, and others." Library Hi Tech, vol. 17, no. 4, 1999. p. 339-348.

Scherer, Jeffrey. "Light and libraries."  Library Hi Tech, vol. 17, no. 4, 1999. p. 358-371.

Let There be at Least Half-Way Decent Light: How Library Illumination Systems Work—And Don't Work [W]. Schlipf, Fred and John Moorman. PLA National Conference, Phoenix AZ, 2002.

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