High quality design on a low budget new library buildings : proceedings of the Satellite Conference of the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section "Making ends meet: high quality design on a low budget" held at Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University, 15-16 August 2013 / edited by Dorothea Sommer, Janine Schmidt and Stefan Clevström.
| Author/creator | International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions |
| Other author | Sommer, Dorothea (Library administrator) |
| Other author | Schmidt, Janine Betty. |
| Other author | Clevström, Stefan. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2016] |
| Description | vi, 211 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other title | New library buildings |
| Other title | Making ends meet : high quality design on a low budget |
| Series | IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; volume 171 IFLA publications ; 171. ^A512746 |
| Contents | 1. Introduction to the satellite conference / Dorothea Sommer -- 2. Evolution and transformation : spaces, services and staircases / Gulcin Cribb -- 3. Financial and cultural crises : the library's response to tough times / Sharon Bostick -- 4. Cents and sensibility / Cecilia Kugler -- 5. Renovation, renewal, and rethinking : turning abandoned US buildings into high-quality, cost-effective community libraries / Jeffrey Scherer -- 6. Budgetary constraints no excuse for poor design : Griffith Library (G11) Extension and GUMURRII Centre (Queensland, Australia) / Graham Legerton -- 7. Adaptive re-use of buildings for library purposes : remaking an old underground book stack into a user friendly public space at the Kungliga Biblioteket/National Library of Sweden / Hans Murman -- 8. The end justified the means : building Makerere University Library Extension with a low budget / Maria G. N. Musoke -- 9. Rethinking library space as an information commons : from drawbacks to solutions and negotiations in between / Ruwan Gamage -- 10. Achieving library refurbishment : get the most out of matched funding and careful design planning / Ursula Byrne -- 11. Sustainable, participatory and low-cost : the redesign process of Hakunila Library / Paula Puustinen -- 12. Economic design of libraries based on visionary building plans, adaptive architecture, compact storage, and streamlining of services / Mohammad Mahdi Jahani Yekta -- 13. Corners : designing library spaces for a new generation of users without library budget / Ida Fajar Priyanto -- Contributors. |
| Abstract | Since 2008 the world's economy has seen dramatic changes that have rippled throughout the library world. While the demand for library services has increased, the money available to build, refurbish and operate them has decreased. Many countries report a decrease in funding of libraries. On the other hand, public and student demand for study and collaborative work space, the changing nature of content delivery and the increased need for access to computer technologies are creating an increasing need for more library space that is smart, flexible and economical to build and operate. Libraries are central to our knowledge economy. Without them, many communities would have no access to technology, study space or tutorial and literacy training. High Quality Design on a Low Budget brings together a range of building projects from national, academic and public libraries from different regions of the world showing how these libraries are able to continue to provide high quality library space that is affordable in these times of difficult economic circumstances. The Series: IFLA Publications, The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems. |
| General note | "Official pre-conference of the IFLA main conference, which will start ... on 18 August 2013"--Page 1. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017295350 |
| ISBN | 9783110375275 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 3110375273 (hbk.) |
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