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My, .., - -- DOCVMENT RE.51.-HE ED 032 719 EF 003 119 . -- .By-Katz. Wi/lim A-. Ed.; Swartz. Roderick C..Ed- - - - :--- -. -. ,- Problems in Planning Library Facilities.Consultants. Architects. Plans 'arid Critiques:Proceedings of the . - LibraryBuildings Institute. (Chicago. July 12-13.1963)- American Library Association. Chicago. Ill. - _ ... Spons Agency-American Library Association.Chicago. Ill- Library Administration Div. Pub Date 64 Note 208p- Available from-American Library Association.50 E- Huron Street. Chicago. Illinois60611 EDRS Price ME -$1-00 HC Not Availablefrom EDRS. Descriptors- =Building Plans, College Libraries.*Library Facilities, *Library Planning. Medical Libraries. School Libraries Libraries. Public Library facilities and the inherentplanning problems involvedare discussed in terms of--(1) the library building consultant.(2) college and university libraries. (3) public libraries. (4) school libraries.and (5) hospital and institutionlibraries. Floor plans. architectural renderings_and photographs ofvarious facilities are included along with critique discussions. (RK) 'le _ Problems in Planning Library Facilities Consultants, Architects, Plans, and Critiques Proceedings of the LIBRARY BUILDINGS INSTITUTE Conducted at Chicago, July 12-13, 1963 cn Sponsored by the 0 LIBRARY ADMINLSTRATION DIVISION U.S. DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH. EDUCATION E WELFARE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 0 OFFICE OF EDUCATION Edited by THIS DOCUMENT HAS BIEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORBAIII/A1108 ORIGINATING A. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS WILLIAM A. KATZ and RODERICK G. SWARTZ STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OTFICE OF EDUCATION *vs POSITION OR POLICY. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Chicago, 1964 "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPYRIGHTED 1.%ItttIAL BY MI CROF I HE ONLY HAS J GRANTED. BY 11 br .4 bOit TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OP ATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION. FURTHER REPRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM REQUIRES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER." LHElevt. 1:_lin.riCc, R.Z.51tS a.vus Per nA.Z.9->lotts,Rug Copyright ©1964 by the American Library Association Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 64-19851 Cover: University of California Library, Riverside Architect's rendering of ultimate library facilities George Vernon Russell & Associates Foreword The Library Buildings Institute,sponsored by the Library Administration Division and meetingprior to the general conference of the AmericanLibrary Association, has proved to be a well-receitred en- deavor. Although ten building or equipment insti- tutes have been held in the last twelve years,inter- est still seems to be high. This year'sattendance was the highest on recordwith a total number of 528. Another first for the 1963 Institute wasthe fact that for the first time the Hospital andInstitution Librar- ies had a major program. The audience for these Institutes iscomposed of three groups. First, there are thearchitects and librarians who are presently engaged inthe advanced planning or construction of a newlibrary. Secondly, librarians and architects who have has., agreat amount of experience in planning librarybuildings attend as a service to their profession.Finally, there is that group which is desirous ofincreasing its knowledge with the hope ofplanning a building in the near future. Besides those individuals mentioned inthe text, acknowledgment should be given toRaymond G. Erbes, Frank Gibson, MorrisonHaviland, Edward Heintz, Virginia McJenkin, RubyMartz, Miriam Peterson, and Howard Rovelstad, whochaired vari- ous sessions of theInstitute. Alphonse F. Trezza Executive Secretary Library Administration Division American Library Association Equipment Committee Library Administration Division William S. Geller, Chairman Librarian Los Angeles County Public Library Los Angeles, California Buildings and Equipment Section Planning School Library Quarters Committee Thelma Reid, Chairman Chief Librarian Richard L. Darling, Chairman City Schools Library School Library Specialist San Diego, California Library Services Branch Edward C. Heintz, Secretary U.S. Office of Education Librarian Washington, D.C. Kenyon College Library Gambier, Ohio Alphonse F. Trezza, Executive Secretary Roderick G. Swartz, Assistant to the Executive Secretary Committees Architecture Committee for Public Libraries Robert H. Rohlf, Chairman Librarian Dakota-Scott Regional Library West St. Paul. Minnesota Buildings Committee for College and University Libraries William H. Jesse, Chairman Director University of Tennessee Libraries Knoxville, Tennessee Buildings Committee for Hospital and Institution Libraries Mrs. Elsa Freeman, Chairman Librarian U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency Washington, D.C. Contents INTRODUCTION, 7 THE LIBRARY BUILDING CONSULTANT Five Questions, Keyes Metcalf, 9 The ConsultantA Panel Discussion,12 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts,16 San Diego State College Library, SanDiego, Cali- fornia, 28 University of Waterloo Arts Library,Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 36 University of Illinois, Chicago Campus,Library, Chicago, Illinois, 46 State College of Iowa Library, CedarFalls, Iowa, 57 Musselman Library, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio, 65 Western Kentucky State College Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 75 Asbury Theological Seminary Library,Wilmore, Kentucky, 84 Memorial Library, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 92 University of California Library, Riverside, California, 103 PUBLIC LIBRARIES The Program, 111 Programming before Planning, HurstJohn, 111 Federal Aid Programs for Public Library Planning and Construction, H. A. Fagerstronz, 114 Role of the Architect, Engineer, andLibrar- ian in Library PlanningA Panel Discus- sion, 117 The Libraries, 122 Manitowoc Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis- consin, 122 Lake County Public Library District, Lake Space Planning Criteria for Hospital. Libraries, County, Indiana, 129 Clayton S. Childs, 203 Ogden Public Library, Ogden, Utah, 146 Planning a Library in a Correctional Institution, Carl Hertensteiner, 205 SCHOOL LIBRARIES Architectural Barriers and the Handicapped, the The School Library and the Architect, 153 Infirm, the Elderly, and the Physically Lim- The Architect, Charles J. Benda, Jr., 153 ited, Donald E. Fearn, 207 The School Library Program: What the Architect Needs To Know, John L. Cameron, 155 A New School Library Planned for a Program, Blanche Janecek, 158 Remodeling To Fit a Program, Mildred L. Krohn, 161 The Departmentalized School Library, 164 Departmentalizing the School Library, Mrs. Georgia Rankin Cole, 164 A Departmentalized School Library: Two- Floor Plan, Myrtle Ellis, 169 A Departmentalized School Library: One- Floor Plan, H. F. Alwin, 173 The Elementary School Library, 177 The Elementary School Library Planned as an Instructional Materials Center, Alice Lohrer, 177 An Elementary School Library: Lauderdale Manors School, Mrs. Jo E. Dewar, 183 An Elementary School Library: Chantilly School Library, Gloria Brown, 186 HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTION LIBRARIES Planning a Special Library in a Federal Office Building, Mrs. Elaine Woodruff, 189 The Pursuit of Flexibility, Helen Crawford, 192 Mobilizing for a Reasonable Future, Edna Voigt, 195 Some Random Thoughts While Thinking about Li- brary Planning, Alderson Fry, 195 A Pharmaceutical LibraryThe Planning Stages and Six Years of Use, Alberta W. Brown, 199 This document contains many plans anddrawings which may not be completely legible in repro- duction. We feel the total document to be of sufficient importance to reproduce,taking this fact into consideration. Introduction Five hundred and twenty-eightregistrants were present for the LibraryBuildings Institute, spon- sored by the LibraryAdministration Division, American LibraryAssociation, in Chicago, Illinois, on Yu ly 12-13,1963. Not only were there474 li- brarians, including 170from colleges and univer- sitils, 217 from publiclibraries, 67 from schools, and 20 from hospitalsand institutions; there were also 41 architects anddesigners and 13 suppliers. Of this number, 75 wereinvolved as program par- ticipants. The Waldorf Room of theConrad Hilton Hotel was the settingfor the first meeting onFriday morning, which was a generalsession chaired by Thelma Reid, San DiegoCity Schools Library,chair- man of the LADBuildings and EquipmentSection. Speaker for the morning wasKeyes Metcalf, Librarian Emeritus, HarvardUniversity, who dis- cussed the library consultant.While he placed spe- cial emphasis upon theduties of the consultant,he also mentioned the reasonsfor hiring a library con- sultant, the way to selecthim, when he shouldbe brought into the planning,and how much he should be reimbursed for hisefforts. The consultant,said Metcalf, can be of value atthe time of the prelimi- nary investigationsand can continue to adviseuntil the final details ofequipment selection. The place of the consultantin the building team was discussedfurther by a panel moderatedby Ralph Ulveling, DetroitPublic Library. Thepanel- istsCharles Mohrhardt,Detroit Public Library; Robert Muller, Universityof Michigan Library; Robert H. Rohif, IllinoisPublic Library Develop- ment Project, now at theDakota-Scott Regional Li- brary, West St. Poal,Minnesota; and Donald Thomp- son, WabashCollege Libraryfelt that theconsultant should know the languageof both the librarianand the architect so thathe could act as arbitratorand adviser for the othermembers of the buildingteam. He should be amiable,yet