Library Building Projects: Tips for Survival

by Susan B. Hagloch, James L. Thomas

Overview

Based on the author's experiences, this handy guide offers the kind of information not found in standard texts. You will learn how to get maximum coverage from your local newspaper; how to sustain staff morale during months of dust, noise, and confusion; and how to understand constructionese. Pithy, practical, and full of useful ideas, this is one book every librarian considering or involved in a construction project should read. Floor plans and elevations included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872879805
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/15/1994
Pages:	151
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

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Editorial Reviews

After surviving a building project, the author offers advice on problems and pitfalls. Her book covers planning, the bond issue, construction, and completion of the project. Essays printed in other sources are randomly placed, disconcerting the reader. Floor plans from various U.S. libraries are included but not one from Hagloch's library. Although well intended, the resulting volume is a hodgepodge of ideas, offering minimal help to readers. The binding fell apart the first time this reviewer read through the book; the text also suffers from typos. Two better publications are Nolan Lushington and James Kusack's The Design and Evaluation of Public Library Buildings (Professional Reading, LJ 6/15/91) and Raymond Holt's Wisconsin Library Building Project Handbook, 2d rev. ed. (Professional Reading, LJ 5/15/90). [See also Richard Hall's Financing Public Library Buildings: Project Planning, Capital Budgeting, Funding Sources, and Private Fundraising Campaigns (Professional Reading, LJ 4/15/94).-Ed.]-Marie Bruni, Huntington Memorial Lib., Oneonta, N.Y.

Library Journal

Based on the author's experience with the renovation and expansion of a 50-year old building, this entertaining but informational compendium of hints, warnings, and survival strategies covers every phase of the library construction project, from the earliest planning to the final punch-check. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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