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100 1 _aSoule, Charles C.
_q(Charles Carroll),
_d1842-1913
245 1 0 _aHow to plan a library building for library work
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2021-02-14
508 _aCharlene Taylor, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"How to Plan a Library Building for Library Work" by Charles C. Soule is a practical guidebook on library architecture written in the early 20th century. This work provides detailed insights into the essential features, considerations, and methodologies involved in designing and constructing a library. It emphasizes the importance of functionality over aesthetics, underlining that a library should serve its community effectively while being adaptable to future changes. The opening of the guide presents an advocacy for thoughtful library design, stressing the necessity of cooperation among librarians, architects, and building committees to create a library that is not only beautiful but also functional and efficient. It articulates principles about the utility of library spaces, the historical evolution of library building types, and the significance of considering future growth and needs in the planning process. The prelude sets a reflective tone, indicated by the author's ardent belief in libraries as "workshops for the future" rather than relics of the past, aiming to ensure that libraries are built with purpose and practicality at their core. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLibrary architecture
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64560
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