Library Buildings for the New Millennium

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents 1
3. Programme 3
4. Introduction to the Eleventh Seminar 7
5. Library Buildings for the New Millennium 11
6. Prospects of Library Buildings in China 25
7. The Development of Library Buildings in Shanghai 31
8. The Development and Prospects of the National Assembly Library of Korea 39
9. The Process of Development and the Transition of Method for Facility Planning in Japanese Public Libraries 61
10. Why and How to Programme a Library Building: French Experience over the Past Decade 79
11. Stuttgart: on the Way to the Library 21 91
12. Contextual Constraints and Opportunities: the State Library of New South Wales Extension and the new Pustaka Negeri Sarawak Building 99
13. Flushing Library: A Year of Success 125
14. The Location of Your Library Building: Why It Is Important, and How to Do it, Using GIS (Geographic Information System Software) 141
15. Designing Library Interiors in a Changing Environment: the Singapore Experience 155
16. From Necessity to Reality: Journal of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France Project 163
17. To Create an Atmosphere of “Books for Readers and Readers Among the Books”: On the New Building of Zhejiang Provincial Library, China 177
18. Librarians, Politicians and Architects in the Changing Academic Context: a Story of the Emerging Building of the Warsaw University Library 191
19. The National Library of Catalonia: A New Organization in a Renovated Building- An Assessment 207
20. Closing Remarks 217
21. Attendance List 221