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 Manageme

by Dorothea Sommer (Editor), Janine Schmidt (Editor), The Mischievous Moon Chamber Players (Editor)

Overview

This publication brings together a range of building projects from National, Academic and Public Libraries from different countries of the world showing how these libraries are able to continue to provide high quality library space that is affordable in times of difficult economic circumstances. We will hear about the building processes, co-operation with architects and engineers and how librarians and users have reacted to these new buildings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110375275
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	03/07/2016
Series:	IFLA Publications Series
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.03(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stefan Clevström, National Library of Sweden; Janine Schmidt, Mukurta Consulting, Australia; Dorothea Sommer, ULB Sachsen-Anhalt.

Table of Contents

About IFLA vii

1 Introduction to the Satellite Conference Dorothea Sommer 1

2 Evolution and Transformation: Spaces, Services and Staircases Gulcin Cribb 4

3 Financial and Cultural Crises: The Library's Response to Tough Times Janine Schmidt Sharon Bostick 19

4 Cents and Sensibility Cecilia Kugler 34

5 Renovation, Renewal, and Rethinking: Turning Abandoned US Buildings into High-quality, Cost-effective Community Libraries Jack Poling Jeffrey Scherer 69

6 Budgetary Constraints No Excuse for Poor Design Griffith Library (G11) Extension and GUMURRII Centre (Queensland, Australia) Linda O'Brien Graham Legerton 96

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 Stefan Clevström Hans Murman 109

8 The End Justified the Means: Building Makerere University Library Extension with a Low Budget Maria G. N. Musoke 128

9 Rethinking Library Space as an Information Commons: From Drawbacks to Solutions and Negotiations in between Ruvini Kodikara Ruwan Gamage 150

10 Achieving Library Refurbishment: Get the Most out of Matched Funding and Careful Design Planning Ursula Byrne 160

11 Sustainable, Participatory and Low-cost: The Redesign Process of Hakunila Library Katariina Ervasti Paula Puustinen 171

12 Economic Design of Libraries Based on Visionary Building Plans, Adaptive Architecture, Compact Storage, and Streamlining of Services Mohammad Mahdi Jahani Yekta 185

13 Corners: Designing Library Spaces for a New Generation of Users without Library Budget Ida Fajar Priyanto 197

Contributors 209

Editorial Reviews

"The book will provide inspiration for those planning Iibrary building projects."
Monica Blake in: Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Ubrary and Information lssues 26(3)

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