| Books and Blueprints: Building America's Public Libraries Contributor(s): Oehlerts, Donald E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313265704 ISBN-13: 9780313265709 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $102.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - General |
| Dewey: 727.824 |
| LCCN: 91-3233 |
| Series: Contributions in Librarianship & Information Science |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.35" W x 9.57" (1.08 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The only comprehensive treatment of American library architecture, this work details the evolution of the modern public library from 1850 to the present. Donald E. Oehlerts provides a broad, historical perspective of the field of library architecture, examining the influences on the professions of public architecture and librarianship that shaped America's library buildings. Oehlerts examines the planning and construction of the largest public library buildings from 1850 through 1989, presenting the contributions that architects, librarians, and others have made to improvements in design and arrangement. He also explores the development of public architecture and librarianship to determine the sources of influence on these two emerging professions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This work, which features illustrations of several important buildings, is valuable to professionals, students, and scholars of architecture and library management and facilities. |