Planning Library Spaces - A Practical Guide for Library Building Projects

About the author

Lauren Stara is a registered architect and a librarian, specializing in library building design. Her past library experience includes everything from front desk clerk to director. As a Library Building Specialist for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Lauren administers grant funds and provides technical assistance and advice from initial planning through construction of public library projects. She writes, consults, and speaks on library design, service design, and future trends in libraries and is coauthor of Responding to Rapid Change in Libraries: A User Experience Approach (2020).Kelsey Kruse is a registered architect living and practicing in Baltimore, MD since 1985 with a focus with these firms has been hospitality, financial and institutional work. She was Graphics Editor for Interior Graphic Standards. Other illustration work included Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction; Specifying Interiors and A Guide to Commercial Construction and FF&E for Residential a

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Stara
• Assisted by: Kruse Kelsey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781538182406
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8240-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Illustrations: 184 bw illus
• Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Library & information services, Library and information services