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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.
Table des matières
Preface
Introduction
Public Library Buildings: 1850 to 1893
Public Library Buildings: 1894 to 1918
Carnegie Libraries
Libraries of Edward L. Tilton
Public Library Buildings: 1919 to 1945
Public Library Buildings: 1946 to 1989
Conclusion
Appendixes
Selected Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
DONALD E. OEHLERTS is a faculty member at the School of Library and Information Studies, Clark Atlanta University. He is author of two books and contributed chapters on librarianship to
Austerity Management in Academic Libraries and
Leaders in American Academic Librarianship: 1925-1975.
