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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
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Space and Collections Earning their Keep
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
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Designing Library Space for Children
In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries engage with their users in a digital age. This means that librarians, architects, politicians and patrons must develop new visions, concepts and ideas for the design and building of libraries. This book brings together a number of articles based on presentations from the IFLA World Congress 2009: historical view of the development of children's libraries over the last century, a look at how children use new media, libraries of the future, innovative design projects for children's libraries from around the world.
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* historical view and new projects
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Libraries as places : buildings for the 21st century : proceedings of the Thirteenth Seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section together with IFLA's Public Libraries Section, Paris, France, 28 July - 1 August 2003
This book contains the proceedings of the 13th seminar of IFLA's Library Buildings and Equipment Section, which was co-organized with IFLA's Public Libraries Section this time. The event took place as one of the satellite meetings of the World Library and Information Congress 2003 in Berlin, and was held in Paris at the end of July 2003. Seminars like this have been held every two years (The Hague 1997, Shanghai 1999, Boston 2001) to allow architects and librarians to share experiences in the field of library planning and the building process. The goals of this seminar were to explore the issues affecting the future development of library space, and to help prepare to envision innovative library spaces that are responsive to user needs and community interests. This compilation of 12 papers given at the Paris seminar includes a huge amount of information regarding the state of the art in library building.
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Unitarianism and the Iconography of Democracy: Decorations for the Library of Congress
The building and decoration of the Library of Congress in the late nineteenth century were emblematic of America’s longing to be regarded as an enlightened nation and to take its rightful place among the great civilizations of the past. The sources for this ambition, illustrated in the paintings, sculptures, and inscriptions in the library’s reading room rotunda, are a reflection of the ethical humanitarianism of Unitarianism, which advanced a modern concept of civilization that, in the decoration of the Library of Congress, became the intellectual underpinnings for the construction of a democratic, civic iconography.
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Countdown to a new library
Writing from the perspective of a librarian who has been through numerous building projects, Jeannette Woodward walks you through the process of overseeing the planning and construction of a building project. Packed with helpful checklists and worksheets, this revised edition includes: updated references, standards, materials, and resources; tips for efficient HVAC systems and evolving rules for LEED certification; and, information on new technological issues. Using hands-on tools and real-life insider stories from librarians around the country, this is a must-have crash course in planning and building today's libraries.
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American Sculpture and the Library of Congress
The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress is one of the more significant public structures in American architecture, due for the most part to its wealth and quality of decoration, including an extensive sculptural program executed in 1894-97. The architects entrusted the program to a committee of three prominent sculptors, J. Q. A. Ward, O. L. Warner, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Nearly one hundred individual works were commissioned from thirty sculptors. In spirit they affirm the Enlightenment belief in public access to knowledge being essential to a democratic society and in style the tenets of the American Renaissance, an essentially conservative style that looked to antiquity and the Italian Renaissance to establish continuity with the traditions of the past.
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Cartographic Preservation and Digitization of Rare Maps and Globes at the Library of Congress
The Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress is actively involved in the preservation of rare cartographic objects. Preservation activities focus on preventive conservation and use of advanced digitization to optimize and monitor display parameters for rare maps such as the Waldseemüller 1507 World Map. Since the purchase agreement required permanent exhibit for the only extant copy of this first map to use the term \"America\", a specialized anoxic encasement was created to enable visual storage and long-term controlled exhibition for at least 30 years. To enable continued access to the map for researchers and future preservation studies, hyperspectral imaging of the 12 map sheets was undertaken prior to the display of the map starting in December 2007. The Library of Congress Geography and Map Division has also advanced preservation storage and display for one of the largest collections of globes in the world. The construction of custom encasements for rare globes and a new temperature and humidity controlled storage facility in Fort Meade, Maryland, provide the opportunity to house many of these globes in ideal conditions. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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