Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Building Type and its Emergence -- The Library in its Social Context / Wong, Liliane / Lushington, Nolan -- The Library User as Customer / Blake, Norma -- On the Typology of the Library / Kleefisch-Jobst, Ursula -- Form and Function in Library Design / Schmitz, Karl-Heinz -- Public Libraries in the United States / Lushington, Nolan -- Planning Processes and Spatial Organization -- Towards the Design of Libraries / Chestnutt, Rebecca -- Plan Configuration and Layout / Wong, Liliane -- Library Spaces for Children, Teens and Young Adults / Wong, Liliane / Lushington, Nolan -- Dialogues: Client, Librarian, Architect / Werner, Klaus Ulrich -- Funding Options / Wong, Liliane -- Technical Requirements -- Structural Concepts / Rudorf, Wolfgang -- Climate Control / Rudorf, Wolfgang -- Lighting and Illumination / Rudorf, Wolfgang -- Daylighting / Boubekri, Mohamed -- Interior Design and Equipment -- Refurbishment and Building Adaptation / Vos, Aat -- Shelving / Rudorf, Wolfgang / Wong, Liliane -- Orientation and Wayfinding Systems / Franke-Maier, Michael -- Book Security and RFID / Seeliger, Frank -- National Libraries -- Introduction -- Det Kongelige Bibliotek -- National Library Singapore -- Biblioteca Central Estatal de Guanajuato |