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UNINA9910466066103321 |
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Titolo |
High quality design on a low budget : new library buildings : proceedings of the Satellite Conference of the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section "Making ends meet: high quality design on a low budget" held at Li Ka Shing Library, Singapore Management University, 15-16 August 2013 / / edited by Dorothea Sommer, Janine Schmidt and Stefan Clevström |
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Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Saur, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-037543-5 |
3-11-039636-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
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Collana |
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IFLA Publications, , 0344-6891 ; ; Volume 171 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Library buildings - Design and construction |
Libraries - Economic aspects |
Library architecture |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- About IFLA -- 1. Introduction to the Satellite Conference -- 2. Evolution and Transformation -- 3. Financial and Cultural Crises -- 4. Cents and Sensibility -- 5. Renovation, Renewal, and Rethinking -- 6. Budgetary Constraints No Excuse for Poor Design -- 7. Adaptive Re-use of Buildings for Library Purposes -- 8. The End Justified the Means -- 9. Rethinking Library Space as an Information Commons -- 10. Achieving Library Refurbishment -- 11. Sustainable, Participatory and Low-cost -- 12. Economic Design of Libraries Based on Visionary Building Plans, Adaptive Architecture, Compact Storage, and Streamlining of Services -- 13. Corners -- Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This publication brings together a range of building projects from National, Academic and Public Libraries from different countries of the world showing how these libraries are able to continue to provide high |
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quality library space that is affordable in times of difficult economic circumstances. We will hear about the building processes, co-operation with architects and engineers and how librarians and users have reacted to these new buildings. |
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