1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782792603321

Autore

Latimer Karen

Titolo

IFLA library building guidelines : developments & reflections / / edited on behalf of IFLA by Karen Latimer and Hellen Niegaard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

München, : K.G. Saur, 2007

Munchen, Germany : , : K.G. Saur, , 2007

ISBN

1-283-40352-8

9786613403520

3-598-44037-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages, i-xxxii pages of plates) : illustrations, plans

Collana

Gale eBooks

Classificazione

AN 79000

Disciplina

022.3

Soggetti

Library buildings - Design and construction

Library architecture

Library planning

Libraries - Space utilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION: A NEW TOOL FOR PLANNING LIBRARY BUILDINGS -- I. DEVELOPMENTS & REFLECTIONS -- 1. THE TOP TEN QUALITIES OF GOOD LIBRARY SPACE -- 2. REINVENTING THE PHYSICAL LIBRARY: LIBRARIES IN A NEW CONTEXT -- 3. INVESTIGATING THE NEED FOR SPACE -- 4. UNLOCKING THE LIBRARY: LIBRARY DESIGN FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE -- 5. USERS AND PUBLIC SPACE: WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING LIBRARY SPACE -- 6. CONFIGURING INTERNAL STAFF AREAS -- 7. HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? THE BUILDING PROCESS IN PRACTICE -- II. GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING THE PROCESS -- 8. THE BUILDING PROCESS INCLUDING HOW TO CHOOSE AN ARCHITECT -- 9. A PRACTICAL MEANS OF ESTIMATING LIBRARY SPACE NEEDS -- 10. INTERIOR DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND DEVELOPING THE BRIEF -- 11. A LIBRARY PROJECT FROM AN ARCHITECT'S POINT OF VIEW -- 12. GREEN BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE MAINTENANCE -- 13. READING PLANS FOR LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS -- 14. RENOVATING HISTORIC



BUILDINGS -- 15. SITE & LOCATION -- 16. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: A CHECK LIST FOR VISITING LIBRARY BUILDINGS -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The information society and the information age are changing library services as well as library premises. This raises questions about what needs to be considered when planning and designing new library buildings in order to achieve attractive, efficient and future-oriented new library spaces. This new publication provides information and guidelines for the building planning process, whether you are planning a new public or academic library building. It reflects on fundamental issues, on new development trends and on the planning process. The library building process is seen from both the library manager's perspective as well as that of the architect and designer. Issues covered include what to consider when investigating the need for space, library design from a marketing viewpoint, green management and sustainability relating to library buildings and a layman's guide to reading plans. This publication and the IFLA guidelines provided are not seen as a traditional set of recommendations to be rigidly adhered to since this would be unrealistic in a fast-changing and global context. Rather, library managers and architects should read them in order to inform their thinking on key issues and establish a planning programme. They must then relate them to their own countries and circumstances by making the relevant local adjustments.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483600003321

Titolo

Consumer Engineering, 1920s–1970s : Marketing between Expert Planning and Consumer Responsiveness / / edited by Jan Logemann, Gary Cross, Ingo Köhler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030145644

3030145646

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages)

Collana

Worlds of Consumption, , 2945-6029

Disciplina

381.09

658.8

Soggetti

History, Modern

United States - History

World history

Social history

Consumer behavior

Modern History

US History

World History, Global and Transnational History

Social History

Consumer Behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Beyond the Mad Men: Consumer Engineering and the Rise of Marketing Management, 1920s–1970s: An Introduction -- I. Twentieth-Century Marketing: Aspirations and Limits, Costs, and Benefits -- 2. Marketing as "Consumer Engineering"? A Concept in Transatlantic Perspective, 1930s–1960s -- 3. What Does "Fast Capitalism" Mean for Consumers? Examples of Consumer Engineering in the United States -- 4. A Theoretical Exploration of Consumer Engineering: Implicit Contracts and Market Making -- II. Consumer Engineers and Transatlantic Exchanges at Mid-Century -- 5. Shopping Malls and



Social Democracy: Victor Gruen's Postwar Campaign for Conscientious Consumption in American Suburbia -- 6. Consumer-Based Research: Walter Landor and the Value of Packaging Design in Marketing -- 7. German-Style Consumer Engineering: Victor Vogt's Verkaufspraxis, 1925–1950 -- III. Consumer Engineering Practices in Postwar Europe -- 8. Consumer Credit as a Marketing Tool: The French Experience in European andTransatlantic Comparison, 1950s–1960s -- 9. Adidas and the Creation of a Transnational Market for German Athletic Shoes, 1948–1978 -- 10. Imagined Images, Surveyed Consumers: Market Research as a Means of Consumer Engineering, 1950s–1980s -- IV. Consumer Engineering and Consumer Movements -- 11. Marketing a New Society or Engineering Kitchens? IKEA and the Swedish Consumer Agency -- 12. “The Consumer Crusader”: Hugo Schui and the German Consumers Association -- 13. Consumer Engineering by Belgian Consumer Movements: From Modern Marketing with a Transnational Touch to Late-Modern Insecurities, 1957–2000.

Sommario/riassunto

In the middle of the twentieth century, a new class of marketing expert emerged beyond the familiar ad men of Madison Avenue. Working as commercial designers, consumer psychologists, sales managers, and market researchers, these professionals were self-defined “consumer engineers,” and their rise heralded a new era of marketing. To what extent did these efforts to engineer consumers shape consumption practices? And to what extent was the phenomenon itself a product of broader social and cultural forces? This collection considers consumer engineering in the context of the longer history of transatlantic marketing. Contributors offer case studies on the roles of individual consumer engineers on both sides of the Atlantic, the impact of such marketing practices on European economies during World War II and after, and the conflicted relationship between consumer activists and the ideas of consumer engineering. By connecting consumer engineering to a web of social processes in the twentiethcentury, this volume contributes to a reassessment of consumer history more broadly.