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Contents: Acknowledgment 1 Phoenix Public Library , librarianship , form follows function FUNCTION Mission People and Places 13 Beijing University , Shanghai , Carnegie library The British Library 21 British Library , British Museum , Euston Road Constructing the New Shanghai Library 32 Shanghai Library , think tank , Yu Li The San Antonio Public Library 41 San Antonio , Ricardo Legorreta , Milton Babbitt The Construction of the New Peking University Library 53 Tsinghua University , Project 211 , Beijing more » FORM Arranging Services in Space 75 IUPUI , cognitive space , HKUST The Johnson Center Library at George Mason University 83 George Mason University , self-checkout , food court Integrating Mass Communications 105 Kapiolani Library , Diamond Head , Library's Library Services at California State University Monterey 122 California State University , Fort Ord , Monterey Bay A Library for the 21st Century 138 Computer clusters , Thomas Moser , Indianapolis TABLE OF CONTENTS 149 Phoenix Public Library , architect , Marzynski Partner in Education 168 Dartmouth College , Information Age , library science The Walsh Library Seton Hall University 176 Seton Hall University , South Orange , Walsh Library SIGNIFICANCE Symbols and Emblems 189 retrocon , Bibliotheque Nationale , Le Figaro The Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand of the Bibliotheque 197 Bibliotheque nationale , Tolbiac , Dominique Perrault A National Library 231 Dominique Perrault , Francois Mitterrand , Nationale de France Rational Space 253 IUPUI , Carnegie libraries , CSUMB

Despite calls for electronic, virtual, digital libraries without walls, the walled variety are still being built, some of them massive. This book explores the reasons for this contradiction by examining several notable new library facilities around the world to see how modern expectations for libraries are being translated into concrete and steel. More and more libraries are looking at change not as a dreaded hazard but as an opportunity that can itself be seized to strengthen the library in the areas of mission, technologies, facilities, funding, and organizational structure. Thirteen libraries are discussed-by a librarian or administrator who worked on the project. Each author writes about the design and building concerns that were particularly relevant to that library: philosophy, political issues, or any other concerns that affected planning, building, and services in the new facility. Introductory and concluding chapters identify underlying values and themes, tying everything together. The unique combinations of issues, constraints, and opportunities show how libraries are planning to fit into the approaching era of virtual information delivery.

"The goal of the Collection Management Initiative was to explore issues associated with integrating and managing research library journal collections comprising print and digital formats. The study sought to explore ways that the University of California could leverage its investment in digital library collections by providing campuses with new approaches for managing their print collections with greater flexibility, given the constraints imposed by existing facilities and limited capital funding. The Collection Management Initiative encompassed three complementary research components. The first component, the Journal Use Study, concentrated on assessing the impact on the user community when print materials are removed from campus library collections and users must rely on digital equivalents. The second component focused on user behaviors and preferences gleaned through surveys and structured interviews. The third component was designed to gather data on the costs and benefits of removing print materials from library collections and relying on digital equivalents."

1995 article: "WHEN CALIFORNIA State University administrators drew up plans for their newest campus, scheduled to open this fall at the old Fort Ord site in Monterey Bay, one building was conspicuous absent from their blueprints: the library. But as Barry Munitz, chancellor of the 22-campus system, sees it, why bother wasting all that money on bricks and mortar and expensive tomes when it could be better spent on technology for getting information via computer? "You simply don't have to build a traditional library these days," Munitz says." [of course, CSUMB did build a traditional library...]