Books and Blueprints

The only comprehensive treatment of American library architecture this work details the evolution of the modern public library from 1850 to the present. Donald E. Oehlerts provides a broad historical perspective of the field of library architecture examining the influences on the professions of public architecture and librarianship that shaped America''s library buildings.Oehlerts examines the planning and construction of the largest public library buildings from 1850 through 1989 presenting the contributions that architects librarians and others have made to improvements in design and arrangement. He also explores the development of public architecture and librarianship to determine the sources of influence on these two emerging professions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This work which features illustrations of several important buildings is valuable to professionals students and scholars of architecture and library management and facilities.