Saturday, July 10, 2010

Assignment #9 - Building Libraries starring Google Scholar

It seems that current scholarly research on library architecture is mainly focused on digital libraries. There is certainly good reason for that, but the absence of papers about planning and construction of physical spaces strikes me as odd. I had to modify my search from "library architecture" to include "-digital" to even get results. From this list, not many of the articles were cited more than the requisite five times. A lot of the articles were from a long time ago, the 60s, 70s, and 80s, so they probably would not be as helpful to someone searching for the current trends. By clicking on the link to the articles which cited the ones found in the search, I found a few topically relevant articles but these had not been cited yet by others. Clicking on the related articles link gave more of that type of result. Changing the search terms to phrases like "library construction" and especially "public library design" was the best method for finding current, relevant and cited results.

Compared to the Library Literature database, the Google Scholar results were more spread out in subject, and also in format. Google Scholar pointed me to articles, citations and, distinct from the Kent databases, books. These books actually seemed to be more often cited than articles but are probably not as easily retrieved. Some results were, partially, in Google Books, so there was some immediate access, but since Google Books only shows up twenty percent of published books you only get a glimpse of the item. In terms of format, the Kent database certainly made it easier to collect the results I wanted, just by clicking on the "add to folder" boxes next to the listings. Google Scholar did not have this option.

Medical Librarianship, A Mid-Century Survey: A Symposium Medical Library Architecture in the Past Fifty Years

nih.gov [PDF]A Fry, S Adams - Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 1957 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
S INCE the start of the BULLETIN in 1911 there have been 18 articles and five fairly important
news notes published related to
library planning and/or architecture. The news notes,
chronologically, mention the new University of Michigan General
Library (1); the second ...
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[CITATION] Library Architecture in China in the 1990s

X Guodong - The Journal of The Library Science In China, 2001 - en.cnki.com.cn
... Library Architecture in China in the 1990s. Xia Guodong. In the 1990s, more and larger new library
buildings were built in China. In this paper, the author analyzes their characteristics in design
and functions. 1 tab. 8 refs.
Key Words】: Library architecture in China. 1990s. ...
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A History of Library Architecture: A Bibliographical Essay

DE Thompson - The Journal of Library History, 1969 - JSTOR
Page 1. A History of
Library Architecture: A Bibliographical Essay ... Much has been written about
library architecture but there is little in print on its history. There are no sources in which a com
plete history of
library architecture, either as a whole or by type of library, is presented. ...
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The Evolution of Academic Library Architecture: A Summary.

KE Toombs - Journal of Library Administration, 1992 - eric.ed.gov
... EJ464292 - The Evolution of Academic Library Architecture: A Summary. ... Click on any of
the links below to perform a new search. ERIC #: EJ464292. Title: The Evolution of Academic
Library Architecture: A Summary. Authors: Toombs, Kenneth E. ...
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[CITATION] Library architecture and environmental design: the application of selected environmental design factors to the planning of public library facilities

JL Veatch - 1979 - Florida State University.
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Library Architecture: The Cleveland Experience.

E Gaines - Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982 - eric.ed.gov
... EJ261925 - Library Architecture: The Cleveland Experience. ... Click on any of the links
below to perform a new search. ERIC #: EJ261925. Title:
Library Architecture: The
Cleveland Experience. Authors: Gaines, Ervin; And Others.
...
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Library Architecture and Buildings

RE Ellsworth - The Library Quarterly, 1955 - JSTOR
Architects, too, now live by a new conception of their work. "Form fol- lows function," now a tiresome
cliche' really did represent a new spirit in
architecture in the 1920's and 1930's and today. The
best of the
architects did begin in that period to follow the principle that beauty was ...
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[CITATION] Blueprints and Books: American Library Architecture, 1860-1960

HG Montgomery - Library Journal, 1961
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[CITATION] The Tendency of College Library Architecture in the New Century [J]

W Hai-qing - Journal of Lanzhou College of Petrochemical …, 2002 - en.cnki.com.cn
Combining state conditions with requirement of information age, based on the culture , art ,
flexibility,ecology and multifunction of
library architecture as well as the modern tendency of library
and infiltration of humanism,the paper discusses the new tendency of college
library ...
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[CITATION] Carnegie libraries: their history and impact on American public library development

GS Bobinski - 1969 - Amer Library Assn
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[CITATION] Designing library buildings for activity

JMC Orr - 1972 - Deutsch
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[CITATION] Public libraries and their use: a research report on the use of public library buildings with implications for their distribution, location and design

JN Taylor, IM Johnson - 1973 - HM Stationery Office
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[CITATION] The design and evaluation of public library buildings

N Lushington, JM Kusack - 1991 - Library Professional Publications
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[BOOK] Planning the modern public library building

GB McCabe, JR Kennedy - 2003 - books.google.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Planning for the modern public library
building/edited by Gerard B. McCabe and James R. Kennedy, p. cm. Includes bibliographical
references and indexes. ISBN 0-313-32155-8 1.
Library buildings—planning. 2. Library ...
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Trends in Public Library Buildings.

RM Holt - Library trends, 1987 - eric.ed.gov
... EJ366394 - Trends in Public Library Buildings. ... ERIC #: EJ366394. Title: Trends in Public
Library Buildings. Authors: Holt, Raymond M. Descriptors: Building Design; Futures (of
Society);
Library Automation; Library Facilities; Public Libraries. ...
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[CITATION] Planning library buildings: A select bibliography

A Dahlgren, EP Heyns - 1990 - Amer Library Assn
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Changes in library design: An architect's perspective

SM Foote - portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2004 - muse.jhu.edu
... These designs still do not address issues that arise when a subset of the patron population wishes
to come together to work collaboratively
... A glance at the New York Public Library Reading Room
in figure 3 will confirm this phenomenon in which readers' turf is vigorously
...
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Library design influences on user behavior and satisfaction

DE Campbell, TM Shlechter - The Library Quarterly, 1979 - JSTOR
... The third method involved direct observation of all public areas of the library to produce detailed ...
in different
library locations, and satisfaction with different aspects of the total library system ... It
was concluded that the physical
design may influence student behavior and satisfaction ...
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[BOOK] Checklist of library building design considerations

WW Sannwald - 2009 - books.google.com
... Chicago 2009 Page 3. William W. Sannwald was assistant to the city manager and
manager of
library design and development from 1997 to 2004, and was city librarian
of the San Diego
Public Library from 1979 to 1997. He is ...
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[BOOK] Interior design for libraries: drawing on function & appeal

unair.ac.id [PDF]

CR Brown - 2002 - books.google.com
While extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of information appearing in this
book, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, on the accuracy or relia- bility of the
information, and does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any person for any
...
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[BOOK] Planning public library buildings: concepts and issues for the librarian

M Dewe - 2006 - books.google.com
© Michael Dewe 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.
...
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[BOOK] Libraries and learning resource centres

B Edwards - 2009 - books.google.com
Architectural Press is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK
30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA First edition 2002 Second edition
2009 Copyright Ó 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be
...
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Planning academic library buildings for a new age

A McDonald - Advances in librarianship, 2000 - emeraldinsight.com
At the close of the 20th century new library buildings continue to be con- structed all over the
world with increasingly imaginative and varied designs. This is despite some almost reckless
predictions about the end of libraries and their book collections, due to the rapid growth in
...
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1 comment:

  1. So in this case it sounds like searching both the academic database and Google Scholar was a good idea?

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