ASSIGNMENT ON LIBRARY BUILDING
BY
AVANTIKA SRIVASTAVA
ID NO. : 21MSAGRO073
DEPT OF AGRONOMY
Submitted To
Dr. MANISHA SRIVASTAVA
SECTION-A
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY AND
SCIENCES
PRAYAGRAJ-211007
PRAYAGRAJ, UTTAR PRADESH
INDIA.
1) LIBRARY BUILDING
Introduction:
Library building is one amongst the necessary factors required for the event of the libraries.
Library is a growing organism. It grows in all spares of service and resources, i.e., staff,
collection and buildings. The space requirement is a primary need and it is determined by its
purpose. Two questions come in mind, what work is to be done in the building, and what
service it will render. Even constructing our privatehouse, we consider the family members
house holdings, function of the family and the future programs, e.g., sleeping eating,
bringing up a family, recreation, quite and noisy space, indoor and outdoor and various
likings of the persons.
Objective of the study :
Explain the need for planning a library building /set up;
Planning a Library Building
Preparation of a library programme or proposal;
Basic principles of Library Building Design
Describe some of the standards aand specifications necessary for physical
planning of a library.
Space Allocation, Utilization and Management.
New areas in modern library. Function of the Library Buildings:
Access to the library and its medias should be obvious and easy for
everybody.
There should be multifarious space for formal and informal
communication
between customers and staff.
The interior should offer a attractive and comfortable environment for both
customers and staff.
The library building should adequately represent its institutional
philosophy and aims.
Its library building design, structure and appliances should give consideration
to.
Need for planning a library building:
Libraries come in various types and sizes to fulfill certain specific needs of the
community it is established to serve. Thus we can have a single room village
panchayat or school library to gigantic edifices spread over acres of national
library. It may serve a lay clientele who have barley mastered the rudiments of
the three R’s or of knowledge seekers as in a public or university library. The
range is enormous, demands are endless and variety limitless. Needless to say,
planning for providing services to this diverse clientele has to be different, to
suit the needs of a particular group of clientele. It is not possible to frame rigid
guidelines which will be equally applicable under all conditions. What we shall
try here is to elaborate some guiding principles which should be kept in mind
while planning a new library set-up.
Characteristicsof Modern Libraries:
The modern library has to be multifunctional.
The modern library has to be comfortable.
The modern library has to exist in harmony with its natural and
urban environment.
The modern library as an open, democratic and intellectual
communication institution.
Planning of the building has to be flexible and simple.
An internal garden in the middle of a building.
Locate the storages on the underground floors.
Standards for Book Space:
The Canadian standards prescribe that while using the space
formulas forreaderaccommodation as constant, ten volumes per
square foot for open access stacksshould be allowed with some
interspersed reader accommodation and spacingbetween ranges
upto 5 ft. (one centres). One should allow 12.5 volumes per
squarefoot for stacks planned as book-storage areas with narrow
aisles, spacing betweenranges down to 4 ft. 2 inch (on
centres).While the British standardsprescribe that book storage
in the universitylibrary buildings should be on the following
scale:
Open Access:
Books - 213 vols/m2, 4.7 m2 /1000 vols (19.8 vols/ f 2).
Bound journals = 106 bjs/m29.4 m2/1000 bjs (9.8 bjs/fs)
Periodical Room:
It should be keep in mind that now subscription of printed periodicals are decreasing due to
the e-journal databases, consortia, repositories etc. So big periodical rooms are almost not
required in such libraries where printed journals are not subscribed. They may require an
office to deal correspondence and to keep the record of subscription of databases. Earlier
days the size of the periodical room was depended on the number of bound volumes and
loose issues of periodicals to be accommodated and the number of readers who will consult at
one time. When a separate periodical room is provided, it was preferably be located adjacent
to and in connection with the reference room.The height of the ceiling of a periodical room
was the same as that of the general reading room.
New areas in modern library:
E-Library: Library users have access to a wide variety of electronic resources (online
repositories, online databases, e-journal sites etc.) in the E-Library. A Social Space: This
concept is gaining popularity in foreign countries.DOKK1– the famous library in Aarhus
(Denmark) is a vibrant space for all generationn offering spaces such as: learning spaces,
media spaces, youth spaces, family spaces, community spaces and many more. This way,
people have access to resources, classes, trainings, community events, company events, group
meetings, book clubs, gaming facilities, programs for teens, kids and more. Therefore,
modern library should create a space where patrons can openly engage with information—
process it, reflect on it, have conversations about it, and develop new ideas,conversations, and
opportunities as a result of it. A Maker Space for Innovation: MakerSpace is considered a
place where informal, collaborative learning and discovery take place through hands on
creation, via use of any combination of art and technology. MakerSpaces facilitate both
analog (low-tech) and digital (high tech) creation.Recently many libraries have begun to
develop spaces for design and activities that both teach and empower patrons. The learning in
these spaces varies wildly–from home bicycle repair, to using 3D printers, to building model
airplanes. Fittingly, they are called markerspaces.
