Designing and space planning for libraries : a behavioral guide / Aaron Cohen, Elaine Cohen.

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Cohen, Aaron, 1935-

Title & Author:

Designing and space planning for libraries : a behavioral guide / Aaron Cohen, Elaine Cohen.

Publication:

New York : R.R. Bowker Co., 1979.

Description:

250 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245) and index.
Introduction -- The psychology of change -- Behavioral aspects of space -- Space planning guidelines -- Who does what? -- Planning and arranging library space -- Furniture and equipment -- Lighting, power, and energy -- Color and signage -- Acoustics -- Moving.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Based on the belief that the planning process for any change in the library depends on considering aesthetic, functional, and behavioral elements, an architect and a behaviorist describe factors involved in each.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0835211509
9780835211505

Subject:

Library architecture.
Libraries Space utilization.
Libraries.
Library planning.
Bibliothèques Planification.
Bibliothèques Architecture.
Bibliothèques (Édifices) Utilisation de l'espace.
Architecture des bibliothèques.
Bibliothèques.
libraries (buildings)
Bibliotheekgebouwen.
Planning.
Bouwkunde.
Bibliothèques Utilisation de l'espace.
Human engineering

Added entries:

Cohen, Elaine, 1938- author.

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Call No.: ID:85-B262
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