Describes the new library building of the Punjab Agricultural University Library, Ludhiana (India), its collections and activities. (Author)

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COLLEGE CAMPUSES OFTEN NECESSITATES THE MOVING OF A LIBRARY COLLECTION FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. AT DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, A PROCESS WAS DEVELOPED BY WHICH THE REGULAR STAFF OF THE LIBRARY AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL MOVED EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE IN A 3-DAY PERIOD. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, WORKING UNDER…

The undergraduate library is defined as a library unit, separately housed with services geared at the lower division undergraduate student on a university campus. Using this definition, there are ten undergraduate libraries in the United States: (1) Harvard University, (2) University of Michigan, (3) University of South Carolina, (4) Indiana…

Describes the energy-saving features of the Auraria Learning Resources Center, a facility shared by three institutions: the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College, and the University of Denver. (PF)

Paralleling the boom in U.S. library building, the last few years have seen impressive new British libraries. (16 references) (Author/MM)

The Grace Doherty Library (Centre College, Danville, Kentucky) is a library that "swings," being so designed that a substantial part of its space is used alternately for classroom purposes during the day and for library reading-study space in the peak evening hours. (Author)

The problems of enlarging the existing library facilities are described. The requirement for complete air-conditioning of the extension caused special design of the external cladding system. Detailed floor plans and photographs are provided. (JW)

Presents various opinions on Daniel Gore's proposal to limit the growth of academic libraries. (PF)

AN ANNUAL INCREMENT OF FIVE TO SIX THOUSAND VOLUMES AND AN ANNUAL RATE OF DISCARD NOT TO EXCEED 2.5 PERCENT ARE RECOMMENDED TO KEEP THE LIBRARY CURRENT IN THE APPROXIMATELY 50 FIELDS TAUGHT AT FULLERTON JUNIOR COLLEGE. MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY IN ONE BUILDING AND ADOPTING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IS RECOMMENDED. THE SPACE…

The Ontario Council of University Librarians (OCUL) was requested to undertake an assessment of the library facilities that would be required by each university to serve the enrollment projected for 1975-76. After submission of the report a research staff refined the data and analysis, and placed the figures for all universities on a comparable…

Planning any undergraduate library represents an unusual, complex and multi-problemed process. This working paper, composed of selected quotes or comments from actual planners, attempts to offer an overview of the more pressing concerns. The appended "decision checklist" used on one campus outlines topics important to the thinking of any…

Construction costs are up, but the number of libraries built has dropped below last year's figures - two of the findings of this, the seventh, survey. The analysis of libraries is broken down into: additions and renovations, undergraduate libraries, professional libraries, general academic libraries, and libraries not previously reported.…