Chapter XVI: Appendix: Concrete Examples (2)

Each stack story will be 7 feet to 7½ wide, in the clear, the architect to name, when submitting the plans, the particular stack to be used. No stack should be more than 7 feet high, 9 or 12 feet long; 8 inches deep, if single, or 16 inches deep if double, back to back; 12 inches if reference. The aisles should be 3 feet wide, with side aisles 3 to 4 feet wide along the walls.

Provision should be made for the maximum capacity indicated and the Architect should show how the stack could be extended to serve for double the capacity.

Under shelving will be indicated the _wall capacity_ desired.

=Stack—Depository.= When opportunity offers, purchases of books are made from second-hand dealers and others even if not needed at the time. A stock in trade is thus formed and orders received from Branches are filled here whenever possible. These books may be stored in the Stack near the Book Order Department, and accommodation should be provided for 35,000 volumes.

Books seldom called for or little used should also be housed in the Depository Stack. Space should be provided for 30,000 volumes.

The Depository Stack might be placed underneath the street level as has been done in Vienna. At least three stack floors could thus be obtained.

=Staff Rooms.= Under this head should be included all rooms, other than work rooms, used by the Staff. It is likely that 150-250 employees will have places in the Central Building, and it is essential that adequate provision should be made for male and female adult employees, messengers, (boys and girls) janitors, cleaners, etc.

A separate entrance should be provided for the staff and lockers for their use as indicated under that heading.

The following rooms should be provided, Staff Lunch and Sitting Rooms, with butler’s pantry and kitchen, and a special room for meetings of the Staff. These may be located in a mezzanine floor or be placed in the basement or top floor. They should, however, be so situated as to be easily accessible from as many departments as possible so that assistants will not waste time in going to and fro. Private stairs may be provided as in the Newark Public Library.

=Staff Lunch Room.= If possible the Lunch Room should be divided so that the Superintendents of Departments could lunch together without interfering with the scheduled hours of the balance of the Staff.

Such an arrangement would make it possible for the Superintendents of Departments to discuss library problems while at lunch.

If two Lunch Rooms are provided a large butler’s pantry should adjoin each room. These would contain cupboards, closets, sinks, refrigerators, gas stoves, china closets, etc., so arranged that each assistant could have her own things.

If a Public Restaurant is planned, the kitchen of that might be connected with the Staff Rooms so that the Staff as well as the public might be served from it.

=Staff Meeting Room.= Here the members of the whole staff would meet once a month for the regular business meetings, and possibly oftener, to talk over matters pertaining to the interests of the institution. The attendance might be from 100 to 200.

Possibly these meetings could be held in the Apprentice Class Room. If a separate room is provided it should be in combination with the other Staff rooms.

=Staff Sitting Room.= A comfortable place for the assistants to rest in after lunch should adjoin the Lunch Rooms. The Sitting and Lunch Rooms should be so connected that the three could be thrown into one.

The Sitting Room would also be used in cases of temporary illness, and should have couches and ordinary medical appliances.

=Stairs.= None should be circular. This point cannot be too emphatically indicated.

So far as possible all stairs should be _inside_ the building.

Easy risers—possibly not more than 4 inches are desirable.

Separate stairs should be provided for Staff, and when possible the different departments should be connected by private stairway, this to insure easy and quick communication between different floors and departments.

=Standard Library.= This consists of a collection of the best books as introduced by Mr. Foster of the Providence Public Library. It would contain books in best editions which would be recommended for purchase by private buyers. It could be placed in one of the study rooms or better in Reference or Delivery Room, but it should be capable of supervision.

=Statistical Department.= This forms one of the Special Reference Rooms where books on statistics, economics, etc., would be shelved.

=Stenographer’s Room, Public.= For the use of those who wish to dictate letters or addresses.

It might be near the Public Telephone or Writing and Copying Room.

=Stenographers’ Room (Official), see Executive Offices.=

=Stock Room (Books), see Stack, Depository.=

=Stock Room (supplies).= The ordinary Branch supplies such as printing, stationery, brooms, soap, etc., are bought in quantities and stored at the library. Branch “wants” are thus quickly and cheaply supplied.

It could be under or near the Supply Department (which see).

Closets, cupboards and shelving in plenty, with special arrangement as to “bins” provided.

=Storeroom (supplies).= This is intended for brooms, pails, etc., used by janitor about the Central Building. It is not the same as the Stock Room where supplies for the whole system are kept, but may be near it. Several closets for such purpose should also be placed on each floor.

=Storeroom for Little Used Books, see Stack, Depository.=

=Study Rooms.= These are for classes or individuals studying particular subjects, and who need quiet and seclusion. Sometimes it will be used by literary societies like a Browning Club, Shakespeare Club, etc.

They should be adjacent to and form a part of the Reference Room. Although only three or four are mentioned more can be used, and they might be larger or smaller than dimensions given.

=Superintendents of Departments.= They are Superintendent of Cataloguing Department, Superintendent of Children’s Work Superintendent of Book Orders, Superintendent of Supplies.

The Architect suggests that these might be grouped as in a business house, with central waiting space and with access to each other. Perhaps a better plan would be to have the office of each Superintendent near his own department.

The office of the Superintendent of Branches would be connected with the Executive suite.

=Supply Room, see Stock Room (supplies).=

=Supply Department.= The Superintendent of this Department makes the purchases for all the branches and must therefore meet buyers as well as Branch Librarians. There should be an outer and inner office. A store room should be provided on this floor for the storage of stationery, etc. This department should have outside entrance so that teams could deliver goods direct.

=Technical and Scientific Periodical Room.= Will contain current scientific periodicals and should have bound volumes (20,000) of same on shelves in room or in stack nearby.

It might be near Reference Department or the Periodical Reading Room.

=Telephones, Official.= Long distance telephone, with switch board should be installed also a complete system connecting all departments.

=Telephone, Public.= Booths for the use of the public should also be provided.

The switch board for both the public and official telephones may be the same and this may be located in the Public Reception and Telephone Room on the ground floor, or the switch board of the Official Telephone may be located in the Repair Room.

=Toilets.= Ample provision should be made for public and private toilets for both sexes, but the public toilets should be at a distance from any outside public entrance. Private toilets should be on each floor, and for Trustees and Librarian. An attendant will be needed in each public toilet room.

=Traveling Libraries Department.= Cases of books are sent from here to schools, shops, societies, clubs, etc. An office for the Superintendent of this department and his assistants should be located near the Interchange and Foreign Book Departments. Stack accommodations for 50,000 volumes should adjoin the office. It should also be near the freight elevator.

=Treasurer’s Office Department.= Space should be provided for Treasurer who is a member of the Board of Trustees.

=Unpacking Room, see Book Order Department, also Supply Dept.=

=Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus.= The building should be equipped with the best cleaning system.

=Vaults.= Various records such as those of the Board, Librarian, Accession Books of Cataloguing Department, expensive and rare books and manuscripts would be kept in the vaults.

They should be at least 8 × 10 feet in the clear and extend from the basement to the top with openings on each floor into such rooms, if possible, as Trustees’, Librarian’s, Cataloguing, Art Book, etc.

=Ventilation, see also Heating.=

The most perfect system of ventilation should be introduced and ought to be both direct and indirect. Particular attention should be paid to the Reference Department, Delivery Department, Children’s Room, Periodical and Newspaper Reading Rooms and Stack. As it cannot be in a separate building it, as well as the Heating Plant, should be in sub-basement.

=Water Supply.= If there is likely to be trouble from low pressure an engine should pump water into a tank placed on the roof. Hot and cold water for cleaning should be liberally supplied on each floor for janitor service and for staff.

=Windows.= In the Stack they should start from the ceiling and go to the floor and be placed opposite every aisle.

In the main rooms they need not come within 5 feet of the floor unless an exception is made in the Trustees’, Librarian’s, Reference and Periodical Reading Rooms, and Study Rooms.

In the Cataloguing Department they should begin 4 feet from floor and extend to ceiling.

=Work Room, see Repair Room.=

=Writing and Copying Room (public).= This is a place where readers may use ink and copy from books, or do general writing.

It may be near Stenographers’ room or Reference Department, although the latter seems to be the best placed.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Essays in Libr. p. 280.

[2] p. 47.

[3] p. 21.

[4] See p. 286.

[5] p. 6, No. 1, Vol. 9, Arch. Rev., Boston, Jan. 1902.

[6] p. 170.

[7] p. 10.

[8] Libr. Construction, p. 4.

[9] Burg. 138: 11 L. J. 360.

[10] p. 40.

[11] p. 1.

[12] 6 L. J. 131.

[13] 13 L. J. (1888), 276, 332.

[14] p. 9.

[15] J. C. Dana, Library Problems.

[16] L. J. May, 1902.

[17] p. 136.

[18] 2d Int. Libr. Conf. 106.

[19] Burg. viii.

[20] 6 P. L. 602.

[21] 6 P. L. 200.

[22] p. 1.

[23] Feb. 1, 1912, quoted in 37 L. J. 141.

[24] 31 L. J. Conf. 62.

[25] 136.

[26] p. 271.

[27] p. 5.

[28] p. 9.

[29] 24 L. J. Conf. 23.

[30] 30 L. J. Conf. 61 and 10 P. L. 402.

[31] Sturgis, Vol 2, col. 752.

[32] 3 P. L. 240.

[33] 3 P. L. 115.

[34] Sturgis, Vol. 2, col. 783.

[35] 27 Nineteenth Century, 394.

[36] 30 L. J. Conf. 250.

[37] 30 L. J. Conf. 248.

[38] p. 193.

[39] Stanley, 14 L. J. 264.

[40] 32 L. J. 266.

[41] Id. 273.

[42] Quoted 15 P. L. 432.

[43] p. 110.

[44] P. L. 1876, 477.

[45] p. 13.

[46] p. 2.

[47] p. 73.

[48] 24 L. J. Conf. 153.

[49] 6 The Libr. Asso. Rec. 67.

[50] 5 The Libr. Asso. Rec. 501.

[51] Chap. XVIII. p. 233.

[52] 28 L. J. 113.

[53] 25 L. J. 105.

[54] 37 L. J. 135.

[55] P. L. 1876, p. 466.

[56] Idem, p. 479.

[57] 6 P. L. 203.

[58] p. 270.

[59] 31 L. J. Conf. 62.

[60] 26 L. J. Conf. 41.

[61] p. 48.

[62] p. 32.

[63] p. 134.

[64] p. 84.

[65] See later, p. 143.

[66] p. 2.

[67] P. L. 1876, p. 407.

[68] 23 L. J. Conf. 23.

[69] May, 1900.

[70] 26 L. J. Conf. 45.

[71] 3 P. L. 336.

[72] p. 48.

[73] p. 81.

[74] Vol. 2, p. 231.

[75] 8 P. L. 206.

[76] 3 P. L. 336.

[77] 8 The Libr. Asso. Record 178.

[78] 26 L. J. Conf. p. 41.

[79] 6 P. L. 602.

[80] 17 L. J. 125.

[81] p. 6.

[82] p. 8.

[83] P. L. 1876, 484.

[84] 36 L. J. 189.

[85] 1 Library Notes, 177.

[86] p. 139.

[87] pp. 89-92.

[88] p. 10.

[89] p. 141.

[90] Vol. 4, p. 83.

[91] $400,000 to $250,000. See 33 L. J. 428 and 442.

[92] pp. 59, 102.

[93] 14 L. J. 264.

[94] p. 286 of this volume.

[95] L. P. p. 15.

[96] 26 L. J. Conf. 43.

[97] p. 133.

[98] p. 101.

[99] p. 137.

[100] p. 257.

[101] Int. Conf. (1907) 106.

[102] p. 137.

[103] Clark, p. 41.

[104] p. 205 of this volume.

[105] p. 7.

[106] p. 16.

[107] Vol. 3, col. 673.

[108] 8 P. L. 203.

[109] Vol. 3, col. 913.

[110] p. 56.

[111] p. 357.

[112] p. 143.

[113] See Edwards, p. 313.

[114] 3 P. L. 375.

[115] 27 L. J. Conf. 204.

[116] 6 P. L. 602.

[117] 3 L. P. 3.

[118] p. 45.

[119] Hints for Small Libraries, 4.

[120] P. L. 1876, 477.

[121] 14 L. J. 159.

[122] p. 85.

[123] 31 L. J. Conf. 53.

[124] 25 L. J. 678.

[125] 31 L. J. Conf. 3.

[126] p. 45.

[127] p. 81.

[128] Fletcher, _Intr._

[129] 26 L. J. Conf. 45.

[130] 19 L. J. Conf. 96.

[131] 19 L. J. Conf. 96.

[132] P. L. 1876, 484.

[133] pp. 45, 85.

[134] 31 L. J. Conf. 3.

[135] 25 L. J. 682.

[136] p. 8.

[137] 29 L. J. 413.

[138] p. 8.

[139] 31 L. J. Conf. 53.

[140] p. 273.

[141] 8 P. L. 205.

[142] p. 2.

[143] Architectural Competitions: a circular of advice, 1911, pp. 4, 5.

[144] 26 L. J. 865.

[145] Art Competition, Vol. 1, col. 657.

[146] p. 26 L. J. Conf. 91.

[147] 6 P. L. 610.

[148] 7 P. L. 113.

[149] 19 L. J. Conf. 96.

[150] 26 L. J. Conf. 39.

[151] Bost. 273.

[152] p. 7.

[153] p. 59.

[154] 6 P. L. 601.

[155] 34 L. J. 205.

[156] See Duff-Brown, p. 85.

[157] p. 120.

[158] p. 120.

[159] p. 103.

[160] 26 L. J. Conf. 45.

[161] 6 Libr. Asso. Record.

[162] p. 135.

[163] pp. 115 and 120.

[164] Lib. Prob. 4.

[165] p. 5.

[166] p. 279.

[167] 37 L. J. 135.

[168] 116 _et seq._

[169] 127.

[170] p. 104.

[171] p. 87.

[172] 30 L. J. Conf. 240.

[173] 36 L. J. 467.

[174] p. 10.

[175] p. 10.

[176] 3 P. L. 336.

[177] P. L. 1876, 406.

[178] P. L. 1876, p. 475.

[179] p. 84.

[180] Vol. 1, p. 93.

[181] p. 7.

[182] pp. 13, 14.

[183] p. 288.

[184] Vol 12, p. 446.

[185] p. 48.

[186] 16 L. J. Conf. 104.

[187] p. 74.

[188] 3 P. L. 40.

[189] 96.

[190] p. 12.

[191] p. 13.

[192] Vol. 8, p. 642.

[193] Vol. 1, p. 288.

[194] 30 L. J. 249.

[195] 31 L. J. Conf. 54.

[196] p. 10.

[197] Clark, 165.

[198] p. 48.

[199] p. 15.

[200] p. 286.

[201] p. 285.

[202] 25 L. J. 683.

[203] p. 26.

[204] Article, “Schools.”

[205] 8 Libr. Asso. Record, 182.

[206] p. 26.

[207] L. J. June, 1912.

[208] Vol. 3, p. 173.

[209] After p. 138.

[210] p. 13.

[211] 34 L. J. 16, 106.

[212] p. 21.

[213] p. 87.

[214] p. 24.

[215] p. 24 _et seq._

[216] Vol. 1, p. 91.

[217] pp. 20, 21, 22, 23.

[218] Geo. T. Clark, 12 P. L. 256.

[219] p. 369.

[220] p. 29.

[221] 25 L. J. 679.

[222] p. 250.

[223] See L. C. Report 1910, p. 355.

[224] 2d Ser. Vol. 2, p. 285.

[225] p. 284.

[226] Ess. in Librarianship, p. 253.

[227] _Ibid._, p. 271.

[228] p. 84.

[229] p. 28.

[230] Part 1, p. 467.

[231] p. 281.

[232] p. 192.

[233] See Appendix.

[234] 34 L. J. 205.

[235] Pub. Lib. 1876, p. 469.

[236] p. 193.

[237] p. 10.

[238] 3 P. L. 240.

[239] p. 70.

[240] p. 95.

[241] P. L. 1876, p. 469.

[242] p. 289.

[243] 8 Libr. Asso. Rec. p. 73.

[244] p. 107.

[245] p. 289.

[246] 5 P. L. 88.

[247] 8 Libr. Asso. Rec. p. 73.

[248] L. W. p. 233.

[249] p. 219.

[250] p. 201.

[251] Vol. 10, p. 237.

[252] p. 10.

[253] p. 15.

[254] p. 19.

[255] p. 112.

[256] p. 103.

[257] Vol. 12, p. 453.

[258] See elaborate article by Dewey, 2 Lib. Notes, p. 100.

[259] pp. 49, 50.

[260] P. L. 1876, 487.

[261] 26 L. J. Conf. 42.

[262] p. 9.

[263] Library Notes, pp. 107 (cut), 117.

[264] Vol. 1, pp. 132, 134.

[265] p. 16.

[266] P. L. 1876, p. 487.

[267] p. 42.

[268] 2 Lib. Notes 105.

[269] p. 50.

[270] p. 12.

[271] p. 151.

[272] 14 P. L. 134.

[273] p. 17.

[274] Fletcher, p. 10. Clark, p. 170.

[275] p. 279.

[276] p. 94.

[277] 26 L. J. Conf. 42.

[278] p. 64.

[279] A. L. A. Tract No. 4, p. 16.

[280] 23 L. J. Conf. 17.

[281] Vol. 25, p. 680.

[282] P. L. 1876, p. 467.

[283] 2 L. J. 31.

[284] 4 L. J. 295.

[285] p. 41.

[286] See Koch, pl. 46.

[287] Quoted 6 P. L. 609.

[288] p. 66.

[289] p. 76.

[290] P. L. 1876, p. 526.

[291] p. 99.

[292] Clark, p. 90.

[293] Clark, p. 99, (with cut).

[294] See pl. 14, front windows.

[295] Clarke, pp. 96, 98.

[296] p. 66.

[297] See B. R. Green, 25 L. J. 680.

[298] Brochure Series, Nov. 1897, p. 169.

[299] 3 P. L. 76.

[300] p. 43.

[301] 25 L. J. 680.

[302] Vol. 2, pp. 97, 99.

[303] p. 66.

[304] p. 121.

[305] Vol. 4, p. 241.

[306] pp. 39, 67, 68.

[307] Vol. 4, p. 88.

[308] Vol. 12, p. 453.

[309] Vol. 7, p. 10.

[310] P. L., 1876, 238.

[311] 30 L. J. Conf. 249.

[312] 3 P. L. 284.

[313] Vol. 8, p. 149.

[314] p. 83.

[315] P. L. 1876, 688.

[316] p. 75.

[317] 18 L. J. 254.

[318] p. 66.

[319] See Symposium, L. J. 1894 Conf. 42. See H. P. James, L. J. 1896 Conf. 49.

[320] P. L. 1876, 431.

[321] P. L. 1876, p. 484.

[322] p. 409.

[323] p. 45.

[324] p. 382.

[325] 4 Lib. Asst. 197.

[326] 2d Int. Lib. Conf. 1907, p. 103.

[327] p. 484.

[328] pp. 157, 168, 169, 226, 233.

[329] Vol. 12, pp. 336, 337.

[330] p. 130.

[331] p. 68.

[332] p. 78.

[333] p. 94.

[334] p. 390.

[335] p. 89.

[336] p. 387.

[337] p. 88.

[338] 8 Lib. Asso. Record, p. 179.

[339] p. 316.

[340] p. 158.

[341] p. 306.

[342] p. 153, § 186.

[343] p. 66.

[344] P. L. 1876, p. 471.

[345] 16 L. J. Conf., no. 104.

[346] p. 192.

[347] 13 Libr. Asso. Record, 206.

[348] P. L. 1876, 471.

[349] L. Pr. 48.

[350] p. 71.

[351] p. 327.

[352] p. 308.

[353] p. 270.

[354] p. 94.

[355] p. 234.

[356] Vol. 8, p. 184.

[357] p. 71.

[358] p. 155.

[359] 8 P. L. 22.

[360] 35 L. J. 509.

[361] p. 69.

[362] p. 158.

[363] p. 42.

[364] p. 188 _et seq._

[365] p. 263.

[366] p. 28.

[367] p. 325, _ante_.

[368] Champneys, 101.

[369] p. 409.

[370] p. 131.

[371] p. 10.

[372] L. C. Rept. 1901, p. 326.

[373] pp. 69, 38, 43.

[374] P. L. 1876, 470.

[375] 11 L. J. Conf. 361.

[376] pp. 138, 143.

[377] p. 292.

[378] p. 154.

[379] p. 12.

[380] p. 102.

[381] pp. 408, 105.

[382] p. 116.

[383] p. 291.

[384] p. 19.

[385] p. 46.

[386] 13 L. J. 339.

[387] p. 295.

[388] p. 129.

[389] 30 inches.

[390] pp. 10, 18.

[391] p. 295.

[392] p. 47.

[393] p. 129.

[394] 18 L. J. 225.

[395] p. 45.

[396] p. 54.

[397] p. 291.

[398] p. 18.

[399] p. 113.

[400] Other Superintendents provided in the space allotted department.

[401] The offices of the other superintendents are directly connected with their respective departments.

INDEX

Acetylene gas, 201.

Adams, Herbert B., cited, 59, 96, 130, 325.

Administration rooms, 64, 233, 361.

Advice, free, 145.

Ahern, Mary Eileen, 342.

Air, 308, 360.

Alcoves, 7, 13, 48, 49, 55, 57, 61, 189.

Alterations, 73, 99.

Altering new buildings, 74.

Amateurs dangerous, 120.

Ancient History, 4, 13.

American Institute of Architects, 145, 149, 154.

American Library Association, 14, 15, 96.

A. L. A. Com. on Ventilation, etc., 212, 308.

A. L. A. Tract No. 4, 36, 38, 41, 277.

American Library Institute, 302.

Andrews, Clement W., 205, 207, 307, 332.

Annual outlay, limiting, 104.

Annual Register, 301.

Ante-room, librarian’s, 240.

Antiquarian libraries, 59.

Apprentice class, 373.

Approaches, 172.

Arabs, 7.

Architect, Dedication, 32, 146, 150, 153, 213.

Architectural competitions, 154.

Architectural Review, 10.

Architectural styles, 117.

Architecture, 29, 31, 119, 329.

Areas, 224, 373.

Art galleries, 72.

Art rooms, 329, 333, 374.

Asinius Pollio, 4.

Aspect, 194.

Assyria, 3, 8.

Astor Library, N. Y., 13, 131.

Athenæums, 49.

Attics, 182.

Auditorium, 374.

Augustus, 4.

Automobiles, 260.

Barometers, 354.

Basement, 40, 180, 340.

Begin early, 100.

Belden, Charles F. D., 37.

Bells, 374.

Benedict, Saint, 7.

Bernardiston, Mass., P. L., 41.

Bethnal Green (Eng.) L., 299.

Bibliothèque St. Geneviève, 15, 92.

Bicycles, 260, 375.

Billings, Dr. John S., 177, 212.

Binding, 253, 375.

Birmingham (Eng.) P. L., 98.

Blades, Wm., 219.

Blame for faults, 35.

Blind, The, 321, 381.

Bluemner, Oscar, 39, 40, 89, 93, 131, 136, 180, 189, 248, 295,
307.

Bodleian L., Oxford, 9, 10, 296.

Bolton, C. K., 337.

Bookcases, closed, 272.
dwarf, 267.
radial, 274.
rolling or sliding, 75, 299.

Book Order Department, 375.

Book storage, 261.

Books of odd sizes, 267.

Bookworms, 219.

Boston Herald, 15.

Boston Public Library, 13, 15, 32, 92, 96, 114, 224, 230, 280.

Boston School Doc. No. 14, 1907, 115, 205, 207.

Boston Transcript, 88.

Bostwick, Arthur E., cited, 17, 27, 35, 65, 68, 70, 80, 148,
155, 186, 194, 197, 231, 235, 241, 247, 251, 252, 254, 256,
257, 274, 310, 317, 318, 319, 321, 323, 324, 325, 327, 330,
331, 332, 333, 342, 344, 345, 349.

Bowdoin College Lib., 75, 301.

Bowerman, George F., 75.

Boxford, Mass., P. L., 41.

Branch libraries, 67.

Branches, service of, 256.

Branford, Conn., P. L., 131.

Brick, 41.

Brigham, Johnson, 57.

British Museum, 3, 10, 225, 268, 299, 301, 345.

Brochure Series, cited, 293.

Brookline, Mass., P. L., 105.

Brooklyn, N. Y., P. L., 69, 176, 226, 242, 367.

Brown, Jas. Duff—_see_ Duff-Brown.

Brown University Library, 105, 156, 205, 246, 287.

Buckland, Mass., P. L., 41.

Building Acts, English, 175.

Building committee, 35, 136, 152.

Bulletin boards, 352.

Burgoyne, F. J., cited, 23, 25, 27, 92, 93, 95, 98, 114, 157,
167, 190, 197, 198, 200, 230, 259, 268, 296, 299, 315, 316,
320, 330, 354.

Business libraries, 52.

California, University of, 156.

Canfield, Dr. James H., 60, 134.

Canterbury, The Prior’s Chapel, 8.

Capacity of shelves, 277, 298.

Carnegie, Andrew, 15, 38, 67, 102, 131.

Carr, Henry J., 88, 139, 144, 345, 348.

Carrels, 6, 61, 107, 286.

Carrere and Hastings, 367.

Carriers, mechanical, 62, 118, 230, 375.

Catalog cases, 64, 244, 350, 377.

Cataloguing rooms, 246, 376.

Ceilings, 183.

Cellars, 40, 182, 328.

Central spaces, 224.

Century Dictionary, 29.

Chairs, 346.

Champneys, A. L., cited, 13, 22, 27, 85, 86, 92, 95, 103, 113,
114, 115, 153, 157, 173, 175, 186, 189, 193, 208, 210, 228,
239, 249, 253, 260, 275, 284, 291, 300, 304, 314, 317, 319,
320, 332, 333, 334, 337, 339, 341, 344, 345.

Change, provision for, 166.

Chicago World’s Fair, 118.

Children’s room, 318, 377.

Christiania Fjord, 23.

Christ’s Hospital, London, 8.

Cincinnati Public Library, 71.

Circular stairs, 177.

Cistercians, 7.

City Club, Chicago, 207.

Clairvaux, 8.

Clark, George T., cited, 220.

Clark, John Willis, cited, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 115, 194, 273,
286, 295.

Class rooms, 270, 324, 333.

Classes of libraries, 37, 47.

Classical style, 117, 118.

Claude & Starck, 30.

Clay’s School Buildings, cited, 319.

Cleaning, 217, 252.

Cleanliness, 217.

Clerestories, 200.

Clocks, 364.

Closets, 226, 377.

Club libraries, 47.

Coat rooms, 257.

Cole, George Watson, 256.

College libraries, 61.

Color, 115, 203, 293.

Columbia University, 177.

Columns, 109.

Comfort rooms, 257.

Competition, New York, 359.

Competitions, architectural, 86, 90, 154.

Competitions, judges of, 158.

Concentric cases, 274.

Concourse, 200.

Concrete, 38, 42, 220.

Concrete examples 357.

Conflicts, 32.

Congress, Library of, 194, 195, 197, 225, 226, 231, 247, 292,
328, 330, 332, 336, 337.

Congressional Documents, 302.

Contests, 34.

Conversation rooms, 338.

Coolidge, Charles A., 147, 206.

Copying blindly, 92.

Cornell University Library, 345.

Cornices, 109.

Correlation of parts, 181.

Cost, 102, 104.

Cost of running, 85.

Cotgreave, Alfred, cited, 95.

Courtyards, 224.

Coutts, H. T., 254.

Cravath and Lansingh, cited, 203.

Crerar Library, Chicago, 205.

Crunden, Frederick M., cited, 126.

Cubic contents, 103.

Cubicles, 285.

Curtains, 194.

Cutter, Charles A., 92, 189, 285, 325.

Cutting down cost, 104.

Dampness, 8.

Dana, John C, cited, 17, 65, 98, 99, 107, 269, 271, 319, 327.

Dark Ages, 77.

Dark places, 226.

Dark stacks, 295.

Darlington, Wis., P. L., 30.

Decoration, 114.

Delassert, 11.

Delivery desk, 248, 348.

Delivery room, 248, 225, 378.

Delivery station room, 378.

Department libraries, 60, 61.

Departments, 233.
heads of, 240.

Development, 10.

Dewey, Melvil, 68, 176, 193, 263, 265, 266, 268, 307, 326.

Dial, Chicago, 28.

Diffused light, 115.

Domes, 75, 109, 187.

Donors, 130.

Don’t build too soon, 99.

Don’t put off too long, 100.

Doors, 173, 174.

Doyle, ——, 254.

Drains, 215.

Dry-rot deadening, 121.

Duff-Brown, James, cited, 10, 11, 27, 85, 91, 95, 103, 113,
137, 139, 141, 143, 157, 175, 239, 250, 253, 256, 260, 274,
300, 309, 314, 315, 319, 320, 321, 323, 324, 331, 332, 334,
337, 341, 344, 345, 348, 354.

Duplicates, 328.

Durham, 6, 288.

Dust, 217, 219, 379.

Eastman, Wm. R., cited, 36, 38, 43, 84, 85, 93, 95, 96, 97,
112, 149, 155, 184, 209, 258, 265, 274, 344, 345.

Economy of expert advice, 87.

Economy paramount, 83.

Education, 332.

Educational libraries, 60.

Edwards, Edward, cited, 13, 130, 345.

Electric light, 202.
fixtures, 207.
switches, 203.
systems, 203.

Elevators, 220, 228, 291, 379.

Eliot, President, 171.

Elmendorf, Theresa West, 142, 155.

Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.; cited, 22.

Endowed libraries, 65.

Enemies of books, 219.

Engineer, 379.

England, 77.

Enlargements, 73.

Entrances, 172.

Epilogue, 404.

Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., 170, 287.

Equipment, 341.

Escorial, 8, 10.

Evolution of library buildings, 3, 90.

Exceptional cases, 71.

Executive offices, 369, 379.

Exhibitions, 334, 364, 380.

Expert advice, 87.

Experts, 359.

Experts’ fees, 86.

Exterior growth, 169.

Extras, 162.

Extravagances, 86.

Faults to be looked for, 109.

Faunce, Dr. W. H. P., 147.

Features, 163.

Fees, architects’, 144, 145, 161.

Fees, library advisers’, 145.

File your plans, 171, 216, 359.

Fire, 219.

Fire buckets, 221.

Fireplaces, 209.

Fireproof vaults, 223, 390.

Firmitas, 20.

Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas, _Title_, 19.

Fittings, 354.

Fixtures, electric, 207.

Fletcher, Wm. I., cited, 10, 27, 65, 66, 85, 88, 91, 130, 141,
169, 181, 189, 194, 263, 273, 278, 281, 285, 337, 344.

Floor arrangements, 370.
cases, 273.
coverings, 185.

Floors, 185, 361, 380.

Folding press, 300.

Folios, 267.

Forecasting the years, 16.

Foster, Wm. E., 88, 154, 190, 278, 311, 346.

Fourth floor, 372.

France, National Library of, 11.

Frankness among librarians, 110.

Free advice, 137.

Freetown, Mass., P. L., 41.

Fresh air, 108.

Front door, 173.

Furniture, 341.

Galleries, 189.

Garage, 381.

Garnett, Dr. Richard, cited, 3, 40, 170, 232, 299, 300, 301,
330.

Gas, 201, 219.

Genealogical libraries, 59.

Gentleman’s Magazine, 301.

Gladstone, Wm. E., 47, 301.

Glare, 194, 201.

Glass, 198, 221.
ribbed, 294.

Glasgow (Scot.), 98.

Gloucester Cathedral, 288.

Good advice, 139.

Government libraries, 56.

Grades of libraries, 36.

Grandeur, 22.

Grant’s tomb, 150.

Grecian style, 118.

Green, Bernard R., 139, 147, 193, 197, 230, 279, 297, 330.

Green, Edward B., 25, 97, 134, 156.

Ground floor, 371.

Growth, limitations on, 170.
provision for, 169.

Half-hour reading, 313.

Hallam, ——, 141.

Halls, 175.

Hamburg, 23.

Hamlin, Prof. A. D. F., 34, 84, 367.

Handrails, 177, 319.

Hansard’s Debates, 301.

Hare, H. T., 269, 309.

Harvard College, 23, 126.

Harvard Law School, 285.

Harvard Univ. Lib., 12, 21, 280, 281, 285, 290, 301, 303.

Head room, 266, 307.

Health, 192.

Heat, 108, 219, 360.

Heating, 209, 296, 381.

Historical libraries, 56, 58.

History, ancient, 4.
dawn of, 3.
mediæval, 6.
modern, 10.

Hodges, N. D. C, 217.

Hot water heating, 211.

Ideal in planning, 79.

Illumination, N. Y., 201, 208, 382.

Indirect lighting, 204.

Information Room, 249, 338, 381.

Institution, The, 133.

Institutional libraries, 49, 50.

Interchange department, 381.

Interior growth, 169.

International Library Conference, cited, 39, 316.

Introduction, 1.

Ireland, 7.

Irrepressible conflict, 25.

Isadore, Bishop of Seville, 115.

Jackson, Annie B., 73.

James, Hannah P., 313.

Janitor, 251, 381.

Jenner, Henry, 300.

Jevons, Stanley, quoted, 126.

John Crerar L., Chicago, 205.

John Hay Library, Brown Univ., 105, 156, 205, 246, 287.

Jones, Gardner M., 290.

Judges of Competitions, 158, 359.

Judgment of the public, 127.

Keene Valley, N. Y., P. L., 209.

King’s College, Cambridge, 12.

Koch, Theodore W., cited, 16, 43, 95, 283, 287, 308.

Koopman, H. L., 205.

Lamm, E. N., 155.

Lane, Wm. C., 301, 302, 303.

Lane and Bolton, 337.

Lavatory, 258.

Law libraries, 54, 58.

Lectures, 333.

Ledges, 263, 291.

Leeds (Eng.) P. L., 98.

Leipsic, 23.

Leopoldo della Santa, 11.

Leyden, University of, 10, 273, 280.

Librarian, The (magazine), cited, 92, 95, 185, 212, 300, 301.

Librarian’s room, 239, 371, 379.

Library, The (magazine), cited, 231, 301.

Library Adviser, 143, 152.

Library Architect, 42.

Library Assistant, The (magazine), cited, 104, 315, 316, 332.

Library Association of the United Kingdom, 299.

Library Association Record, cited, 67, 93, 144, 167, 189, 192,
198, 221, 253, 254, 256, 261, 269, 301, 309, 317, 320, 323,
325, 330.

Library Bureau, 96, 139, 342.

Library Chronicle, cited, 300.

Library Journal, N. Y., cited, 14, 15, 21, 28, 34, 39, 57, 58,
61, 63, 67, 69, 74, 84, 85, 88, 89, 93, 97, 99, 105, 112, 134,
139, 141, 142, 144, 147, 148, 154, 155, 156, 161, 176, 189,
193, 197, 200, 208, 235, 256, 265, 274, 278, 279, 280, 292,
297, 307, 310, 313, 319, 325, 332, 337, 344, 345, 348.

Library of Congress—_see_ Congress.

Library Notes (magazine), cited, 99, 192, 263, 265, 268, 299,
301.

Library science, 17, 27.

Library World, cited, 254.

Life of a library building, 97.

Lifts, 220, 228, 291, 379.

Light, 108, 109, 191, 201, 249, 308, 359, 382.
artificial, 201, 382.
natural, 193.
reflected, 115, 203.

Light-reading room, 305, 313.

Lighting, indirect, 204.

Lightning, 221.

Little, George T., 75, 301, 302, 303.

Local history, 237.

Local librarian as expert, 141, 152.

Local literature, 323.

Lockers, 382.

Lunch rooms, 257, 387.

Lymburn, James, 300, 304.

Magazines, 313, 314, 383.

Magnusson, 11.

Main floor, 371.

Manchester (Eng.) P. L., 98.

Manuscripts, 382.

Maps, 331, 382.

Marble, 23.

Marks, L. B., 208.

Marston’s Mills, Mass., P. L., 41.

Marvin, Cornelia, cited, 30, 36, 38, 42, 43, 89, 95, 96, 97,
103, 105, 116, 147, 148, 155, 169, 179, 180, 186, 194, 248,
254, 258, 259, 265, 266, 269, 271, 285, 334, 339, 342, 345, 353.

Massachusetts Report of 1899, cited, 40, 41, 95, 130.

Massachusetts State Library, 289, 336.

Material, 23, 61, 117, 177, 220, 360.

Matthews, E. R. N., 251, 253, 255.

Mauran, John L., 89, 141, 155, 161.

Mayhew, H. M., 301.

Mazarin, Cardinal, 9.

Mechanical carriers, 62, 118, 230, 375.

Mechanical service, 370.

Mediæval history, 6.

Medical libraries, 52.

Mendon, Mass., P. L., 41.

Mercantile libraries, 49, 71.

Merton College L., Oxford, 7.

Mezzanine floors, 181, 372.

Mice, 219.

Middle of blocks, 87.

Minimum buildings, 52.

Model of plan, 162.

Moderate and medium libraries, 44.

Modern history, 21.

Monasteries, 6, 9.

Mt. Holyoke College L., 190.

Museums, 72.

Music, 331, 382.

Neglect, 219.

Never copy blindly, 92.

Newark P. L., 176.

Newberry Library, Chicago, 11, 278, 307.

New York branch libraries, 69, 71, 208, 317.

New York P. L., 174, 177, 212, 256, 295, 306, 359.

Newspapers, 316, 383.
bound, 336.

Nineteenth Century (magazine), cited, 47, 301.

North Adams, Mass., P. L., 73.

North Carolina University L., 12.

North Scituate, Mass., P. L., 41.

Oil lights, 201.

Olmsted, F. L., Jr., 367.

Order of work, 159.

Ornament, 109, 114, 128.

Otis, W. A., 93, 117, 149.

Our own era, 13.

Packing room, 251, 383.

Pamphlets, 335.

Panelled ceilings, 183.

Parliament, Library of, Ottawa, 276.

Partitions, 183.

Passages, 175.

Patent Office Gazette, 302, 303.

Patent Office Library, London, 300.

Patents, 326, 383.

Patton, N. S., cited, 25, 63, 80, 139.

Periodicals, 313, 314, 335, 383.

Perkins, F. B., 305.

Personnel, 123.

Philadelphia P. L., 67.

Photographic room, 330, 365, 372, 384.

Photographs, 330, 374.

Pilgrims, 11.

Pisistratus, 4.

Pite, Beresford, 24, 114.

Pivot-press, 300.

Place among buildings, 128.

Plan inside first, 90.

Plans, American, 95, 96. English, 95, 96.
examining, 94.
filing, 171, 216, 359.

Plumbing, 215.

Plummer, Mary W., 137.

Pneumatic tubes, 384.

Points of agreement, 13, 15, 16, 90.

Poole, Dr. Wm. F., 11, 65, 80, 92, 99, 138, 143, 268, 314, 316,
322, 337.

Poole’s Index, 336.

Poole plan, 11, 278, 304, 307, 322.

Popular Science Monthly, cited, 63.

Porticoes, 109, 172.

Portland, Ore., P. L., 254.

Present, The, 16.

Princeton University, L., 276.

Principles of planning, 77, 79.

Printing, 253, 254, 384.

Prints, 329, 330.

Prismatic glass, 194.

Privacy, 189, 307.

Private libraries, 47.

Problem always new, 89.

Proctor, Prof., 192.

Professional libraries, 51.

Proprietary libraries, 49.

Protection from enemies, 219.

Providence P. L., 190, 249, 278, 338, 346.

Provincetown, Mass., P. L., 41.

Ptolemy Philadelphus, 4.

Public, The, 125.

Public Documents, 57, 327, 384.

Public judgment, 140.

Public libraries, 65.

Public Libraries (magazine) cited, 25, 39, 40, 63, 65, 80, 89,
93, 97, 99, 134, 143, 149, 155, 156, 180, 181, 189, 220, 248,
254, 256, 257, 269, 283, 295, 307, 332.

Public Libraries 1876, cited, 80, 88, 138, 182, 236, 247, 251,
256, 264, 268, 280, 285, 310, 313, 314, 316, 319, 324, 326,
337, 342.

Public photographing, room, 330, 365, 372, 384.

Public waiting rooms, 242.

Puget Sound, 23.

Quartos, 267.

Queen’s College L., Cambridge (Eng.), 295.

Quiet, 307.

Radcliffe Library, Oxford, 11.

Radial cases, 274.

Radiators, 211, 384.

Ranck, S. H., 39, 308.

Rare books, 272, 302, 385.

Reading, light, 313.
serious, 306, 363.

Reading-room, 62, 305, 362.

Reading-rooms, central, 225.
shelves in, 271.

Redwood Library, Newport, 11.

Reference room, 310, 385.

Reformation, 9.

Registration, 385.

Reinick, Wm. R., 222.

Report of Oculists, etc., 115, 205, 207.

Rest rooms, 257.

Restaurant, 372, 384.

Revolving bookcases, 310.

Revolving doors, 173.

Richardson, E. C., 310.

Richardson, Henry H., 14.

Rochester, N. Y., Law Lib., 275.

Rochester, N. Y., P. L., 88.

Rolling cases, 299.

Roof, 109, 187, 220, 386.

Rooms, 179, 233, 362.

Rooms, alphabetical list of, 373.
public, 362, 368.
work, 369.

Safes, fireproof, 223.

Saint Charles College, La., 222.

Sainte Geneviève Bibliothèque, 15, 92.

Saint John’s College, Cambridge (Eng.), 9.

Saint Louis Public Library, 71, 185, 206, 260, 325, 333.

Salem, Mass., P. L., 74, 200, 287.

Sanitary facilities, 259.

School libraries, 60.

Schoolhouse, 31.

Schuyler, Montgomery, 118.

Science, 326.

Scientific libraries, 51.

Scituate, Mass., P. L., 41.

Second floor, 372.

Selecting an architect, 146.

Seminar rooms, 60, 62, 63.

Serial sets, 335, 383.

Serious reading room, 306.

Service, 112.

Sewers, 215.

Shelf capacity, 277, 311.
bases, 263.
ledges, 265.

Shelves in reading rooms, 269.

Shelving, fixed or movable, 263.
generally, 262.
high or low, 266.
wall, 271.
wood or metal, 264, 282.

Site, 128, 163.

Size, 102, 104.

Sizes of books, 267.

Skylights, 199.

Sliding cases, 75, 299.

Small library buildings, 38, 42, 59.

Social law library, Boston, 54, 55.

Sorbonne, Library of, 194.

Southwick, Mass., P. L., 41.

Space, 309.

Special collections, 337.

Special libraries, 52.

Special rooms, 322.

Specialists, 208.

Spirit of planning, 79.

Springfield, Mass., P. L., 157, 185, 275.

Stack, 14, 45, 46, 61, 161, 222, 225.
aisles, 289.
broken floors, 289.
capacity, 298.
carrels, 286.
dark, 288.
details, 288.
lighting, 292.
location, 283.
open access, 286.
shell, 283.
shelves, 292.
stairs, 176, 290.
towers, 297.
use by readers, 284.
windows, 294.

Stacks generally, 280, 361, 370, 386.

Stacks underground, 296.

Staff quarters, 241, 243, 387.

Stair landings, 177.
treads, 176.

Stairs, 109, 176, 290, 388.
winding, 177, 246, 298.

Standard Library, 190, 311, 388.

Standpipes, 221.

Stanley, ——, 61, 105.

State libraries, 56.

State library commissions, 137.

Steam heat, 211.

Steel construction, 18, 29, 45.

Stenographer’s rooms, 243, 388.

Steps, outside, 172.

Stetson, W. K., 176, 235.

Store-rooms, 227, 388.

Stories, 109, 179.

Storm doors, 174.

Stoves, 207.

Straight, Maude W., 254.

Study of libraries, 94.

Study rooms, 69, 270, 324, 363, 388.

Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture, cited, 39, 44, 117, 118,
154, 198, 199, 283, 293.

Suburban libraries, 70.

Superintendents, 389.

Supervision, 113.

Supplies, 389.

Sutton, Charles W., quoted, 67, 256.

Tables, 344.

Tact, 81.

Taj Mahal, 132.

Talk, 339.

Taps for cleaning, 218.

Taste, 81.

Telautograph, 232.

Telephones, 62, 232, 389.

Temperature, 212.

Templeton, Mass., P. L., 41.

Third floor, 372.

Theological libraries, 52.

Thermometers, 212, 354.

Thoroughness, 81.

Thrift, 81.

Thwaites, Dr. Reuben G., 297.

Time to build, 99.

Todd, David P., 141.

Toilet rooms, 259, 390.

Top floors, 71, 180, 320.

Traveling libraries, 256, 390.

Trinity College L., Cambridge (Eng.), 9.

Trinity College L., Dublin, 10, 300.

Trustees, 134.
election of, 126.
room, 237.

Tubes, Speaking, etc., 62, 232, 384.

Tunnels, 231.

Umbrellas, 345.

Unassigned rooms, 339.

Underdraining, 215.

U.S. Educational Report (1892-1893), 256.

U.S. Government libraries, 56.

U.S. Navy Dept. library, 24.

U.S. Public Libraries—_see_ P. L., 1876.

U.S. Supreme Court building, 56.

University libraries, 60, 75.

Unusual sizes of books, 267.

Use, Utilitas, 21, 27.

Useful arts, 326.

Utilising every inch, 82.

Utley, H. M., 39.

Van Name, Addison, 168.

Vatican library, 5, 47.

Vaults, 223, 390.

Vehicles, 260.

Ventilation, 108, 197, 209, 296, 308, 390.
by window-bar, 210.

Venustas, 22.

Vermin, 219.

Very large buildings, 45.

Vestibules, 173.

Visits to libraries, 94.

Vitruvius, 19, 20.

Waiting rooms, public, 242.

Wall shelving, 271.

Walls, 183.

Ware and Van Brunt, 280.

Warehouse for work, 253, 254.

Wash-bowls, 218.

Washington, George, quoted, 125.

Waste of space, 109.

Water, 219, 221, 390.

Webster’s Dictionary, 288.

Wellman, Hiller C., 275.

Westbury, Mass., P. L., 41.

West Tisbury, Mass., P. L., 41.

What conflict is possible? 32.

What contest is likely? 34.

Where does the library come in? 31.

Where lies the blame? 35.

Which should prevail? 152.

Whitney, James L., 193.

Whittington, Sir Richard, 8.

Widman, ——, 222.

Wilson, R. E., 256.

Winding stairs, 177.

Window bar ventilation, 210.

Windows, 109, 196, 390.
false, 295.
true, 294.

Windsor, P. L., 332.

Winsor, Justin, 80, 92, 120, 247, 251, 256, 280, 313, 324, 326,
337.

Wisconsin Historical Society, 59, 325.

Wise election of Trustees, 126.

Wolfenbüttel Library, 11.

Women’s rooms, 320.

Wood as fuel, 209.
for building, 23.

Woodbine, H., 261, 301.

Workshops, 31.

Wraps, 257.

Wren, Sir Christopher, 9.

Writing room, 391.

Y. M. C. A. libraries, 50.

Zutphen (Holland), 8.

Epilogue

The outline sketched in this volume should suggest, even to skimmers,—

That the business of planning a library is specific, technical and minute;—

That it is like the planning of other useful structures which can be spoiled by blunders of ignorance, or by sins done in the name of art;—

That it is folly to leave such serious work to tyros or dabblers,—even to architects who are amateur librarians;—

That a committee can direct, an architect can construct, but only a wise and mature librarian can plan a library where the staff can work, and where the readers can see, think and breathe.