Public libraries. A treatise on their design, construction and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law (1907)
Champneys, Amian Lister · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 110
the readers of weekly newspapers. Generally it is best, where possible, to place the tables for magazine readers in the quietest part of the room : that is to say, the part most remote from the entrance. Indeed a selection of the more serious magazines is not infrequently housed in the reference… … Where, how- 63. Reference and Reading Room, Carnegie Library, ever, the architect Homestead, U.S.A. is instructed to provide such a room, he must remember that it is quite a mistake to suppose that privacy is desirable. On the contrary, women’s rooms have been found to require more supervision than…
Library architecture · Library fittings and supplies
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