{"product_id":"books-and-blueprints-donald-oehlerts-9780313265709","title":"Books and Blueprints: Building America's Public Libraries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only comprehensive treatment of American library architecture, this work details the evolution of the modern public library from 1850 to the present. Donald E. Oehlerts provides a broad, historical perspective of the field of library architecture, examining the influences on the professions of public architecture and librarianship that shaped America's library buildings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOehlerts examines the planning and construction of the largest public library buildings from 1850 through 1989, presenting the contributions that architects, librarians, and others have made to improvements in design and arrangement. He also explores the development of public architecture and librarianship to determine the sources of influence on these two emerging professions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This work, which features illustrations of several important buildings, is valuable to professionals, students, and scholars of architecture and library management and facilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Oehlerts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313265704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313265709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.57h x 6.35w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1992 pg. 1427","brand":"Donald Oehlerts","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057836945663,"sku":"9780313265709","price":107.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b152dee9-8592-4344-8eaf-a9fec1fe9aef.jpg?v=1685049150","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-and-blueprints-donald-oehlerts-9780313265709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}