{"product_id":"planning-renovating-expanding-and-constructing-m-sandra-wood-9780789025418","title":"Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet the tools to meet the challenge of building or renovating a library! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe challenge of renovating or constructing a library requires organizational skill, resourcefulness, creativity, and willingness to compromise. Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Health Organizations presents thirteen insightful case studies revealing how many libraries have been have been built or renovated using innovations designed to meet a specific organization's needs. Each study plainly highlights objectives, methods, results, and conclusions, and reviews the design of the completed library. Ideas and approaches are presented clearly, showing the designing, refurbishing, and refurnishing of existing library space; the merging of library collections and services; and the construction of multimillion dollar library buildingswith each study explaining proven strategies which can be used or adapted to fit the reader's own circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Planning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Health Organizations explains the steps in the planning process, including needs analysis, goal setting, and public relations, as well as the practical considerations of packing and unpacking. The contributors are noted library authorities intimately involved in every facet of the construction procedure and cost accounting, and the book includes helpful photographs, illustrations, tables, and appendices to clarify and help practicing librarians and library students alike fully understand the strategies needed to create a functional library facility that fulfills expectations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlanning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Health Organizations includes case studies of: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e a resource library moved into a basement\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e renovations to the Osler Library at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e construction of the Booker Health Services Library at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e a merger of two libraries at Trinitas Hospital, Elizabeth, New Jersey\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the renovation of a small hospital library\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e designing a new library in a historic naval hospital\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e the Hope Fox Eccles Clinical Library Renovation Project\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e expansion and renovation of the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e and much more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanning, Renovating, Expanding, and Constructing Library Facilities in Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Health Organizations is an insightful resource for educators, students, and librarians of all types.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Sandra Wood,Elizabeth Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0789025418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780789025418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.08w x 0.56d","brand":"M. Sandra Wood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447779143935,"sku":"9780789025418","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95c04429-a1cc-4512-a9d1-11253e8ea920.jpg?v=1777234754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/planning-renovating-expanding-and-constructing-m-sandra-wood-9780789025418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}