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Libraries as Places: Buildings for the 21st century
Edited by Marie-Françoise Bisbrouck, Jérémie Desjardins, Céline Ménil, Florence Poncé, François Rouyer-GayetteMünchen: Saur, 2004, 210 p.
(IFLA Publications; 109)
ISBN 3-598-21839-7

This book contains the Proceedings of the 13th Seminar of IFLA'sLibrary Buildings and Equipment Section, which was this timeco-organised with IFLA's Public Libraries Section.The event took place as one of the satellite meetings of the WorldLibrary and Information Congress 2003 in Berlin, and took place inParis at the end of July 2003.

Seminars like this have been held every two years (The Hague 1997,Shanghai 1999, Boston 2001) to allow architects and librarians to shareexperiences in the field of library planning and the building process.The goals of this seminar were to explore the issues affecting thefuture development of library space, and to help prepare to envisioninnovative library spaces that are responsive to user needs andcommunity interests.

This compilation of 12 papers given at the Paris seminar, includes ahugh amount of information, with regard to the state of the art oflibrary building. The book is illustrated with approx. 125 pictures.