- 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.
About This Book
This work provides a comprehensive guide on the principles and considerations involved in planning a library building. It emphasizes the importance of utility over aesthetics, advocating for designs that prioritize functionality to support library work. The author discusses the necessity of collaboration between librarians, architects, and committees to create effective spaces that cater to the evolving needs of libraries. Key themes include the significance of expert consultation, the practical nature of library operations, and the need for thoughtful planning to accommodate future growth. The text serves as a resource for librarians, architects, and stakeholders involved in library construction and renovation.