Planning Library Buildings for Service. Proceedings of a Library Buildings and Equipment Institute (Kent State University, Ohio, July 6-8, 1961).

The text is made up of a number of general papers followed by the presentations of specific plans of college and university, public, and school libraries. The general sessions were devoted to areas of common interest to anyone contemplating a library program. Topics discussed include--(1) elements in planning a library building program, (2) equipment evaluation and selection, (3) environmental control, (4) human mechanics in relation to equipment, (5) educational innovation, and (6) the place of the school library facilities in the new curriculum. Floor plans, photographs, and diagrams accompany the text. (RK)