LI B R.AFLY OF THE U N IVER.SITY Of ILLINOIS 016.7114 C73e no. 1-20 CITY PLANNING LANDSCAPI UN.VERS.TY OF »LL«NOK_UBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/publiclibrarysit13vanc Committee of Planning Librarians EXCHANGE BIBLIOGRAPHY April 1960 PUBLIC LIBRARY SITE SELECTION UBRMN' Mary Vance, librarian, City Planning and Landscape Architecture Library, University of Illinois American Library Association — Public Libraries Division. County , Regional and District Library Laws, compiled by the Committee of the Library Extension Section . Chicago: 1957. American Library Association — Public Libraries Division. Public Library Sorvicej a Guide to Evaluation with Minimum Standards . Chicago: 1956. American Public Health Association — Committee on the Hygiene of Housing. Planning the Neighborhood . Chicago: Public Adminis- tration Service, 1948, p. 10, 49, 71-72. American Society of Planning Officials. Planning Advisory Service Information Report no. 85: Civic Conter Planning . Chicago: 1956. p. 6. "Architectural Issue," Library Journal , (Dec. 1, 1955). Atlanta. Public Library. Analysis of Conditions of Patrons ' Use of Main Library. 1956. Berelson, Bernard. The Library's Public, a Report of the Public Library Inquiry . Hew York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Berkeley, Calif. — City Planning Commission. South Berkeley Branch Library Study . 1959. Blackburn, Robert H. Branch Library Size and Geographic Range of Service . (Unpublished M.S. thesis, Columbia University, 1948). Boston — City Planning Board. Boston's Branch Library System . 1955. Bower man, Charles E. A Proposed Regional Library Plan for the State of Washington, Report of a Study of Public Library Needs in the State of Vfashington, Conducted for the Washington State Library Commission. Olympia: Washington State Library, 1950. CPL Exchange Bibliography 13 "Branch Library in a San Francisco Park," Architectural Record , (Sept., 1955), p. 171-173. Brasch, Mary E. A Statistical Study of the Central Library's Loca - tion in Relation to the Use Made of Its Facilities^ (Unpub- lished M.S. thesis, Carnegie Library School, 1949). Buffalo--City Planning Concussion. Hew Central Library Site . 1957. Burbank, Calif .--Planning Department. Central Library Location . 1958, Burbank, Calif .--Planning Department. Memorandum: Comparison of Property Acquisition Costs for Three Possible Central Library Sites . 1958. Campbell, D.K. "Primer of Library Planning," Wilson Library Bulletin , (Jan. 1946), p. 343-359. Chicago. Public Library. A Plan for the Extension System of the Chicago Public Library . Chicago: 1931. Cincinnati— City Planning Commission. Public Buildings . (Metropoli- tan Master Plan Study). 1946. "Selection of a Site for a Mew Main Public Library," p. 43-55. Cleveland Metropolitan Services Commission. Public Libraries in Cuyahoga County; Staff Report to Study Group on Public: Libra - ries , by Arlene A. T honor. Cleveland: 1959. The Community Services Commission for Davidson County and the City of Hashville. A Future for Nashville, a Report . Nashville: 1952. p. 135-141. Community Studies, Inc. A Study of Branch Library Location and Ser - vice, Kansas City, Mo . Kansas City, Mo.: 1952, Contra Costa County, Calif. — Free Library. Master Plan for Library Service; Site and Building Checklist . Martinez, Calif., 1959. Denver — Planning Office. Location of a New Main Library for the City and County of Denver . 1950. Doren, Electra C, "Sites for City Library Buildings," Library Journal , (Dec. 15, 1923), p. 1056-1058. Franois, Roger B., "Public Library Site Controversy," Library Jour - nal , (Feb. 15, 1959), p. 561-564. Galvin, Hoyt R., and Martin Van Buren. The Small Public Library Building . Paris: UNESCO, 1959. "The Site," p. 48-51. (UNESCO Public Library Manual no. 10) CPL Exchange 3ibliography 13 Garceau, Oliver. Public Library in the Political Process, a Re - port of the Public Library Inquiry . Now York: Columbia University Press, 1949. Git kins, Alfred Morton, and Ralph Munn. Progran for the Public Libraries of New York City, Prepared under the Direction of Lawrence M. Orton. New York: City Planning Coimission, 1945. Goldstein, Harold, "9,000 New Citizens to Serve— What Can the Li- brary Do When the City Adds 28 Square Mies and All Those People (Davenport, la.)?" Library Journal , (Sept. 1, 1958), p. 2255-2257. Bardie, B. D,, "Location of the Metropolitan Library," Roya l Architectural Institute of Canada Journal , (April 1959)', p. 116. Harris, L. A. "Speech to the Public Library Association of Waco," Texas L ibrary Journal , (Mar. 1959), p. 10-15. Berrick, Charles, "Frequency Distributions in City Planning," City Planning , (Jan. 1934), p. 4-6. Holt, R, M. Criteria for Selecting a Location for a Central Library Building . Chicago: American Library Association, 1C54. Huth, D. L., "Involving the Connunity in Library Planning," Wilson Library Bulletin , (Mar. -Apr. 1953), p. 55-57. Hoppenfeld, Morton. Planning Connunity Facilities for Growing Cities . Berkeley: Mitchell Van Bourg & Associates, 1956. p. 21-27. Horwitz, A. B., "Effect of Distance on Frequency of Use of Public Library Facilities," City Planning , (July 1933), p. 135-137. Jones, Helen L. Public Libraries . Los Angeles: The Haynes Founda- tion, 1953. (The Haynes Foundation. Metropolitan Los Angeles : a Study in Integration , no. 13.) Leigh, Robert D. The Public Library in the United States, the General Report of the Public Library Inquiry . Hew York: Columbia University Fress, 1950. "The Library in the Community: I. The Library and Connunity Needs, by Howard Sanuelson; II. The Connunity Survey and the Library, by J. C. Re cord j III. Planning and the Library, by J. A. Noble," News Notes of California Libraries , (July 1957), p. 494-503. CPL Exchange Bibliography 13 McCarthy, F, J., "Library Site Selection," News Motes of California Libraries , (July 1957), p. 514-522. Mart in , Lowe 1 1 , Library Service for Baltimore County, A Report to the County Librarian and Board of Library Trustees . Baltimore : 1957. Maryland— State Planning Commission— State-Wide Library Survey Com- mittee. A Free Public Library in Maryland . Baltimore: 1944. (Maryland—State Planning Commission. Publication no. 42.) Mevissen, Werner. Buchereibau; Public Library Building . Essen, Germany: Verlag Ernst Beyer, 1958. "Lagej Location," p. 29- 31. English and German text. Minneapolis— Planning Commission. Site Evaluation Report, Branch Library Proposal at 54th and Penn South, Project Preview Re - port . 1959. Minneapolis— Planning Comnission. Survey and Report on the Location of a New Main Library for the City of Minneapolis, Prepared for the Minneapolis Public Library . 1949. Minnesota. University— Library School. Public Library Service , Anoka County, Minnesota; a Survey and a Plan , by Frederick Wegeman. Minneapolis: 1957. Musto, Mrs. E.j "Choice of Site," Canadian Library Association Con - ference 12th, 1957, Victoria, Proceedings , p. 37. Neale, Doris Lubille. A Study of the Relation between Distance from the Public Library Branch and Its Use . (Unpublished thesis. University of Chicago, 1950) Peterson, H. N. , "Where to Build," Library Journal , (Dec. 15, 1952), p. 2099. Phoenix, Ariz. — Planning Department. A Proposed Plan for the De - velopment of a Library System for the City of Phoenix . 1952. "Problems of Library Service in Metropolitan Areas," News Notes of California Libraries , (July 1958), p. 263-297. Ramsey, Margery C. The Location of Branch Libraries in a County Library System . (Unpublished paper in partial satisfaction of M.L.S., University of California, 1958) Robinson, E. S., "Selecting a Site," Public Libraries , (April 1951), p. 35-36. CPL Exchange Bibliography 13 Salt Lake Co,, Utah— Planning Commission. Regional Branch Loca - tion Study . Salt Lake City: 1953, San Francisco— Department of City Planning. Report on a Plan for the Location of Public Libraries in San Francisco . 1953. Schenk, H. K. County and Regional Library Development . Chicago: 1954. Schunk, Russel. Pointers for Public Library Building Planners . Chicago: American Library Association, 1945. "Sites," p. 6-8. South Bend, Ind.— Planning Commission. Report on Central Library Site . 1958. South Bend, Ind. — Public Library. Brief Summary of Plans for a New Central Library Building from 1927-1957 . 1958. Tacoma, Wash. — Planning Commission. Site Study... West End Branch Library . 1958. Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions. Libraries, Central Lucas County . Toledo: 1958. Vecchio, A. F., "Store Branch Layout Has Purpose," Library Journal , (Dec. 1, 1956), p. 2772-2776. Vitz, Carl. Report on Sites . South Bend, Ind: Public Library, 1955. Wheeler, Joseph L., and Alfred H. Githens. The American Public Library Building: Its Planning and Design with Special Reference to Its Administration and Service . Chicago: American Library Association, 1941. "Location and Place- ment on Site, for Greatest Public Service," p. 45-51. Wheeler, Joseph L. Building Problems of the Eugene Public Li - brary . Eugene: The Library Board, 1953. — . The Effective Location of Public Library Buildings . Urbana: University of Illinois Library School, 1958. (Occa- sional Papers no. 52) -. Report on Problem of Locating New Central Library . South Bend, Ind.: 1955. Woelfel, B. E., "Planning the Library Center in a Rapidly Growing City," Journal of the American Institute of Planners , (Winter 1957), p. 41. (Thesis abstract, University of California, 1956) CPL Exchange Bibliography 13 ADDITIONAL SOURCES (1) Library Literature , a quarterly index to library service publications published by the H. W. Wilson Company, New York, and available in library schools at universities and colleges. This index uses the heading, "Architecture and building - Public libraries - Site." (2) American Library Association, 50 Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois. Write for the latest copy of "Planning Public Library Buildings - Selected Aids" and also a catalog cf other ALA publications. PUBLIC LIBRARY SITE SELECTION University of Illinois List no. 6 Additional copies available from Exchange Bibliographies Committee of Planning Librarians 6318 Thornhill Drive Oakland 11, California Price per copy: &1.00