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From grand banking hall to the art and design school library of the 21st century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Carol Terry
Carol Terry*
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Fleet Library at RISD, 2 College Street, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, RI 02903, USA
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With a detailed but not site-specific building program, the librarians at Rhode Island School of Design made the case for a new library three times the size of the existing facility. The site became specific with the donation of an early 20th-century grand banking hall. This paper addresses the role of the librarian in the design and construction process and includes an analysis of the way the new library meets the program objectives. In the early 1990’s after several early attempts to resolve the library’s space constraint at Rhode Island School of Design, the librarian was given a useful bit of advice: Stop trying to find the space. You must focus first on the program. What is it that you really need?

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Art Libraries in New and converted buildings , 2007 , pp. 11 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2007

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