All halls and stairways should be ample and well lighted.
The dimensions given may be considerably varied provided they are not materially reduced. All rooms should be so planned as to provide wall shelving 3 feet in the clear without loss of space and without any architectural obstruction.
Grouping of Rooms According to Use.
- (a) Public rooms.
- (b) Work rooms.
- (c) Executive rooms.
- (d) Stack.
- (e) Mechanical service.
A. PUBLIC ROOMS.
- Children’s room.
- Delivery room (Circulation Dept.).
- Registration room.
- Reading Rooms
- (a) Reference.
- 1. General.
- 2. Statistical Dept.
- 3. Patents.
- 4. Music.
- 5. Art books.
- 5a. Bell collection.
- 6. Manuscripts.
- 7. Maps.
- 8. Public documents.
- 9. Restricted and rare books.
- 10. Prints room.
- 11. Photograph room.
- (b) Periodicals.
- 1. General.
- 2. Scientific.
- 3. Store room for unbound back numbers.
- 4. Bound magazines—or space in stack.
- 5. Newspapers.
- Public catalog.
- Club rooms.
- Study rooms.
- Auditorium or Exhibition room.
- Lunch room (Restaurant).
- Public reception.
- Stenographer.
- Telephone.
- Writing and copying rooms.
- Coat room.
- Toilets.
B. WORK ROOMS.
- Superintendent of Building’s office.
- Engineer’s rooms.
- Janitor’s rooms.
- Janitor’s living rooms.
- Scrub women’s rooms.
- Binding.
- Repair room.
- Printing plant.