How to plan a library building for library work

by Charles C. Soule

• Supply Department.
• Store room for supplies.
• Book Order Department.
• Packing room.
• Delivery stations room.
• Apprentice class room.
• Cataloguing Department.
• Library of Congress Card Catalog room.
• Traveling Libraries Department.
• Interchange Department.
• Foreign Book Department.

Work Rooms (Special Rooms for Staff).

• Two lunch rooms.
• One staff sitting room.
• One staff meeting room.
• Butler’s pantry, kitchen, etc.

C. EXECUTIVE OFFICES.

• Trustees’ room.
• Committee room.
• Librarian’s Public office.
• Librarian’s Private office.
• Librarian’s Secretary’s office.
• Stenographer’s room.
• Assistant Librarian’s office.
• Supt. of Branches office.
• Finance Department.
• Offices of the Superintendents of Cataloguing, Children’s, Traveling libraries, Supply Department, connected with their respective departments.

D. STACK.

• Stock room accommodations for books purchased and unassigned.
• Storage room for little used books.

E. MECHANICAL SERVICE.

• 1. Public telephone.
• 2. Interior telephone.
• 3. Book carrier.
• 4. Pneumatic tubes.
• 5. Elevators.
• 6. Book lifts.

SUGGESTED FLOOR ARRANGEMENTS AND DIMENSIONS OF ROOMS.