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Space Planning:

• Library Space Planning Guide
  Summary: Using this guide, librarians and trustees can obtain a general estimate of their library's space needs and help initiate a larger facilities planning process.
• Public Library Space Needs: A Planning Outline
  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction presents this outline to help librarians and library trustees determine whether to initiate a facilities planning process. By completing it, librarians and trustees can obtain a general estimate of their library’s space needs based on their library’s underlying service goals. With that estimate, planners can assess the adequacy of their library’s existing overall square footage and determine whether a more detailed study is needed.

Site Selection:

• Converting A Non-Library Building
  Summary: Issues to be considered when looking at converting a building, which was originally constructed for another purpose, into a library.
• Evaluating A Non-Library Structure
  Summary: A more detailed list of criteria for evaluating non-library structures that are being considered for library use.
• Site Selection Criteria
  Summary: Information about site selection considerations.