With costs of new construction steadily rising, with space on which to build dwindling, and with the growing affection for old, familiar buildings on campus, modernization of available campus space often serves as the answer to meet space needs. (Author/DN)

In cases where college institutions are facing situations with too much or too little space, there must be drastic revision in educational programs to provide economical use of buildings. One solution is to redeploy campus space and to alter the timing of programs. Examples considered include year-round campus use, off-campus programs,…

Residential, commercial, and industrial shifts in urban and suburban areas have left many large, solidly built structures vacant. Such structures are often convertible to educational uses at a cost far below that of constructing an equivalent facility new. Explains how administrators can find and adapt such found space; provides some useful…

College bookstore managers are transforming the traditional bookstore into a new college center where students and faculty can relax and enjoy the campus community. Features include cafes, reading areas, attractive facilities, mail-order services, long hours, a wide range of books and magazines, and good stock of supplies for students' daily…

The master plan developed for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University provides a guide for incremental response over time to the constantly changing needs of the institution, and includes potential for facility improvement and expansion, improvement of safety, and regeneration and renovation of existing space. (MSE)

In planning for the year 2010, Cornell University (New York) found that, although space for library collections must increase, advancing technology would slow the increase required, with most of the collection growth after 2000 managed through wider technology or remote storage. Consolidation of special libraries is also considered. (MSE)