In the future, administrators will devote more time to master planning for their districts' facility needs. More attention will be given to form, shape, surfaces, size, and materials. This article outlines internal assessment questions to be asked by planners, discusses common facility design complaints, and recommends using a facility assessment…

Briefly describes each of 56 exemplary school modernization and renovation projects throughout the U.S. and lists a person at each site to contact for more information. (JG)

This document relates specifically to the problem of requesting, justifying, and receiving state general funds and construction bond dollars as required by the 13 community colleges in Oregon. The problem is to determine a method of distribution of state general fund dollars and construction bond dollars that will meet the currently projected…

Describes a physical facilities information retrieval system that correlates new school construction with student enrollment. (MF)

Discusses suggested procedures and processes for planning and implementing a program to revitalize existing educational facilities. Part two of article in Vol. 15, No. 2. (JG)

If American institutions of higher education are to open their doors to a full-time equivalent enrollment of 10.3 million in the fall of 1980 as projected in this study, over 2.3 billion gross square feet of space will be required. This means that 773 million square feet need to be added to the 1970 inventory of 1.6 billion. However, a qualitative…

The 1972 Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) regulations on cable television were intended to assist the penetration of cable television into the large metropolitan regions of the United States. In these major market areas, the task for developing an appropriate franchise is complicated by the changing functional nature of the cable systems…

Outlines steps necessary for the successful construction or remodeling of a library. Recommends that the librarian understand the terms and conditions of agreement between the owner, architect, and construction contractor with respect to the following phases: scope development, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding…

Presents an overview of variables worthy of attention when considering the revitalization of existing educational facilities. (Author/DN)

Many crucial questions need to be answered before a college embarks on a construction project and makes a substantial financial commitment. Computer modeling techniques can be used to make even complex project feasibility analyses. Available from Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154. (MSE)

A suggested approach, termed value analysis, to studying the cost effectiveness of alternative plans for vocational-technical facilities presents a series of cost diagrams and decision matrices, with explication. The diagrammed steps are: (1) Value-Analysis Cost Schedule, representing a hypothetical facility being planned and showing estimated…

This book presents the processes involved in planning, programming, designing, and constructing academic library buildings. Chapters are arranged by topic in the general chronological order in which most projects proceed. Although this volume is concerned with the planning of academic libraries, there are many similarities with the planning of…

A study of campus decentralization and the dispersal of facilities at 10 universities focused on institutional needs and strategies in campus growth and organization and on trends in this area. Individual institutional concerns and efforts are noted. (MSE)

The scholarly communication center is a comprehensive, technologically rich facility that provides users with access to technology, communications networks, information, and library materials within and beyond the library walls. Relating the experiences of planning the Scholarly Recallication Center at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the…