Discusses the following alternatives to new construction to solve library building problems: (1) rearrangements; (2) additions; (3) conversions; and (4) prefab and portable structures. Various factors to be taken into account when considering each of these alternatives are listed. (MES)

This document contains a set of guidelines designed to assist officials and consultants of the state-supported universities, colleges, and community colleges in the appropriate procedures for selecting campus sites, in the preparation of long-range facilities plans for the development of their campuses, and in the program planning of specific…

Presents inexperienced planners with a list of factors to determine the future size and nature of academic libraries, including key conditions to determine ineligibility for renovation, and presents the analytical steps for remodeling or replacement. Before and after illustrations of actual renovations are included, and seven references and…

This document contains recommendations and the rationale for expansion of existing child care development center facilities at San Joaquin Delta College. Such expansion, in addition to providing immediate child care to children of parents enrolled at the college, would provide vocational training and in-service training opportunities, and would…

This checklist outlines the basic steps to be followed from the time of the recognition of the need for a new building until the actual start of construction. (Author/CLB)

This publication has been prepared to assist public school administrators who are involved in planning new vocational education programs. It will assist in planning curriculums, selecting personnel and planning for new buildings and for expanding existing facilities. This handbook is organized to give general information and the purposes of the…

Discusses ways to decrease costs when planning the design of a new library or an addition that also considers future needs. Topics discussed include space allocation considerations for the collection, users, and staff; entrances and exits; structural loading; building configuration; information technology considerations; and staff willingness to…

The document presents a master plan for program areas and additional personnel and facilities requirements for Ocean County College (New Jersey) between 1976-1985. An analysis of college philosophy and goals in terms of community needs, projected enrollment growth, college-wide assumptions and constraints, and the self-analysis and projected needs…

This third in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to help secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers achieve competence in arranging to improve vocational facilities by (1) evaluating present resources, (2) identifying need for improvement, (3) obtaining and reporting information about technological…

This eighth in a series of nine learning modules on instructional management is designed to assist secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers in becoming competent in organizing the vocational laboratory (including planning, designing, arranging, setting up, remodeling, renovating, and expanding the learning facility). Introductory sections…