The new library at Vermont's Lyndon State College is simultaneously an attractive 24-hour study/research center and an effective architectural solution to a variety of unique problems. Built to bridge an awkward ravine and acting as a causeway between the two major sections of the campus, the library transformed what was an unsightly portion of…

Higher education administrators are finding that they can cut construction costs, improve communications, and provide for future changes, by removingoffice walls. (Editor/PG)

After some general comments concerning all guidelines, planning standards are described for--(1) various types of new facilities, (2) expansion of present facilities, (3) minimum space requirements for a college, (4) net-to-gross space ratios, and (5) total project costs. Information regarding capital construction project submissions procedure is…

The North Dakota State University Varsity Mart, the university bookstore, has spread its services to an expanding university through the creation of a mini-Service Store and a Varsity Mart Branch in two remote areas of the Fargo campus. (Author)

Describes the building plan of Orange County Community College that began in 1968 and now has six buildings. (PG)

The references included were drawn from the documents received and processed to date by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities, and are organized into the following sections--(1) guidelines and concepts in campus planning, (2) planning the urban college, (3) mathematical and computer aids in campus planning, (4) the architect and college…

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…

There is no problem in book buying during peak periods at the Fredonia Store at the State University of New York; the manager uses a temporary spacious room set aside for book "rushes" during registration periods. (PG)

A 3-phase building program will add $11 million worth of new physical plant to Lakeland Community College's 500 acre campus by 1975. (Editor)

The recent experiences of North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University in the planning and construction of campus buildings are described as illustrations of the planning of space to meet the goals and needs of the institution in the future. At North Carolina State University, 780 additional acres were received from the state, and a…

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)