In China, the college library is in the well development and transformation times, namely in the phase that the traditional library is changing to the modern library.
In the transformation process, the meaning of the library is continuously developing and the social function is being continuously enlarged. The popularization and development of the modern electronic technology and computer technology brings a series of changes to the service and the management in the library and directly affects the mode of our country's college library and the design of the library buildings.
So the college library need to create a new mode to adapt the development of the information technology. At the same time, it need to make relevant change from the function organization and space to adapt the new situation.
The development of information technology brings big impacts on traditional college libraries, which has caused great changes in library collections, reading media, service range and service forms, and also has brought major impacts on the design of college libraries.
For reasons of security and the valuable nature of the collection, the library of the Amsterdam botanic garden, the Hortus botanicus, was moved to Amsterdam University Library in 1983.
The authors put forward their own views on the construction of basic and whole functions as well as the knowledge and ability structures of library leadership in institutions of higher learning.
According to incomplete statistics, 695 libraries with a total construction area of 3. 97 million square meterswere built in China's universities or colleges from 1978 to 1994. These new buildings fully equipped with advanced facilities and designed with modular approaches endow libraries with greater flexibility.Noteworthy factors with regard to library construction:1. Libraries should not be high-rises because they are public spaces where students are temporarily concentrated and where vertical transport ...
This paper discusses the basic concepts of on net libraries and the main characteristics of on net libraries in the network environment. It further discusses some main points to be considered in the design of large school libraries in the network environment.