Trends and recent experiments in library design.

An architect relates his experiences in designing new and renovated libraries, 'from the inside out'. He raises questions regarding the impact of technology and addresses concerns about collections, but places primary focus on users--why they come into the library and how they use information in and outside the library building. Design projects reviewed include libraries at Yale, Columbia, the University of Southern California, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Emory, George Mason, and Cornell.