title: Planning a new library in an age of transition: the Washington University School of Medicine Library and Biomedical Communications Center.
abstract: In an era of great technological and socioeconomic changes, the Washington University School of Medicine conceptualized and built its first Library and Biomedical Communications Center in seventy-eight years. The planning process, evolution of the electronic library, and translation of functions into operating spaces are discussed. Since 1983, when the project was approved, a whole range of information technologies and services have emerged. The authors consider the kind of library that would operate in a setting where people can do their own searches, order data and materials through an electronic network, analyze and manage information, and use software to create their own publications.
authors.affiliation: Washington University, School of Medicine Library, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Halbrook
mesh_terms: D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D008923:Missouri