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Summary of replies to list: Question: I'm sure that those of you who have been involved with planning a new > library recently will have grappled with the issue of how increasing > digital access is likely to affect the space requirements for your > library in the future. Answer: many thanks to Howard Nicholson: Andrew McDonald's (et al.) rather good SCONUL paper "Information and communications technology in academic library buildings" (July 2000) (and references) SCONUL site - buildings section in general, and other publications Barney (1996) The impact of technology on library space requirements. LIBRES [http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libre6n1/barney.htm] Barbara =========================================================== Barbara Merchant [log in to unmask] Head of Library and Information Services SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research Mantell Building, University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RF Phone: 01273 678066 Fax: 01273 685865 Web: http://www.susx.ac.uk/spru/ SPRU Library catalogue: http://sprulib.central.susx.ac.uk/ ===========================================================