Library Buildings and Construction: Library Buildings Resources

Excellent checklist from the New England ADA Center. Find out what your library is lacking.

A moderated collaborative wiki that includes articles related to the design, construction, and renovation of libraries.

Directory Search from the Dept. of Administrative Services (DAS)

From Maine State Library.

For library furniture for state agencies, towns and association libraries

Grants for Green Buildings

If the properties are listed on the State Register of Historic Places and owned by non-profit organizations or municipalities, you can apply for a Historic Restoration Fund (HRF) Grants from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Offices of Culture & Tourism. It may be used for the restoration, rehabilitation or purchase of historic buildings, structures, and objects as well as the investigation of archaeological sites.

National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge grants may...provide capital directly supporting the purchase of equipment and software; the design, purchase, construction, restoration, or renovation of facilities needed for humanities activities; and collections sharing.

For energy conservation and other projects

State of CT program.

Provides grants and loans to rural libraries in United States. Community Facilities grants and loans may be used to construct, enlarge or improve public libraries. To see if your library is in a rural community, and to find our more about this program, contact your local RD Service Center

A non-profit 501(c3) organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Connecticut through the promotion of intelligently designed and constructed high performance energy efficient buildings. It is a chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Environmentally Friendly Practices for Libraries and Beyond, a blog.

A website dedicated to documenting the greening of libraries in the United States and beyond.

A 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings accessible to everyone within a generation. USGBC is dedicated to expanding green building practices and education, and its LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™.LEED Green Building Rating System for New Construction. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national rating system for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED addresses all building types and emphasizes state-of-the-art strategies in five areas: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials and resources selection, and indoor environmental quality.

(LARC Fact Sheet Number 14)

From CT DEEP.

By the CT State Library.

A non-profit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.

A Selected Annotated Bibliography ALA Library Fact Sheet Number 11.

From the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program.

Information on this committee and its publications including a full text report: Intelligent Library Buildings.

2009 publication by Anders C. Dahlgren (from Wisconsin Department of Public Library Instruction, Public Library Development).

A tablet-based toolkit for collecting, managing, and analyzing data about the usage of physical spaces