Suggested Further Reading
Building Conservation: Technical resources online:
Association for Preservation Technology International Building Technology Heritage Library
Council on Training in Architectural Conservation (COTAC) digital bibliography
Getty Conservation Institute online resources from the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative
Historic England Technical Guidance
Historic Environment Scotland Building Conservation Publications The Engine Shed
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Modern Heritage
Carnegie Libraries UK: History resources online:
Blaikie, G. 2002–2011. Carnegie Libraries of Scotland. (apparently no longer) available at: http://www.scotcities.com/carnegie/
Builder, The. 1909. See available digital content: The Builder.
Building News, 1857- London. See available digital content: Building News
Carnegie Collections held at the the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/rbml/units/carnegie/about.html
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), 1919. A Manual of the Public Benefactions of Andrew Carnegie. Concord: Rumford Press, 1919. Available at: http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofpublicbe00carnuoft#page/n9/mode/2up [accessed 3 May 2011]
Chandler, J. Blog: https://carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/about/home/
Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Public Library buildings history UK
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Brawne, M. 1970. Libraries: Architecture and Equipment. London: Pall Mall Press.
Brown, J.D. 1903. Manual of Library Economy. London: Scott, Greenwood & co.
Brown, J.D. 1907. Library Planning as Affected by Modern Library Policy and Interior Arrangements. The Architectural Journal (The RIBA Journal) XIV third series, no. 23rd March 1907, 347–52.
Burgoyne, F.J. 1897. Library Construction: Architecture, Fittings and Furniture. London: George Allen.
Champneys, A.L. 1907. Public Libraries: A Treatise on Their Design, Construction, and Fittings, with a Chapter on the Principles of Planning, and a Summary of the Law. London: B. T. Batsford.
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