Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Snøhetta/Hamza Associates -- Friend Memorial Library / Elliott & Elliott Architecture -- Morgan Library, Colorado State University / Perry Dean Rogers/Partners Architects/Luis O. Acosta (associate architect) -- Kennewick Library / Buffalo Design -- Paul Cummins Library / Steven Ehrlich Architects -- Slusser Memorial Library / Line and Space -- Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College / Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates -- Issaquah Library / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson -- Boston Public Library Restoration and Renovation / Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott -- Lied Library, University of Nevada / Leo A Daly -- Mary Baker Eddy Library, The First Church of Christ, Scientist / Ann Beha Architects -- Eltham Public Library / Gregory Burgess Architects -- Des Plaines Public Library / Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects -- Sterling Memorial Library Restoration and Renovation, Yale University / Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott -- South Jamaica Branch Library / Stein White Nelligan Architects -- Biblioteca Latinoamericana / Steven Ehrlich Architects (design architect)/Garcia Teague Architecture + Interiors (executive architect) -- Beaverton City Library / Thomas Hacker Architects -- Waidner Library, Dickinson College / Perry Dean Rogers/Partners Architects -- Woodstock Library / Thomas Hacker Architects -- Johnson County/Blue Valley Library / Gould Evans -- Library Expansion and Addition, Oakton Community College / Ross Barney + Jankowski Architects -- Mesquite Branch Public Library / Richärd & Bauer Architecture -- San Francisco Main Library / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners -- Lee B. Philmon Branch Library / Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects -- University of the Sunshine Coast Library / Bligh Voller Nield Architects/John Mainwaring Architects (associate architects) -- Maywood Library Addition and Renovation / Ross Barney + Jankowski Architects -- Robertson Branch Library / Steven Ehrlich Architects -- Ron E. Lewis Library, Lamar State College / Leo A Daly -- Auburn Library / Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects -- Hyde Park Branch Library / Schwartz/Silver Architects -- Multnomah County Central Library / Fletcher Farr Ayotte (executive architect)/Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (associate architect) -- Timberland North Mason Public Library / Carlson Architects -- John Deaver Drinko Library, Marshall University / Perry Dean Rogers/Partners Architects -- Kansas Center for Historical Research / ASAI Architecture -- Vancouver Central Public Library / Moshe Safdie Associates/Downs Archambault & Partners -- Library/Media Center, Glendale Community College / Richärd & Bauer Architecture -- Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson -- Bend Public Library / Thomas Hacker Architects -- Peninsula Center Library Renovation and Addition / Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership -- Daniel Mannix Library, Catholic Theological College / Gregory Burgess Architects -- Johnson County Central Resource Library / Gould Evans -- Carmel Mountain Ranch Community Library / M.W. Steele Group -- Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland / Perry Dean Rogers/Partners Architects/Design Collective (joint venture architect) -- Barrington Library Addition and Renovation / Ross Barney + Jankowski Architects -- Los Feliz Branch Library / Barton Phelps & Associates -- School of Law Library, Seattle University / Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects/Yost Grube Hall Architects (associate architects and interior designers) -- Evanston Public Library / Nagle Hartray Dankar Kagan McKay (architect of record)/Joseph Powell (design architect) -- Carmel Clay Public Library / Meyer, Scherer, & Rockcastle -- Langston Hughes Library / Maya Lin Studio/Martella Associates (associate architect) -- Author and contributor notes -- Acknowledgments.