FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY COMPLEX AUCHI AUCHI-ESTAKO WEST, EDO STATE. (TOWARDS ACHIEVING NATURAL LIGHTING AND VENTILATION IN LIBRARIES)

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1999-10
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STEPHEN, ALAO F.
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ABSTRACT There Are various forms of acquiring knowledge in lifelong existing of mankind in our country Nigeria and global world. This has been acquired mostly through cultural and formal western education. Both forms, which have the common source as information, have the main aim of advancing development in the society. Cultural education is stored and imbibed within the society, while formal western education which involves writing and reading is stored in the library. Library is a flexible agency for the delivery of information from a variety of sources and variety of formats to the eventual users. The library is a necessity to the survival of man as an agency for the storage of valuable information, which are the essential bases for the social political, economic, cultural and intellectual developments of the human race. It however caters for the three basic elements in its services, the books, the users and the staff. As a valuable institution to human development, it has helped in development of nations, but quite unfortunately enough, this had not been substantial in the Nigerian situation. The library building had been rendered under utilized for some set backs analysed in the write-up. federal Polytechnic Auchi as site for this thesis is viii a major town in the northern part of Edo-state. The populations of the students are fast growing and the literate populace is not left out. To this end, the thesis addressed itself to providing a conducive environment for the three elements of the library. The scope of this thesis provides the basic requirements in an academic/research library, making them as stimulating as possible for the readers. The building accommodates not only learning, research or reference sections, and cataloging section but the design has been made conscious of natural lighting, and ventilation. The modern age of the electronics where computers and Internet play a huge role in every day activities of man has been considered in the design.
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FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY COMPLEX, TOWARDS ACHIEVING NATURAL LIGHTING AND VENTILATION IN LIBRARIES
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