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