Guide to College Library builders & planners: use this quick guide as a jumping-off point for your library planning initiative. (College Libraries).

Firm: AARON COHEN ASSOCIATES (www.acohen.com)

Areas of focus: library consulting, strategic planning, librarians, architecture, and interior design

Projects include: Cornell University Medical Center Library, New York, NY; BeKalb College Learning Resource Center, Atlanta, GA; Eastern Michigan University Library, Ypsilanti, MI; University of Illinois, Graduate Department Libraries, Champaign-Urbana, IL; University of Pennsylvania Medical Library, Philadelphia, PA

Firm: AYERS/SAINT/GROSS (www.asg-architects.com)

Areas of focus: Programming, planning, and design of college and university buildings and campuses, including library facilities

Projects include: College Library, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL; Dalhgren Health Sciences Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Firm: EASTERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED (www.easternconstruction.com/educational.html)

Areas of focus: N/A

Projects include: Joseph Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, ON; Library, Queen's University, Kingston, ON; Biosciences Building, Queen's University, Kingston, ON; Odette Building, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Firm: ENWRIGHT ASSOCIATES, INC. (www.enwright.com/Education/)

Areas of focus: Facility planning, architecture and engineering for corporate and institutional clients

Projects include: Learning Resource Center, Central Carolina Technical College, Sumter, SC; J. Verne Smith Library & Tech. Resource Center, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC; Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC; Campus Life Center, University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC

Firm: FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. (www.freese.com)

Areas of focus: Architecture, interior design, master planning, landscape architecture, mechanical/electrical/plumbing, engineering, structural engineering, site civil design, construction phase services, etc.

Projects include: Central Texas College Library, Killeen, TX; Temple College Library, Temple, TX, University Mary Hardin Baylor, Temple, TX (campus master planning); Texas A&M Commerce, Commerce, TX (campus master planning); Texas State Technical. College, Waco, TX (campus master planning); Texas State Technical College-West Texas, Sweetwater, TX (campus master planning); Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX (campus master planning)

Firm: GWATHMEY SIEGEL & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS (www.gwathmey-siegel.com)

Areas of focus: Master planning, architectural interior and product design services

Projects include: George E. Bello Center for Information and Technology, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI; the Graduate Center Library, City University of New York, NY, FSU Library for Information, Technology and Education (FLITE), Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI; Middlebury College Library, Middlebury, VT; Campus Research Library, Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore

Firm: HARTMAN COX ARCHITECTS (www.hartmancox.com)

Areas of focus: Design of institutional and commercial office buildings with special emphasis on demanding or historic contexts.

Projects include: Special Collections Library, University Of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; New School of Law, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, New Law School. Library, University Of Connecticut, Hartford, CT; John Carter Brown Library Addition and Renovation, Brown University, Providence, RI

Firm: HILLIER (hillier.com)

Areas of focus: Campus planning, Library planning and programming, architecture, interior architecture, graphic design

Projects include: Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library, Howard University, Washington, DC; Gill Memorial Library, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY; Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ; St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO

Firm: KUWABARA PAYNE MCKENNA BLUMBERG ARCHITECTS (www.kpmb.com)

Areas of focus: N/A

Projects include: Trinity College Library and Computing Center, Hartford, CT; Douglas Library Renovation, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Joseph S. Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Firm: MCDONALD, CASSELL & BASSETT, INC., ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS (www.mcb-inc.com/library.html)

Areas of focus: Have designed new libraries and created additions and renovations for public, university, and private libraries

Projects include: Library work has been featured in The National Library Journal and Country Living.

Firm: THE OPUS GROUP (www.opusnorth.com)

Areas of focus: Design-build firm integrating development, architecture, engineering, construction, property management

Projects include: Center for the Arts, Luther College, Decorah, IA; Frey Science and Engineering Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN; Gallagher Student Center, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH; Law School and Opus Hall, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN; Raynor Library and Learning Center, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Firm: PERKINS & WILL (www.perkinswill.com)

Areas of focus: Architecture, interiors, planning

Projects include: Undergraduate Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA; Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI; Mt. Vernon College, Washington, DC

Firm: PERRY DEAN ROGERS PARTNERS ARCHITECTS (www.perrydean.com)

Auras of focus: National recognized firm serving academic and cultural institutions

Project include: Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Kreitzberg Library, Norwich University, Northfield, VT; Morgan Library Addition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; John Deaver Drinko Library and Information Center, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; Waidner Library Expansion, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA; James A. Cannavino Library, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Firm: ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS (www.ramsa.com)

Areas of focus: Architects, Landscape architects, and interior designers with design philosophy of buildings in harmony with the aesthetic and cultural values of buildings around them.

Projects include: Spangler Campus Center, Harvard Business School Boston, MA; Moore Psychology Building, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Smith Campus Center, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME; Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul's School Concord, NH; Pequot Library, Southport, CT; Main Library, Columbus, GA

Firm: SHEPLEY BULFINCH RICHARDSON AND ABBOTT (www.sbra.com)

Areas of focus: Architecture, planning, interior design

Projects include: Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, NY; Cornell Campus Center, Rollins College, Winter Park, FI; Library for the Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA; Margaret Clapp Library, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA; Irving S. Gilmore Music Library at Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Library and Science Facility, Dana Hall School Wellesley, MA

Firm: SMITHGROUP (www.smithgroup.com)

Areas of focus: Architecture, engineering, and planning; oldest continuously practicing architectural & engineering firm in U.S.

Projects include: Catholic University of America School of Law, Washington, DE; Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN; Postech-Pohang University of Science & Technology Library, Pohang, Korea

Firm: ZIMMER GUNSUL FRASCA PARTNERSHIP (www.zgf.com)

Areas of focus: Architecture, planning, interior design

Projects include: The Science Center/Schow Science Library, Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Hauser Library, Gray Campus Center, Reed College, Portland, OR; Physical Sciences Research Building, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center, Willamette University, Salem, OR; Institute for Translational Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

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National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities

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A free public service from the U.S. Department of Education, providing information about school planning, design, financing, construction, operations, and maintenance.

Building Trades Directory

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A resource guide to architects, contractors, guilds, and other professionals in the building industry, the BTD lists and provides access to those in the building profession, with links to online portfolios and references.