- Maintenance Checklist for Public Libraries [Kansas State Library]
- Health Homes Maintenance Checklist [National Center for Health Housing]
- Maintenance Checklist [Energy Star]
- Safety & Health Topics [United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)]
- Material Safety Data Sheets [Oklahoma State University]
- Lighting for Libraries [LibrisDesign.org]
- Green Cleaning Program [New York State Office of General Services]
- Sustainable O&M Practices [Whole Building Design Guide]
- Green Building Operations and Maintenance Manual [Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]
- “Green” Building Operations Policy [West Vancouver Memorial Library, Canada]
- Recycling Resources by County:
- Columbia County Solid Waste Department
- Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency
- Greene County Solid Waste Department
- Putnam County Waste Disposal
- Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency
- See Also:
- Earth911
- E-Waste Recycling [NYS Department of Environmental Conservation]
- Disaster Preparedness [MHLS]
- Building Maintenance and Emergency Preparedness [Georgia Library Quarterly, Volume 48, Issue 1, Winter 2011]
- Planning and Responding to Workplace Emergencies [United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)]
- Public Work, Article 9 (Building Service) [NYS Department of Labor]
Facilities
Stewardship of library facilities is an important responsibility for both the library director and board. Each library should have a facility plan that is reviewed annually that includes a maintenance schedule of the building and major systems as well as longer-term plans.
Operations & Maintenance
Accessibility
- 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design [United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division]
- Revised Regulations of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) | Title II (Public Entities) Fact Sheet [NYS Division of Library Development]
- Library Services for People with Disabilities Policy [American Library Association, The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)]
- Project ENABLE [Syracuse University]
Space Planning, Renovation & Construction
- Transforming Library Spaces for Community Engagement [WebJunction]
- “10 Steps to a Better Library Interior: Tips that Don’t Have to Cost a Lot” by Traci Lesneski [Library Journal]
- Library by Design [Library Journal]
- Retail Interior Layout for Libraries by Christi Koontz [Marketing Library Services]
- Managing Facilities for Results Workforms [Public Library Association]
- Building Libraries and Library Additions: A Selected Annotated Bibliography [American Library Association]
- Library Space Planning Guide & Worksheet [Connecticut State Library]
- Public Library Space Needs: A Planning Outline [Anders C. Dahlgren for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction]
- Renovation or a New Library: A Planning Process [LibrisDesign.org]
- Basic Steps in Planning for a New Library Building: A Checklist [New Jersey State Library]
- Engage the Integrated Design Process [Whole Building Design Guide, National Institute of Building Sciences]
- Sustainable Design
- Sustainable Library Design [LibrisDesign.org]
- Why Build Green? [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]
- New York’s Public Libraries Going Green [NYS Division of Library Development]
- Sustainable Construction Standards:
- Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) [U.S. Green Building Council]
- Green Globes
- Living Building Challenge [International Living Future Institute]
- Passive House Institute US
- State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) [NYS Department of Environmental Conservation]
- Public Work, Article 8 (Construction) [NYS Department of Labor]
- Multiple Prime Contracts Guide (Wick’s Law) [NYS Office of General Services]
- Historic Preservation
- Yesterday’s Reading Room, Today’s Community Center: A Guide for the Rehabilitation of Historic Libraries by Lorraine E. Weiss and Marilyn Kaplan [for the Mid-Hudson Library System]
- Preservation Briefs [U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service]
- The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (SHPO)
