摘要：It is evident that, over the last decade, the process of renovating and planning new libraries in Croatia has shown an upward trend, particularly in public libraries. It is also evident that, under the influence of network technology, libraries have been undergoing a thorough transformation in their services and activities, as well as in organizing the physical space. When it comes to librarianship in Croatia, there is a tradition of converting the existing buildings to suit the purpose of public libraries. Libraries have also been included in the projects while planning other cultural facilities. However, until recently there have been very few occurrences of planning exclusively library architecture. While studying the literature, we have noticed that there is a noticeable lack of recent domestic literature dealing with planning, building and furnishing library interiors. In the past, this lack of literature was also observed by, for example, English, German and Slovenian experts, who, despite the existing foreign works, pointed out the fact that it was absolutely necessary to have literature dedicated to domestic circumstances for a successful realization of the new architectural projects. The obvious conclusion is that today the new domestic literature on this topic should be written in Croatia. This paper presents an overview of expert literature, both domestic and foreign, dealing with library buildings and focusing on planning, building, and furnishing library interiors.
关键词：library planning; library building; literature on planning and building
