Academic and Research Library Project Information

The eight public reading rooms - Geography & Maps, Manuscript, Microform, Motion Picture, Newspaper & Current Periodicals, Law, Prints & Photographs, and Recorded Sound - were designed, in color and in furnishings, to be uniquely appropriate to their subject category. State-of-the-art systems and clear sight lines were integrated into each reading room providing access to the resources of the world's premier library. Working closely with LC's eminent Director of Building & Planning and Preservation, the late Frazer Poole, David and Andrea Michaels were responsible for all the reading room and collection layouts, furnishings and finishes selections and specifications completed in 1973.