New York Public Library

Research Libraries Collection Spaces Construction Design Standard [the New York Public Library (NYPL) Requests $176,100 to Create the Research Libraries Collection Spaces Construction Design Standard (RLDS) to Direct the Design of All Future Collections Storage, Reading Room, and Collections Workspace Construction or Renovation Projects Across 560,000 Square Feet of Research Library Space, Focusing on the Library?s Three Research Centers: the Stephen a. Schwarzman Building, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as Well as Nypl's Library Services Center (LSC). the RLDS Will Focus Nypl?s Capital Investments to Maximize Environmental Sustainability, Resilience, and Safety While Achieving Modern Preservation Environments; It Will Have Significant Benefits for the Field, Creating a Construction Design Standard That Peer Institutions Can Apply to Create Resilient and Sustainable Preservation Environments That Will Be Offered Readily Through a Webinar and as a PDF Resource.]