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Author:   James Mullins
Publisher:   Purdue University Press
Imprint:   Purdue University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 30.50cm
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:  

9781557537829

ISBN 10:   1557537828
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   30 August 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Foreword, by Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. Preface Introduction, by James L. Mullins and Elizabeth Bower Essay 1: Following a National Example: Purdue's Transition to the Mechanical and Industrial Age, by James L. Mullins Essay 2: Setting the Stage: A Pivotal Time for Planning and Design at Purdue, by Eugene R. Hatke and Jeffrey A. Rhodes Essay 3: The ""Splendidly Designed"" Power Plant: From Symbol of Modernity to Beloved Icon, by Susan Curtis and Kristina Bross Essay 4: Heating and Power Plant–North: Home of the ""Boilermakers"", by Lynn Parrish Essay 5: A Phoenix from the Coal Ashes: An Active Learning Center Emerges on the Old Power Plant Site, by James L. Mullins Essay 6: End of an Era: The Razing of the Old Power Plant and ENAD, by Mark Shaurette Introduction Essay 7: The Architectural Vision: Thomas S. and Harvey D. Wilmeth Active Learning Center Design Overview Epilogue, by James L. Mullins In Appreciation Index"

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James L. Mullins, PhD, is the dean of Libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor. In his role as an academic library administrator for over forty years, he has been involved in facility planning and construction at Indiana University South Bend, Villanova University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Purdue University. Since his arrival at Purdue in 2004, he has championed the construction of a building on the site of the Old Power Plant that would combine the science and engineering libraries and classrooms to address the changing use of libraries by Purdue students in the twenty-first century.

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