I first wrote this blog post in 2007 and it’s high time for an update:
As you might imagine, libraries get lots of questions about building codes, specifically asking if we have them. The short answer is, no. (If the answer you get is yes and you need the information for a client, please read on.)
You see, it’s next to impossible to keep building codes up to date in a small library, in almost any library for that matter. But we can refer you to a better source of information. Here’s some advice I published a few years ago in a bar association newsletter and it is still good information: