In the Stacks: First Visit to The New Digital Library of America April 26, 2013 – Posted in: In the Stacks, Uncategorized

Books are weapons in the war of ideas. Poster 20 x 27.9 , 1942. Published by the United States Government Printing Office. In the this installment of In the Stacks we visit the newly launched and much anticipated Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The opening of DPLA represents a watershed moment in the history of American libraries and will undoubtedly become a seminal resource for our nation in the years ahead. It is safe to say this will…

Making Space for Reading April 25, 2013

Reading Hideaway Reading can be an escape or an education or both at once. It can challenge, comfort, exasperate or delight but in this busy world the main problem can be finding space for it all – Rachel Van Riel, Director of Opening the Book Brodart, a leading library supply company, has partnered with Opening the Book to bring their designs to the North American market. 95% of UK libraries already use Opening the Book…

It’s a Wrap! The Elena Garro Cultural Centre April 22, 2013

Now I have to put Mexico City on the “go to” list.Look at what Mexican architects Fernanda Canales and arquitectura 911sc have come up with for the design of the Elena Garro Cultural Centre. They wrapped the front of the old house with a concrete and glass frame to create an ‘open’ library space. They then incorporated not only the brick porch of the old house but also the huge tree that sits in front. …

Library in a Shipping Container April 8, 2013

Welcome to The Amin Library in Batu, Indonesia, a new eight-room public library and clinic designed by dpavilion architects and made entirely out of recycled shipping containers! Eight containers in all were used with each color corresponding to a different function. Green – main lobbyBlue – entertainment and popular booksRed – extends out as a canopy over an open-air circular reading terrace, and holds the science and technology booksYellow – women’s reading room. images © ganny gozaly –…

Beware of Unemployed Librarians!

“I believe passionately in libraries and have been horrified by the prospect of closures throughout the system as part of local government cuts. I tried to make a useful comic to help…” – John Alison

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