The link below is to an article that recently appeared in the New York Times concerning library books and bedbugs. Yet another reason for ebooks and ebook readers.
For more visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/garden/bedbugs-hitch-a-ride-on-library-books.html
The link below is to an article that reports on one person’s love of the library.
For more visit:
http://www.mothering.com/community/a/9-reasons-i-have-a-chronic-library-habit
The link below is to a website that highlights awful library books – worth a quick look.
For more visit:
http://awfullibrarybooks.net/
The link below is to an article that looks at The Delft Technical Library in the Netherlands. This library is an underground library, with a desk made of books salvaged from the original library which was destroyed by a fire.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2012/10/13/the-underground-library/
The link below is to an article that considers the future of libraries in the digital age.
For more visit:
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135117829/the-future-of-libraries-in-the-e-book-age
The link below is to an article that looks at various strange looking libraries from around the world.
For more visit:
http://www.flavorwire.com/335866/bizarre-looking-libraries-from-all-over-the-world
The link below is to an article that reports on the Book Mountain library in the Netherlands.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/library/meet-book-mountain-the-netherlands-new-jaw-dropping-public-library/
The link below is to an article (and infographic) that looks at twenty of the most impressive special collections held in libraries around the world (UK and USA really).
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/university/the-20-most-impressive-university-special-collections/
The link below is to an article that reports on the Biblioburro – the donkey library in Colombia.
For more visit:
http://twentytwowords.com/2012/10/02/biblioburro-library-on-a-donkeys-back-brings-books-to-remote-villages/
The link below is to an article that looks at the new Francis Gregory Library in the USA.
For more visit:
via http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670639/an-amazing-new-library-by-david-adjaye-woven-from-timber-and-glass#1
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